<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Real Science]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://stevengoddard.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[stevengoddard]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/author/stevengoddard/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Thin Content Signals Declining Journalism At The New York&nbsp;Times]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>The New York Times published this crap last week. Since then we have been slammed with one snow storm after another, with lots more in the forecast.</p>
<blockquote><p>DENVER — After enduring last summer’s destructive drought, farmers, ranchers and officials across the parched Western states had hoped that plentiful winter snows would replenish the ground and refill their rivers, breaking the grip of one of the worst dry spells in American history. No such luck.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/23/us/in-drought-stricken-heartland-snow-is-no-savior.html?pagewanted=all&amp;_r=1&amp;">Thin Snowpack Signals Summer of Fire and Drought – NYTimes.com</a></p></blockquote>
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<p><a href="http://wxmaps.org/pix/prec1.html">10-Day Precipitation Outlook for the Conterminous U.S.</a></p>
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