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Posted Mon Sep 3 2012: from New York Times:
Isaac Brings Touch of Relief, and Hope for Next Season, to Corn Belt http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1346689713
All through the scorching summer, as their crops withered under cloudless skies, Corn Belt farmers waited and prayed for this moment. Now, courtesy of Hurricane Isaac, it has finally arrived: three days of rain to soak their parched fields and soften the cracked soil.
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