Tornado season in Ohio and across the country got off to a nasty, early start, but that isn't an indication of a bad season to come, weather experts say.
The early spurt of tornadoes during the unseasonably warm weather this year is unusual but not unprecedented, said Mike Kurz, a National Weather Service forecaster in Wilmington.
Of the 75 tornadoes that raged through the Midwest March 2, seven touched down in Ohio.
Read more in the Marion Star.
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Friday, May 27, 2011
Corn crop could be lost cause
May 27, 2011, Fremont News-Messenger
By Jessica Alaimo
Special to The News-Messenger
Hope for a successful corn crop in Ohio is dwindling with every passing rainy day.
As of Sunday, Ohio farmers had 11 percent of planned corn crops in the ground. They had 87 percent at this time last year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Two percent have emerged, compared with 72 percent last year. The 2006 to 2010 average amount of crops is 80 percent planted by May 22, and 58 percent emerged.
Ideally, corn crops should be planted by May 15, said Jack Fisher, president of the Ohio Farm Bureau. Farmers will plant up until June 5, but as the days go by, the yield from them gets lower.
Monday, February 8, 2010
Ohio could be shaken by earthquakes
Feb. 8, 2010, Fremont News-Messenger
BY JESSICA ALAIMO AND RUSS ZIMMER
Special to the News-Messenger
It could be tomorrow. It could be in 300 years. At some point, the plates far beneath the earth will start to shift 600 miles southwest of here.
It will be a 7- or 8-magnitude earthquake. Memphis, the closest city to the epicenter, would be destroyed. In southwest Ohio, the ground would shake and bookcases would topple. Older buildings might collapse.
The damage will be far more catastrophic than what the Gulf Coast saw in 2005 with Hurricane Katrina.
Earthquakes are in the news again because of the disaster in Haiti. Ohio is no stranger to earthquakes — 221 have occurred in the state’s known history, most around Shelby County and near Lake and Ashtabula counties. Few caused any damage.
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