Why Credit Card Companies Charge Such High Interest Rates. The short answer is because corporate profits and corporations in general are favored over protecting the individual from harm these days. Below is only one court decision in the long dismantlement of individual rights in favor of corporate rights.
Iowa in midst of 9th coldest winter in 121 years of records (AUDIO). January 28, 2014 by Pat Curtis. Icycles form on tree branch in Des Moines. To most Iowans, itâs felt like an extremely cold winter and the record books back it up. AUDIO: Radio Iowaâs Pat Curtis reports :55. State Climatologist Harry Hillaker says, over the last four months, the statewide average temperature has been 30.1 degrees. âItâs been the 9th coldest October through January period in the past 121 years,â Hillaker said.
The statewide monthly average temperature was 73.2Â°F or 3.5Â°F above normal (See Figure 1). June 2016 ranks as the 14th warmest June among 144 years of statewide climate records. A warmer June was last recorded in 1991. The average temperature at Des Moines and Waterloo was 77.3Â°F and 71.9Â°F respectively. Des Moines was 5.5Â°F above normal while Waterloo was only 1.9Â°F above its monthly average. On the 15 th, the hottest temperature of 96Â°F was recorded for the month at Des Moines while the coldest temperature was 56Â°F on the 2 nd.