On 06/08/2010 20:38, Will Hand wrote:

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Dawlish writes:
On Aug 2, 8:07 pm, Dawlish wrote:
On Jul 24, 9:37 pm, Pete L wrote:

Cold in S America but I see today Moscow have equalled their highest
July max of 36.7

Moscow and western Russia just won't cool. All sorts of problems with
wildfires:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-10836281

......and the 5-day forecast is in the high 90's, then 100F Thurs +
Fri and peaking around 40C again on Saturday. Their new temperature
record could be beaten again. Quite amazing temperatures.

http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/27612.html

Still no let-up for the Muscovites; made worse by the wildfires and
the smog they are producing.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-10897116

I see that it could be about to have a significant effect on the world
economy, following Russia's being forced to cease exporting wheat:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/c...n-exports.html

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OTOH USA are expecting a bumber crop!

Let's hope so, as with the flooding in Pakistan doing a lot of damage to
their main agricultural area, the poorer countries of the world might be
in trouble and the richer ones paying a lot more for their food.

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