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Global Warming Strikes California - Oct 12 was Coldest since 1893

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10/14/2008 7:59 PM
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Global Warming Strikes California - Oct 12 was Coldest since 1893

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Al Gore was wrong. We are not suffering from Global Warming. We are suffering from erratic weather caused by something ... perhaps the sun which is going through a bizarre period of no spots!!!

A record cold snap in Mendocino County over the weekend caused little damage to wine grapes but chilled the hearts of farmers who already have suffered huge losses this year.
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"It's just one more thing on top of one more thing. You kind of hold your breath," said Potter Valley wine grape grower Bill Pauli.

Temperatures dropped to 31 degrees in the Ukiah Valley on Saturday night and early Sunday morning, the coldest Oct. 12 morning since record keeping began in Ukiah in 1893, said Troy Nicolini, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Eureka. The previous record was 34 degrees in 1916.

Temperatures were milder in Sonoma County, and there were no reports of frost-related problems, county officials said.

Farmers in Redwood Valley and other cooler regions in Mendocino County reported temperatures as low as 27 degrees.

An estimated 30 percent to 50 percent of that county's wine grape crop had yet to be harvested when the frost hit, killing the tops of unprotected vines and effectively freezing the ripening process.
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Most unprotected wine grape crops already had adequate sugar content, so they were unharmed, said Mendocino County Agricultural Commissioner Dave Bengston.

Farmers either sprayed water or turned on wind machines for crops that were not quite ready to harvest, said Redwood Valley farmer Peter Johnson. He said he took frost-protection measures for his cabernet and merlot grapes and expects the return of sunny weather to bump up their sugar content over the next week or two.

Mendocino County wine-grape growers were fearful because they already had lost an estimated 30 percent of their crop to frost in the early spring. The crop also was hit by an early rain that threatened to cause rot, and the region endured a wildfire-choked summer that had the potential to cause smoke damage.

Area grape growers are expect to finish harvesting in the next two weeks, sooner if the weather turns cold again.

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10/14/2008 8:09 PM

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10/14/2008 8:17 PM

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10/14/2008 8:19 PM

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It's within a degree or 2 of all-time record highs the next few days SE US and NE, too! # of WW record highs dwarfs record lows 10-1.

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10/14/2008 8:20 PM

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^ But I do concur with your erratic/manipulation? ideas.

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