Farm flooding and grocery store gestapo

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It's looks like the rice crop grown around the region of Poyang lake in China is pretty much a total loss for this year. The Poyang lake reached a record level this past week seeing in how several dams and dykes failed, and a couple were deliberately blown up to divert it into the area to keep it from going into the big cities. The area around Poyang is 70 percent of China's rice crop.

If you been watching the weather channel tropical storm Sally is headed towards the gulf coast and will put down over 10 inches in some areas where it is not needed. It has some time to get stronger and is looking better and more organized now. It could put a direct hit on New Orleans.