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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 2012
Page
1
By Orlan Love The Gazette reports in Edar Rapids that unusual March warmth accelerates plant development, challenging specialty crop growers including Hughes Nursery and Landscaping as they cope with rapid sprouting and potential market timing issues.
March temperatures through March 22 pushed Iowa toward a record warm spell. John Hughes notes a six day window for transplant work shrinking from six weeks while maple sap flow drops and sugar bush operators brace for reduced syrup output. Orchardists fear late frosts may ruin blooms. farmers enjoy the weather and avoid early planting. State Climatologist Harry Hillaker says this March will be the warmest in 134 years with a statewide average 15.4 degrees above normal through March 22.
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Sen. Bill Dotzler presses for 6.5 million dollars Branstad claimed to save by closing 36 Iowa Workforce Development offices. He questions department disclosures as the House Appropriations subcommittee considers restoring funding after the Iowa Supreme Court ruling that the closures were illegal.
Government study models a 10 kiloton nuclear blast near Washington D C showing destruction up to a half mile and a radiation plume toward Baltimore yet finds areas just beyond the epicenter could remain survivable with containment and response. The analysis weighs the Beltway impact and urban survivability in a terror scenario.
FEMA study predicts terrible devastation within half a mile of a 10 kiloton nuclear device. Outside that zone, survivors would be more likely, implying survivability beyond the core blast radius.
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