Not only is OblaBla following in their Sainted FDR's footsteps by keeping the depression alive for much longer than need be but the decade of the '30s, and in particular '36 holds the record for the hottest and driest in US history long before AlGore even invented his Global Warming Scam©.
Fingers in ears NaNaNaNaNaNaNaSpringer9 (210 posts) Mon Jul-11-11 09:43 PM
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75 years later and the economy and weather are eerily
parallel. The scariest part is that nobody seems to be able to do anything about either one.
Not to mention unrest in Europe and the Middle East an we have the makings of another Global Nightmare©.
The 1936 North American heat wave was the most severe heat wave in the modern history of North America. It took place in the middle of the Great Depression of the 1930s, and caused catastrophic human suffering and an enormous economic toll.
Summer (June–August) 1936 Temperature, in degrees Fahrenheit. Record warmest and coldest is based on a 112 yr period of records, 1895-2006
A heat wave is building and could reach dangerous levels in parts of the Midwest, the Plains and the Southeast this week. Twenty-three states were under heat advisories, according to the National Weather Service.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1936_North_American_heat_w...
http://www.cnn.com/US/1 response, doesn't fit the agenda.
