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proud2BlibKansan

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7. I was in western Kansas a couple times this summer

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Mon Oct 15, 2012, 08:07 PM

Oct 2012

It's horrible. The corn crops were dead. Cattle (the few we saw) were way too skinny. Rivers were gone. No water. One river bed is now a popular spot for ATVs.

It's very sad out there.

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