ApocaDocs: US Drought Monitor shows record-breaking expanse of drought across US

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	US Drought Monitor shows record-breaking expanse of drought across US http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1341528722 More of the United States is in moderate drought or worse than at any other time in the 12-year history of the U.S. Drought Monitor, officials from the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln said today. Analysis of the latest drought monitor data revealed that 46.84 percent of the nation's land area is in various stages of drought, up from 42.8 percent a week ago. Previous records were 45.87 percent in drought on Aug. 26, 2003, and 45.64 percent on Sept. 10, 2002.... "The recent heat and dryness is catching up with us on a national scale," said Michael J. Hayes, director of the National Drought Mitigation Center at UNL.

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'Doc Jim says:

No rain explains the dryness of the plains.