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drought has just set in and
the two people in the
dialogue below are very
concerned... |
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Sally: |
I
think a drought has set in. It
hasn't rained a drop for months. |
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Ethan: |
I think so, too, but didn't
it rain last month? |
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Sally: |
It
did rain last month, but the rainfall
was only half the monthly average. |
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Ethan: |
Oh. That bad?! |
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Sally: |
That's
right. It's really bad.
I'm really concerned though not
panicked yet. |
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Ethan: |
I don't blame you. The
pastures have browned out even before
the summer hasn't arrived. |
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Sally: |
Yeah,
and the soil has been baked so hard
that the plow can't even break the
soil. |
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Ethan: |
Looks like it's going to be
an ongoing thing that would get worse
each day. |
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Sally: |
Yeah.
If it doesn't rain, it's going to get
critical. |
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