On 5/19/2011 2:39 PM, Cheri wrote:
> "Dave Smith" > wrote in message
> news
>> Food prices could get scary this year. We have some serious
>> interruptions in the food supply due to rain or lack of rain,
>> depending on the location. Most of the productive areas in North
>> America are experience record rainfalls and floods. Fields are too wet
>> for farmers to to get out and work their fields, too wet to plant.
>> Much of western Europe is facing drought conditions. They have had
>> little or no rain during the critical sprouting and initial growth
>> periods. China is also experiencing severe droughts. It seems that
>> there is either not enough water, or there is way too much.
>
> Some analyst said that in 2012, the big deal won't be whether you have a
> Christmas Tree or not, but whether you will be able to find and to
> afford the fixings for the Christmas dinner. Maybe he's right because
> that's about a year and a half away.

the experts say that this year's flooding is going to impact next year
more than this year.