Icy roads created from storms this week paralyzed much of the greater Seattle, Washington area, where schools were closed and bus routes were suspended Friday as roads were too icy to navigate.
While some of the equipment is routinely used in hospitals around the country, other pieces were custom-built for the sickbay, making it the only one of its type in the world.
Opening up new farmland was a possibility, but most of what was suitable had already been exploited and further reclamation was technically unfeasible.
A limited amount of economic progress was made as some Issei were able to rent or buy farmland directly, while others joined together to form farming corporations.
Calm and peaceful for most of the year, the Nile used to flood annually, thereby creating, irrigating and carrying new topsoil to the nearby farmland, on which ancient Egypt depended for livelihood.
Much of his spare time was spent on or by water, itself glass-like, and in search of the secretive elements—this time panfish, trout and marlin—lurking within.