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From 1999 to 2018, Colorado had the fourth-highest incidence of neuroinvasive WNV in the United States. [19] Cases of WNV have been reported in Colorado every year since 2002. [20] The 5-year historical average of WNV cases in Colorado indicates that most cases appear in late summer months, primarily August and September. [21]
On April 2, 2016, PHMSA issued a CAO to TransCanada for a 16,800 US gallons (64 m 3) leak in Hutchinson County, South Dakota, [47] and again on April 9. [48] The pipeline restarted at a reduced operating pressure on April 10 after the U.S. regulator approved the companies corrective actions and plan. [ 49 ]
The Guadalupe and Trinity Rivers left their banks, and the Brazos River and the Colorado River joined to flood more than 3,000 square miles of land and cause the deaths of at least 177 people and massive property damage ($3,436,144 in the Brazos Valley alone). The flood caused the Brazos river to change course.
Fort Wayne is a city in and the county seat of Allen County, Indiana, United States. [10] Located in northeastern Indiana, the city is 18 miles (29 km) west of the Ohio border [11] and 50 miles (80 km) south of the Michigan border. [12]
The 1980s oil glut was a significant surplus of crude oil caused by falling demand following the 1970s energy crisis.The world price of oil had peaked in 1980 at over US$35 per barrel (equivalent to $134 per barrel in 2024 dollars, when adjusted for inflation); it fell in 1986 from $27 to below $10 ($77 to $29 in 2024 dollars).
About 11.4% of families and 20.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 24.5% of those under age 18 and 7.3% of those age 65 or over. [49] The city's median household income in 2000 was $31,844, and for the median family income was $41,418.
The first major land-based desalination plant may have been installed under emergency conditions on an island off the coast of Tunisia in 1560. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] It is believed that a garrison of 700 Spanish soldiers was besieged by the Turkish army and that, during the siege, the captain in charge fabricated a still capable of producing 40 barrels ...
Burning Man is a week-long large-scale desert event focused on "community, art, self-expression, and self-reliance" held annually in the western United States. [1] [2] The event's name comes from its culminating ceremony: the symbolic burning of a large wooden effigy, referred to as the Man, that occurs on the penultimate night, the Saturday evening before Labor Day. [3]