Friday, October 14, 2011

History Happening Today

Friday, October 14,2011

- Not since the dust bowl time has United States been so hot and dry. over 80 percent of Texas is going through drought conditions scoring o the highest category on the United States drought monitor scale. The average temperature over the past 3 months has been 30.4 degrees Celsius only 18.6 cm of rain has reached the state. The drought has caused wild fires. More than 5.2 million dollars has been lost in livestock and lost crops.

- Brandon University strikes- At BU faculties have gone on strike. About 240 professors, librarians and associates have been on strike since Wednesday. About 3000 students have been affected by the strike. Classes have been canceled for some of them. Some students will suffer as a result of this strike.

-Power will be out in Wawanesa this afternoon. Manitoba Hydro has announced the outage which will also affect CKLQ's transmitter.

LW

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