Kansas Wheat Causing Tornadoes??

[Made in the USA]

Kansas.com | 03/16/2008 | Wheat growth, tornado rates may be related

[ksgrainman]

The way my wheat looks this year, we should all be safe!!!!!

[Made in the USA]

Sorry Grainman, sometimes it surprises you though.
The next thing you know, they will be forcing you to grow menthol plants or "icicle" radishes, to cool down this global warming!

[Lou]

According to the link's story, the moisture content of the developing wheat crop could be effecting the "dry line" as it relates to storms.

Hmmmm.

I doubt that's what caused the tornado in downtown Atlanta a couple of days ago, but just to be sure, I need to apply for a government grant to study the possible causal relationship. What would you say... maybe $10 million or so might get us started. Who wants to help me conduct the study? We should easily qualify for the grant, considering some of the "pork" projects I saw listed on another thread just yesterday. Of course, most of our research will be conducted in Las Vegas, the Carribbean and elsewhere (mostly, wherever wheat does not and cannot grow).

But seriously, the concept does sound a bit far-flung. A quote from the story:

Jeff Hutton, the warning coordination meteorologist for the service's Dodge City bureau, said he would need to see "concrete evidence over 30 years' worth of data" before buying into the theory.
"Scientifically, we just can't see how that can have any correlation," Hutton said of the wheat belt and tornadoes.

Mr Hutton appears to be the most realistic, grounded individual mentioned in the story. I doubt there's any validity to the wheat/tornado theory, but I hope that we, as taxpayers, don't have to foot the bill for a lengthy, tiresome study. But if we do, get 'yer wallets and checkbooks out! That, and don't irrigate your wheat, corn, soybeans, etc.!

[K C Muffin]

Jeff's a good kid. He's also a pretty smart cookie. This kind of thing seems like somebody tryin' to find somebody to blame for something that isn't even real. If Jeff says it's bunk, then you can take it to the bank.

[Army_of_One]

With the price that wheat is bringing it's going to cause a financial tornado..

[Made in the USA]

Originally Posted by Army_of_One

With the price that wheat is bringing it's going to cause a financial tornado..

That's because nobody has any to sell!

By the way, I wonder if that was why Governor Spitzer had to pay so much for --------whoops, I better not go there!

[K C Muffin]

Originally Posted by Made in the USA

That's because nobody has any to sell!

By the way, I wonder if that was why Governor Spitzer had to pay so much for --------whoops, I better not go there!

He had to pay so much because he's just damned ugly

[Made in the USA]

Originally Posted by K C Muffin

He had to pay so much because he's just damned ugly

You ever notice how big his ears are??? The guy must be a Frenchman.

Do you know how French women hold their liquor?
By the ears!

[jeezeweeze]

Wonder if he can breath thru his ears......