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Mold is a dangerous library pest because of the damage it causes to the collections. Mold thrives off of paper and books; these objects provide the fungi a source of nutrition, namely the sugar and starches present in the cellulose materials. [6] Mold feeds on cloth, leather, glues, adhesives, cellulose starch and starches in the sizing.
Mold illness isn’t easy to define, and the path from home mold growth to debilitating chronic health symptoms is complicated. But often the story starts like this: Moisture in a home can cause ...
Because of the cold California Current from the North Pacific Ocean and the fact that the storms tend to "steer" west, California has only been hit with three tropical storms in recorded history, a storm which came ashore in 1939 and dumped heavy rainfall on the Los Angeles area and interior deserts. The remnants of tropical systems will affect ...
The storm also produced an EF0 tornado in Ventura, California, as well as numerous waterspouts across Southern California. [22] [29] The powerful winter storm weakened as it moved inland, but continued to affect California until January 23. The ridge of high pressure previously stationed over the Central U.S. had broken down by then, allowing ...
The December 2014 North American storm complex was a powerful winter storm (referred to by some as California's "Storm of the Decade" [6] [7]) that impacted the West Coast of the United States, beginning on the night of December 10, 2014, resulting in snow, wind, and flood watches. [8]
"Earlier this winter, AccuWeather announced that because of the stormy conditions from last winter and this most recent winter, no water shortage issues due to the weather are likely through next ...
California's historic wet winter inflicted at least $210 million in damage to the state's parks during storms in January and March, with a popular state beach near Santa Cruz accounting for nearly ...
Spores need three things to grow into mold: nutrients – cellulose (the cell wall of green plants) is a common food for indoor spores; moisture – to begin the decaying process caused by mold; and time – mold growth begins from 24 hours to 10 days after the provision of growing conditions. Mold colonies can grow inside buildings, and the ...