The weather has been crazy this year, that is certain. With all the massive flooding in the Midwest, another weather problem seems to be - droughts in the South:
Officials in the Oklahoma Panhandle are appealing for government aid to help with the effects of a drought that has harmed crops and livestock forage.
"This area is starting to look like the Sahara Desert," said Ann Boyd, a 76-year-old rancher in Cimarron County, at the western edge of the Panhandle. "There's just nothing here. Even the weeds are dying. The buffalo grass isn't coming up. There's nothing."
The area is now declared to be drier than during the Dust Bowl of the 1930s.
All of this is going to lead to even higher prices at the grocery store. Add to that the rising fuel prices and things are going to get really bad.
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