Having endured four days of 100-degree Fahrenheit temperatures without electric power, and of course without air conditioning, as a result of the powerful storm that smashed through the Washington, D.C. area last Friday night, we feel empathy toward Midwestern corn and soybean crops that are wilting under severe heat and drought conditions. Unfortunately for the crops, there is nothing comparable to the relief that came for us humans with the restoration of power.Weather watchers always search for colorful ways to describe adverse conditions. It used to be that a high pressure ridge which brought heat but prevented rain systems were referred to as a "dome of doom." This year's conditions have brought on a new phrase: "ring of fire." Presu...

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