Figure 7 shows the result for September. Late August and September rain can be very important determinants of final yield. It's pretty clear that years in which amounts are below normal because of lack of tropical cyclones are those in which yields are in jeopardy. The percentage of September rainfall in the eastern United States that comes from tropical systems. The regions that normally receive more than 15 percent are shaded.
People adapt to their climatic environment.
That's the lesson of 1998. But the climate hype of 1998 also has portents. If this past year is any guide, when global warming becomes a major focus of the Y2K presidential campaign, the amount of distortion, exaggeration, scare stories and fear-mongering we're sure to witness will be a real climate disaster. Effects of tropical cyclone rainfall on the distribution of precipitation over the eastern and southern United States. Washington, D.C. Michaels, P.J., 1979.