[Magdalen] Come Again Another Day?

[Jay Weigel]

And if they hadn't had the rain, farmers would be complaining about the
lousy corn crop. They're always complaining about something <g>

On Sat, Oct 1, 2016 at 12:05 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

>
>
> I notice in my hometown weekly (NW Wisconsin) that they have had
> abundant rainfall all summer long and without the usual dry patch for
> the month of July.  The average annual rainfall there is 32", but  they
> have already had over 50" with three months to go this year.
>
> There has been a bumper crop of corn with the heat and the water, and
> now the farmers are complaining that the prices for this corn crop  are
> too low.  The farmers up there are always complaining about  something.
>
> Because the rivers there seem to have carved out for themselves
> sharp valleys, there has been little flooding despite some 6" - 9"  gully
> washers.
>
> 30 and more years ago the upper Great Lakes were at their lowest
> level in recorded history, and they have rebounded the other way.
> There has been some problem with the numerous small lakes overlapping
> piers, and shore erosion.
>
> OTOH here in the Poconos it has been slightly on the dry side, and  despite
> some steady soft rains this week leaving 2.1" rain in the gauge, we are
> still
> about an inch below average (I hate that word, "normal" for such
> statistics).
>
> And now, long range unsubstantiated predictions of a cold winter with
> lots of snow.
>
>
>
> David S.
>