| 单词 | bone-dry |
| 例句 | It was an enormous, bone-dry hole in the side of Mount Elgon. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Just north of us was the bone-dry Kabul River. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Yet the floor and the bowl were bone-dry. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Composed of heat-resistant plastic and chemically treated cork layers, and equipped with a desiccating unit to keep the air bone-dry, the insosuits could withstand the full glare of Mercury’s sun for twenty minutes. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z One time I saw an old jet-black woman, bent like an ostrich with its head in the sand, trying to cultivate the bone-dry soil with a broken hoe. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The Kabul River, without its yearly spring floods, had turned bone-dry. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The place was mountainous, rugged and bone-dry, like a wasteland. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The sky was cloudless and the streets were bone-dry. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z She had lived thus far in an isolated farmhouse surrounded by vast fields of wheat, with little to entertain her beyond the sound of the wind rustling the bone-dry stalks each autumn. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “I worked explosives before the company brought in the continuous-mining machines. Powder’s got to be bone-dry.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z There were plenty of washed-up logs and sticks on the island, and under the bridge the wood was bone-dry. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The bone-dry acoustics of the Theater Lab require extra effort to create sonority, but the violin pizzicati in the Webern simply vanished, chords went unvibrated, and there was not enough projection in expressive passages. Shaw’s terrific ‘Blueprint’ felt too short 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z It includes a version of the traditional English ballad “Weep You No More, Sad Fountains,” but there’s also a bone-dry cover of “Dark Turn of Mind,” by the American singer-songwriter Gillian Welch. The Playlist: Bruno Mars Gives His Funk a Flashy Makeover 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z Its geography, with the cloud-blocking Andes to the east and the bone-dry Atacama Desert to the north, produces exceptionally clear conditions, optimal for stargazing. In Chile’s Elqui Valley, Intergalactic Sightseeing Is the Star 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z She zips from hilarious descriptions of going to the bathroom while overloaded with clunky gear to bone-dry observations: “The ethics lesson was slightly less detailed than the guidance on the proper wearing of uniforms.” The Merit, Thrills, Boredom and Fear of Police Work 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z Romanians are back with another bone-dry, pitch-black comedy—this time bearing a particularly cynical view on happiness, the cruelty of families, and the making of inept television commercials. New Directors/New Films Series Sets Lineup 2010-02-25T17:48:00Z Restrained in his deployment of the recordings, McIntosh conjures an enigmatic, shadowy, quietly colorful world, sometimes bone-dry, sometimes softly shimmering. In a Jam-Packed Weekend at Ojai, a Musical Family Gathers 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z This rosé, made from a host of southern French varieties, is bone-dry with a savory edge, just right for burgers or the sort of Mediterranean dishes you might serve at an outdoor lunch. 20 Wines Under $20: The Savory Side of Rosé 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z The wine is bone-dry and floral, with a kind of dark, herbal edge. 20 Wines Under $20: The Savory Side of Rosé 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z Their home in the Sahara is one of the hottest places on Earth but the heat they're used to is bone-dry. Tinariwen: Sahara to New York City 2011-08-20T23:04:07Z No mannered accent mars Ms. Stritch’s bone-dry turn as Desirée’s elderly but by no means retiring mother, whose boudoir career in a happier heyday for romance she recounts with relish in the song “Liaisons.” Peters and Stritch in ?A Little Night Music? 2010-08-02T01:58:00Z You want the soil to be neither bone-dry nor saturated. Winter-battered plants may look dead — but don’t give up on them yet 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z Rosé de Printemps translates to “rosé of spring,” but this bone-dry, peppery wine is more a refreshing wine of summer. 20 Wines Under $20: The Savory Side of Rosé 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z Predictably, their relationship softens up, but the film nevertheless maintains some of its prickly charm, in no small part because of the feisty Rampling, whose ice-queen persona here straddles bone-dry humor and withering tragedy. ‘Juniper’ Review: Bad Grandma 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z They pop out of burrows in the station’s raised planters at dusk, dozens of them, big fat ones, their gray-brown bodies nearly camouflaged by the bone-dry dirt of their stomping grounds. Dumping ground and refuge: For those who know how to navigate L.A.’s Skid Row, it can provide community — but crackdowns have made life even harder 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z That’s the situation with “Saul Steinberg,” a studious, bone-dry book that is packed with information yet utterly inert. Books of The Times: ‘Saul Steinberg,’ a Biography by Deirdre Bair 2012-12-13T23:12:59Z It’s capable not only of transparently expressing the qualities of different terroirs but of making bone-dry wines, succulently sweet wines and a whole range in between. Chenin Blanc From Three Places 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z “Wild donkey,” Nixon says, pointing to the cream-colored creature with a gray-brown face and enormous ears that stands oddly alone on the bone-dry pond. On Great Inagua Island in the Bahamas, the flamingos are many and magnificent It’s not easy, through his bone-dry, unassuming demeanor, to tell quite how he feels about that. Jim Shaw, From Trash Bins and Swap Meets, a Prodigious Body of Work 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z It sounds just as morosely bone-dry as Brexit itself, like the sort of thing that will grind everyone down into a loose pulp of kill-me-now apathy, regardless of how they voted. It’s Brex Benedict – but can Cumberbatch make Vote Leave sexy? 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z It’s exuberantly floral and exotically fruity, and bone-dry and earthy on the palate. 20 Wines Under $20: A Little More Money for a Lot More Wine 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z The players brought a bone-dry austerity to this somber tune, delivering it without a trace of its usual quavery pathos. Review: Skies clear, chamber players shine at Seattle Chamber Music Society's festival opener 2010-07-06T23:45:00Z The actor, best known as the droll producer who kept "30 Rock" sane opposite Tina Fey, is able to shift from concern to bone-dry humor in the blink of Bay's very big eye. In 'Big Hero 6' a huggable robo-hero pops up in the future 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z The thumbnail summary — “Aubrey Plaza becomes a thief” — conjures up a bone-dry comedy in which her deadpan persona creates ironic friction with the criminal underworld. The 50 Best Movies on Netflix Right Now 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z Even though there are many Riesling styles, from bone-dry to dessert, too many consumers perceived it as only sweet. How sweet it isn’t: Cidermakers are working on ways to fight the misconception 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z When Aubrey Plaza arrived on the scene over a decade ago, her bone-dry wit, acerbic delivery and supporting turns in comic films and television suggested the second coming of Janeane Garofalo. The Best Movies on Amazon Prime Video Right Now 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z Psaki showed a bone-dry wit when one reporter asked if Biden planned to keep the new color scheme that Trump ordered for Air Force One. Smooth Psaki shows new tone in first Biden press briefing 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z It’s not rustic, it’s simply wonderful — bone-dry, moderately tannic, fruity and stony, unaffected by commercial polish or marketing sensibilities. 12 Natural Wines to Drink Now 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z Mr. Auerbach surrounds her singing with echoing guitars and bone-dry percussion, in the spirit of a spaghetti western soundtrack. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2011-02-07T23:20:47Z Even more unexpectedly, it keeps people who brave the storm nearly bone-dry as they venture forth into the falling rain. 'Rain Room,' technology's hot-ticket riff on Mother Nature 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z Winter’s wheat crop is failing in the east and graziers are struggling to keep livestock alive on bone-dry pastures. Australians eat 'parma' for drought-stricken farmers 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z The witty, bone-dry dialogue made a long car ride go by in a flash. Times Critics Discuss 2021 in Books, From Breakout Stars to Cover Blobs 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z There is another possibility, though, which is that “The Untamed” is not a slice-of-life tale pretending to be a monster movie, but rather a bone-dry comedy pretending to be both of those things. Review: In ‘The Untamed,’ Close Encounters. No, Even Closer. 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z It feels like the epitome of a Hoffman film: a mix of comedy and tragedy told with subtlety, bone-dry humor and flashes of grace. 5 great Philip Seymour Hoffman performances 2014-02-03T03:09:46Z I wandered along the ghosts of grottoes and bone-dry channels that once flowed from fountains. Untermyer Gardens in Yonkers Is Being Tended Once Again 2012-07-19T21:45:31Z Mountain bluebirds flashed their electric colors in the bushes, and the high desert air was bone-dry and pleasantly scented with pine. To Ride Again Another Day in Colorado 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z The bone-dry aircraft cabin can dehydrate you quickly; drink lots of water. Perspective | Try these new tricks for fighting jet lag 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z This bone-dry farmhouse ale is fermented with wild yeast and bacteria captured near the brewery. More Brew and Less Buzz, With Low-Alcohol Beers 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z On the palate it is bone-dry and invigorating, with a bracingly fresh underlying citrus flavor. 20 Wines Under $20: The Savory Side of Rosé 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z Here’s a great example of Aussie Riesling: bone-dry, with razor’s-edge acidity that somehow manages to keep the wine together, as if by a prayer. ‘Bottled poetry,’ plus 4 other wines to ring in 2016 2015-12-25T05:00:00Z The evidence linking dietary fat to poor health had always been shaky, but class prejudice prevailed: fatty and greasy foods were for the poor and unenlightened; their betters stuck to bone-dry biscotti and fat-free milk. Why are the poor blamed and shamed for their deaths? 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z The terrain is harsh and unyielding; the sun unrelenting; the bone-dry ground dissolves into clouds of dust. My streaming gem: why you should watch Happy as Lazzaro 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z The bone-dry Danakil only gets seven inches of rain a year, but it all seemed to have fallen that night, resulting in a frantic scurry for the huts. Journey to an Ethiopian volcano located in one of the hottest places on Earth 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z His affectionate streak is offset, though, by his bone-dry, minimalist delivery. Growing Funnier Each Serious Minute 2011-05-27T22:25:59Z We began our new regimen Jan. 1, 2012, and each day and week that followed seemed to offer up a new challenge, to nudge us across a strange, new, bone-dry frontier. A cocktail writer goes dry 2013-01-19T00:30:00Z This steamed clam dish calls for a bone-dry, taut white that is as bracing and refreshing as a dunk in the ocean. With a Little Wine (and a Lot of Herbs), Clams Turn On the Charm 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z Stephen Sondheim’s bone-dry lyrics supply one more maxim: “Nice,” Little Red concludes, “is different than good.” ‘Into the Woods’ Review: Do You Believe in Magic? 2022-07-10T04:00:00Z So begins a wonderful 90 minutes with the maverick Welshman, part wistful singer-songwriter, part bone-dry comic. Gruff Rhys ? review 2011-07-19T18:00:03Z This wine, made without added yeast or filtration in the Peloponnese region of Greece, is fragrant and floral, bone-dry and lightly fruity. 20 Under $20: Wines That Feed the Soul 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z The wine lacks the razor’s edge of a bone-dry Brut Nature, but it is not noticeably sweet. This exceptional, vibrant Spanish white wine will set you back only $17 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z As a director, León favours slow, gliding tracks across the country’s bone-dry interior. Cannes 2019 week one roundup: zombies, babies and a sleeping Bill Murray 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z Its somber, bone-dry gruffness crumbles to dust, only to be replaced by adolescent jokiness. Valley of Violence Is Hounded by Its True Star 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z In person Mr. Andre is slightly less daunting than his work, doctrinaire but energetically talkative and witty in a bone-dry New England way. For Carl Andre, Less Is Still Less 2011-07-17T02:00:06Z Ms. Majok’s perceptive drama, with its bone-dry humor and vivid characters, illustrates how vulnerable people like Darja are, hostages to the vagaries of chance, unless they can manage to climb out of poverty. Review: ‘Ironbound’ Stars Marin Ireland as a Struggling Immigrant 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z Although the roles are roughly equal, the balance of sympathy will always favor Ruth, who dominates the play with her bone-dry humor and aggrieved dignity. | 'Collected Stories': Linda Lavin as Donald Margulies?s Vision of Faded Fame 2010-04-28T23:01:00Z It was really all he needed, beyond the hulking gravity of his singing, in a bone-dry baritone, and the intrigue of his lyrics, with their startling imagery and deadpan philosophy. Music Review: Bill Callahan Show at Jazz at Lincoln Center 2012-02-09T23:04:37Z A hallmark of Bob and Ray comedy was bone-dry delivery of the absurd. Bob Elliott, one half of a crack team of pop-culture satirists, dies at 92 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z We started with extra dry, which, despite its name, is a tad sweeter than the bone-dry brut we taste later. It’s sparkler season: Touring Italy’s Prosecco Road 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z The author's bone-dry humour is evident throughout the memoir. Not Me: A German Childhood by Joachim Fest – review 2012-08-10T21:55:03Z This time, though, their story is neatly interwoven with that of Bonnie, another outsider with a bone-dry sense of humour, who – in a trademark curveball – is the subject of the entire first episode. The End of the F***ing World’s Alex Lawther: ‘He’s not a psychopath, he’s just very sad’ 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z In the winter basement, it dropped its leaves until mid-February, when it would send up forlorn expeditionary shoots once the day lengths got noticeably longer, even when the soil was bone-dry. The autumn allure of the greenhouse 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z I ate a superb mussels escabeche, in which the shellfish had been slightly pickled to complement its briny essence, washed down with a bone-dry riesling. In New Zealand, Sauvignon Wishes and Sashimi Dreams 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z Shires added, in her characteristic bone-dry deadpan, “She hasn’t gotten any taller.” Amanda Shires Isn’t Letting Nashville, or Her Marriage, Off the Hook 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z This is a fascinating and unusual bone-dry expression of the Mosel Valley. 10 Reasons You Should Give Riesling Another Look 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z It’s a beautiful amber, textured and tannic, bone-dry, fresh and energetic. Alsatian Wines Strike a Balance of Dry and Sweet 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z Lebowitz is such an interesting character that the camera daren't move in case we miss one of her incisive, bone-dry utterances. Tonight's TV highlights: Beauty And The Beast 2011-02-02T00:05:02Z Not unlike its depiction of politics, “Borgen” provides a bleak assessment of the female condition that is also sympathetic and layered, with occasional glints of bone-dry humor. The TV Watch: ‘Borgen,’ a Danish Political Drama Series, on Link TV 2012-10-11T22:07:07Z An intriguing group of fruit wines: dry, almond-kissed cherry; sweet-tart crabapple dessert wine; and crisp bone-dry pear wine just right to drink with a curry. Journeys: British Columbia?s New Vine Trail 2010-06-04T15:36:00Z Mr. Iyer chills recollections of the sonata’s dancing variations until bone-dry, asking for percussive plunks from Mr. Wosner and scraping moans from Ms. Koh before speeding into a wild, flooding finale. Review: For Beethoven’s ‘Kreutzer,’ a Chance to Compare and Contrast 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z Smaller screens in front of the amps flash "Basic amplifiers" between songs, testimony to Gibbons's humour – both bone-dry and utterly absurdist. ZZ Top – review 2013-06-25T16:51:17Z Then, with equal pride, he shows us a huge, but bone-dry irrigation pond. Arundhati Roy | Gandhi, but with guns | Part Five 2010-03-27T09:00:00Z The follow-up, which reached No 34, was a bone-dry, almost straightfaced deconstruction of Bill Haley's Rock Around the Clock. Hidden treasures: Telex – Looking for Saint Tropez 2013-01-22T15:04:00Z When we see Fugard wandering around the semi-desert Karroo region that was his homeland, we understand how its "Calvinist landscape", as he describes it, has shaped the bone-dry austerity of his plays. Playwright Athol Fugard: a man of obstinacy and courage 2012-06-03T17:45:01Z One man who's well-placed to take stock of the situation is Scottish comic Stephen Carlin, whose characteristic mode of bone-dry intellectual pedantry has in recent years been allied to an increasingly satirical streak. This week's new comedy 2010-05-28T23:07:00Z High on a bluff overlooking Indian Wells Valley, Ileene Anderson, a senior scientist with the Center for Biological Diversity, gazed out over the bone-dry desert valley born of seismic upheavals, flash floods, drought and heat. Desperate for water, a desert city hopes to build a pipeline to the California Aqueduct 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z The killer combination of a topographically flat and bone-dry interior could also stifle any river-borne transport of carbon-rich sediments otherwise destined to be sequestered in the ocean. Will the Next Supercontinent Really Drive Mammals to Extinction? 2023-10-17T04:00:00Z Hot water and hot air were both crucial factors that enabled Hilary’s rapid growth — steering it on an unusual but not quite unprecedented path that dumped rain in some normally bone-dry places. As Tropical Storm Hilary shrinks, desert and mountain towns dig themselves out of the mud 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z And it is poised to pass another milestone this weekend, as Hurricane Hilary lashes Southern California and its bone-dry inland deserts, which normally receive only a scant few inches of rain a year. A Tropical Storm in August? California’s Year of Extremes Grinds On 2023-08-19T04:00:00Z She has a bone-dry sense of humor and is well aware of the irony of learning activism at institutions struggling with their own racist heritage. How a girl in the old South grew up to be a civil rights historian and a Harvard president 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z In these conditions, normally green vegetation becomes bone-dry, flammable fuel; strong winds spread fire quickly; and warm temperatures encourage combustion. What caused Maui’s wildfires to move shockingly fast? Here’s what we know. 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z A bone-dry corpse, perhaps ironically, will likely leave more than bones. These mummies were made … by accident? 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z Scientists once believed this meant the planet would have been bone-dry in its infancy, but recent research published in Nature suggests it might have been significantly wetter. Did Earth’s Water Come from Meteorites? 2023-07-31T04:00:00Z The bone-dry air and meager plant coverage allows sunlight to heat up the desert surface. Death Valley visitors drawn to the hottest spot on Earth during ongoing US heat wave 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z It’s just boneheaded behavior that puts bone-dry countryside at risk needlessly. Don't set off fireworks — it's the patriotic thing to do | Yakima Herald-Republic editorial board 2023-07-03T04:00:00Z And when the soil is really dry, it’s even more important to slow down, or the water will run off without penetrating the surface, just as a bone-dry kitchen sponge has difficulty absorbing a spill. Watering right can save gardeners money, gallons and their plants, too 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z Those who try may be faced with hundred of pages of bone-dry quarterly reports or mystifying color-coded graphics. Consent Decrees Force Changes to Policing. But Do Reforms Last? 2023-06-17T04:00:00Z The inferno erupted following months of drought amid a winter nearly devoid of snow and fed on bone-dry grassland surrounding fast-growing development in the area near the Rocky Mountain foothills. Officials: Devastating 2021 Colorado blaze caused by smoldering fire outside home and power lines 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z Mothers and children are sat under them sheltering from the burning sun, protected from the bone-dry earth by mats. Sudan conflict: 'How I saved my red guitar from Khartoum war zone' 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z So six days later — 90 years ago Wednesday — Roosevelt was at bone-dry Griffith Stadium. The strange history of beer — ‘that wicked brew’ — and Washington baseball 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z With rising temperatures, parts of it are currently bone-dry. Macron unveils plan to save water amid climate change toll 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z Still, the change was welcome news after a grueling, bone-dry three years wrought devastation on the lives and businesses of millions of Californians. Newsom rolls back California drought restrictions after remarkably wet winter 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z But Reddick, with his bone-dry wit and his eyes that seemed to miss nothing, never seemed detached or checked out; he could give even chilly efficiency a human pulse. Review: Something ‘Wick’-ed this way comes (again) 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z But whether it’s a budget allocation or a bond, let’s try to remember: There will be even wetter winters, and restored floodplains can protect homes and capture water for use in bone-dry summers. Editorial: Restore California's floodplains to capture more stormwater, protect human life 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z Officials said the bounty made a dent in the state’s extreme drought conditions and offered some hope for strained water supplies after three bone-dry years. California braces for flooding, snowmelt from a warm new atmospheric river 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z Recent storms have transformed Southern California’s usually bone-dry wildlands into brilliant green landscapes, snow-capped mountains and something even more breathtaking: seldom-seen waterfalls. Los Angeles is suddenly awash in waterfalls 2023-03-04T05:00:00Z After the recent rain and snow, the Southland’s usually bone-dry vistas have been transformed into brilliant green landscapes, snow-capped mountains and seldom-seen waterfalls. The Week in Photos: California exits pandemic emergency amid a winter landscape 2023-03-04T05:00:00Z Even when the upgrade deities are on your side and invite you into business class, you still have to contend with the bone-dry air, restricted movement and jet lag. How to survive a long-haul flight in 2023 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z It is not the bone-dry mass that scientists had thought it to be for generations, including when Armstrong first stepped foot near the moon’s equator in 1969. The moon beckons once again, and this time NASA wants to stay Last season, for example, a soggy December gave way to a bone-dry January, February and March. California suddenly has so much snow. A 'great elixir for drought' but unlikely the cure 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z The soggy end to an otherwise bone-dry year came as something of a surprise. Miracle or mirage? Atmospheric rivers end California drought year with heavy snow and rain 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z Until the rains of October, the creek bed was apparently bone-dry. The writer who's been everywhere shares his 2023 California travel wish list 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z Key words to note on the label: Brut nature means no dosage of sweetness is added when the wine is finished, so we have a bone-dry bubbly meant to showcase the fruit. Perspective | A trio of sparkling wines for less than $25 a pop 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z A repeat of last year’s swing from wet December to bone-dry January was a common concern among experts. Recent storms give drought-weary California cause for hope, but will they continue? 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z With his bone-dry wit and grizzled good looks, he projects a world-weary charisma that can’t help but flatter his subject. The best movie performances of 2022 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z Last year two major storms in October and December were followed by months of bone-dry weather. Drought-hit California cities to get little water from state 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z After three years of drought in Samburu County, Kenya, the riverbeds were bone-dry. In brutal drought, Kenyan herders look for hope underground 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z It shouldn’t look too wet, but it shouldn’t have large clumps of bone-dry ingredients either. These Pennsylvania Dutch apple dumplings are delicious and decadent 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z Fino sherry is bone-dry and nutty tasting, along the lines of dry vermouth or white wine, either of which would make a good substitute. The best part of this chicken dinner? The crispy mushrooms, of course 2022-10-23T04:00:00Z Then Abdiwali's parents walked back towards their new home, as the wind blew in across the plain, and scraps of rags and litter shook on a thousand, bone-dry, thorn bushes. Somalia drought: The moment a two-year-old dies from hunger 2022-10-16T04:00:00Z In June, the government launched a plan to boost police presence and surveillance in the north, a sparsely populated area that is also home to the bone-dry Atacama Desert. Chile's copper miners seek transport alternatives due to crime wave 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z On the second day of the Mosquito fire, bone-dry vegetation and treacherous terrain threatened to triple the size of the blaze in a single afternoon, despite an all-out effort to contain it. Storms Slow California’s Mosquito Fire, but Bring Flash Flood Risk 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z Several new blazes ignited and quickly burned through bone-dry vegetation, sending thousands fleeing from their homes. Cooler, Wetter Weather Brings California a Moment of Relief 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z The heat and bone-dry conditions posed a challenge for fire crews across California. Officials plead with Californians to reduce energy use or face blackouts 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z Fires: Wildfires erupted in rural areas of the state on Wednesday, racing through bone-dry brush and prompting evacuations during a brutal heat wave, The Associated Press reports. California’s Climate Makes It Especially Vulnerable to Global Warming 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z On Wednesday afternoon, wildfires broke out in bone-dry brush in rural San Diego County and Castaic in the Santa Clarita Valley north of Los Angeles, where a mobile home park was evacuated. California heat wave sparks fears of fires, power outages 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z When lightning ignited the bone-dry foothills of the Sierra Nevada last year, forestry crews fanned out across Sequoia National Park to defend an ancient grove of California redwoods from wildfire. As forests go up in smoke, so will California's climate plan 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z Extreme heat, low humidity, high winds and bone-dry vegetation fueled explosive growth that saw the blaze tear through the community of Klamath River, where Kathy Shoopman lived. Sister of 73-year-old lookout killed in McKinney fire, dozens of others sue utility company 2022-08-27T04:00:00Z Their bone-dry communities face yet another failed rainy season within weeks that could tip parts of the region, especially neighboring Somalia, into famine. UN: US buying big Ukraine grain shipment for hungry regions 2022-08-20T04:00:00Z Instead the grass has turned yellow, the land is bone-dry, and many of the crops that feed his cows have died. 'Every day it doesn't rain, the pressure mounts' 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z Instead the grass has turned yellow, the land is bone-dry, and many of the crops that feed his cows have died. UK heatwave: Four-day extreme heat warning comes into effect 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z And despite the much-needed moisture, forests and fields in the region remained bone-dry. Progress made in fight against California fire that killed 2 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z Erratic storms were expected to move through Northern California again on Monday with lightning that threatened to spark new fires in bone-dry vegetation, forecasters said. 2 bodies found in case in wildfire zone 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z Officials described “explosive fire behavior” Saturday as flames made runs through bone-dry vegetation caused by the worst drought in decades. Firefighters slow growth of California blaze near Yosemite 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z Officials described “explosive fire behavior” on Saturday as flames made runs through bone-dry vegetation caused by the worst drought in decades. No containment of destructive California fire near Yosemite 2022-07-24T04:00:00Z “Wildfire risk is already so high” Those bone-dry conditions, made worse by sweltering heat and, you guessed it — climate change, turn landscapes into tinderboxes. These fire-prone places are ditching fireworks for drones this July Fourth 2022-07-02T04:00:00Z By the time summer arrives, California has typically gone months without rain, and warm weather has left vegetation bone-dry. Why Summer Fires in California Are So Dangerous 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z The fire was making a rapid climb toward homes at the top of the ridge, fed by vegetation left bone-dry by California’s years-long drought. ‘Utter chaos’: How the Coastal fire destroyed O.C. mansions despite firefighters’ efforts 2022-06-06T04:00:00Z This season's produce shows up at shops next season, he explained as he showed his bone-dry fallowed fields. Drought-stricken US warned of looming "dead pool" 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z After three bone-dry months, precipitation during April gave northern California a brief reprieve, but those springtime amounts fell far short of what is necessary to alleviate the prolonged drought. With a third year of drought, Southern California facing a hot, dry summer 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z White writes with clarity, precision and a bone-dry sense of humor. 'Who Killed Jane Stanford?' Solving the cold case of a California founder's murder 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z Two more days of windy and dangerously bone-dry conditions are predicted before the winds are expected to ease on Friday. New Mexico wildfire advances in Rocky Mountains foothills 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z Warm to locally scorching temperatures, bone-dry air and strong mountain gusts are set to overlap for several days, part of a summerlike weather pattern that comes without the chance of any meaningful rainfall. ‘Potentially historic’ wildfire event threatens New Mexico, Southwest 2022-05-07T04:00:00Z The grass buffet is coming even as most of the state is in drought conditions after a bone-dry start to 2022. West Sacramento residents turn to goats in their time of weeds 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z Now, researchers have discovered a reason why the ice has persisted on an otherwise bone-dry world: Some polar craters may be protected by ancient magnetic fields. Ancient magnetic fields on the Moon could be protecting precious ice 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z The park is nominally bone-dry, with just tiny seeps and springs fed by snowmelt or underground aquifers. Blisters. Hallucinations: A hiker's grueling attempt to cross Death Valley in four days 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z The bone-dry months follow the driest 22-year period to grip the American Southwest in 1,200 years — a megadrought that researchers say has been greatly intensified by climate change and the release of greenhouse gasses. California drought continues after state has its driest January and February on record 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z Mother Nature reminded Southern Californians that winter was still around, bringing a dramatic array of thunderstorms, lightning, hail and chilly temperatures after weeks of bone-dry conditions. Sensational Southland weather lit up skies, blanketed ground in hail — but rain was scarce 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z The IOC narrowly chose China’s capital and its mostly bone-dry surrounding mountains over a bid from Kazakhstan. Olympic spotlight back on China for a COVID-tinged Games 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z The rest of the state, including much of the Sierra Nevada range, has remained bone-dry through what is typically among the wettest times of the year. After snowy December, California suddenly turns dry, magnifying drought concern 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z The rest of that water year ended up bone-dry, resulting in the first year of a drought that lasted until 2017, state officials said. California is suddenly snow-capped and very wet. But how long will the water rush last? 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z What has changed, they say, is that bone-dry drought conditions and overgrown forests have enabled even the smallest of sparks to explode into an inferno. Is wildfire arson getting worse in California? Climate change doesn't help 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z The snow comes as a much-needed surprise for the bone-dry West, where only months ago, officials put residents under a state of drought emergency. New storm to bring more rain, snow to Southern California ahead of holiday weekend 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z The record snow comes as a much-needed surprise for the bone-dry West, where only months ago, officials put residents under a state of drought emergency amid increasingly dry conditions. Record-breaking Sierra snow buries towns, closes highways 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z "I am confident it was long enough ago that I am bone-dry sober at this point." Longtime CNN producer John Griffin interacted with kids while feds investigated child sex abuse allegations 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z Along the way came the mudslides, rockslides, flooding and power outages that often accompany a deluge in a bone-dry place. Cold, heat, fires, hurricanes and tornadoes: The year in U.S. weather disasters 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z Yet despite the influx of moisture, after months of bone-dry conditions, experts said the region’s drought persists. More winter weather is on the way, as drought persists 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z But the storms also mark a welcome change on the heels of a bone-dry November and a spate of unseasonably warm weather. Rain, snow and chill are heading to Southern California this week 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z A history of fire suppression in the region, combined with stubborn drought and other factors, has caused bone-dry vegetation to build up — a tinder box that can fuel intense blazes, officials said. 'There is nothing alive on that tree': Inside a giant sequoia grove scorched by the KNP Complex fire 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z Friday, as gusty northeast winds and bone-dry air bring the potential for critical fire weather in the region, according to the National Weather Service. Santa Anas to serve up gusty Thanksgiving morning, prompting fire, frost warnings 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z The region saw a relatively quiet summer, even as bone-dry forests went up in flames in Northern California and the Sierra. Southern California faces year’s worst fire threat amid Santa Ana wind event 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z In addition to moistening fuels, the rain also dampened the soil, which means that snowpack won’t be landing on bone-dry earth, he said. Fire season still a threat to Southern California despite rains 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z Not only did the deluge refill some reservoirs, but it also moistened the soil so that snow won’t be falling onto bone-dry earth. Record rains transform a parched California, but ending drought remains elusive 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z Through five years of severe drought, El Capitan Canyon above the Pacific Ocean near Goleta endured bone-dry conditions that at times seemed like they would never end. Heavy rain unleashes mud, debris flows in Northern California areas burned by wildfire 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z Even with the possibility of more rain, Sweet said the impact on bone-dry fuels will be minimal. After a devastating summer of fire, parts of California might get a break this fall 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z Weather officials this week warned that the next few days will bring a chance of elevated fire weather, including a spike in temperatures, fearsome winds and bone-dry humidity. 101 Freeway reopens as Alisal fire checked ahead of red flag conditions 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z According to multiple reports, the British royal is said to enjoy a bone-dry gin martini, which also happens to be Prince Charles’s favorite. Queen Elizabeth advised to cut back on cocktails to stay healthy, source claims: ‘It seems a trifle unfair’ 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z From Los Angeles to Solano counties, gusty northerly winds are expected to arrive beginning Thursday, colliding in some places with the twin fire hazards of single-digit humidity and bone-dry vegetation, weather officials said. Strong winds across California mean a risk of fire and power shutoffs 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z A cold front is slicing through California along the leading edge of the dipping jet stream, drawing bone-dry air southward and a surge of winds. Big storm bringing worst of every season to much of western U.S. 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z But experts say the drought-stressed sequoias are increasingly no match for extreme blazes stoked by climate change and a buildup of bone-dry vegetation. 'Running out of options': Fight to protect giant sequoias has gotten experimental 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z After months of bone-dry conditions, parts of Southern California were hit by bursts of intense rain Monday afternoon, prompting officials to close beaches in many parts of Los Angeles County due to concerns over lightning. Intense rain bursts, lightning hit parts of Southern California; L.A. beaches closed 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z MOENKOPI, Ariz. — On the bone-dry plateau where the Hopi people have lived for well over a thousand years, Robinson Honani pulled his truck to the side of a dirt road and pointed to a carcass. In Arizona, Drought Ignites Tensions and Threatens Traditions Among the Hopi 2021-10-02T04:00:00Z He was battling the Dixie Fire on Aug. 4 when the flames, whipped by strong winds and bone-dry vegetation, descended from the hills and leveled most of central Greenville, including Wolley’s house. Wildfire victims left with nothing get hope from donated RVs 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z Propelled by bone-dry fuels, the blaze tore through forested areas and made a significant push toward the remote community of Old Station in Shasta County, prompting its mandatory evacuation, fire officials said. Dixie fire charges north, forcing new evacuations as crews face 'very concerning' weather 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z Drought conditions and rising temperatures spurred by climate change have left the landscape bone-dry and ready to explode. After a disastrous summer of fire, California braces for a potentially worse fall 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z West have seen dozens of wildfires in the past two months as the drought-stricken region sweltered under hot, dry weather and winds drove flames through bone-dry vegetation. Evacuations lifted for thousands in Tahoe as wildfire stalls 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z Forecasters warned of gusty winds and bone-dry conditions that could push it further toward populated areas, raising fears of an urban conflagration. How Lake Tahoe was spared devastation from the Caldor fire 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z But the threat is not yet gone: Another day of strong winds and bone-dry conditions lies ahead, and firefighters are bracing for a continuous battle against airborne embers and fast-moving flare-ups. Caldor fire blows past 200,000 acres as it moves toward Nevada; crews grow fatigued 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z That felt like a long way off in places where the gusts bore down and embers raked through bone-dry trees — places like Echo Lake. The battle to save South Lake Tahoe 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z His view is filled with dilapidated docks on bone-dry soil that harbored boats when his mother-in-law bought his house in 2004. Lithium fuels hopes for revival on California’s largest lake 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z His view is filled with dilapidated docks on bone-dry soil that harbored boats when his mother-in-law bought his house in 2004. Lithium fuels hopes for revival on California’s largest lake 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z Hot winds gusting at up to 35 mph were forecast for Saturday, raising concerns that winds could spread the embers from the tops of bone-dry trees and spark new fires. Voting rights advocates rally across the nation for new federal laws 2021-08-28T04:00:00Z Gusty winds fanned the flames through bone-dry fuels. Fast-moving South fire near Fontana destroys at least 4 homes 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z Experts are concerned the fires might burn for several more months, fed by bone-dry fuels that are especially receptive to fire. Amid unprecedented fire season, L.A. officials urge residents to be prepared 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z Hot weather and bone-dry conditions in Oregon could increase fire risks through the weekend, forecasters said. California fire threatens homes as blazes burn across West 2021-08-15T04:00:00Z Triple-digit temperatures and bone-dry conditions in Oregon, enduring a third day of extreme heat, is expected to increase fire risk through the weekend. Western wildfires threaten thousands of homes, strain resources 2021-08-14T04:00:00Z Fueled by strong winds and bone-dry vegetation, the fire incinerated much of Greenville on Wednesday and Thursday, destroying 370 homes and structures and threatening nearly 14,000 buildings in the northern Sierra Nevada. Fire-friendly weather to return to Northern California 2021-08-08T04:00:00Z Fueled by strong winds and bone-dry vegetation, the Dixie Fire grew to become the largest single wildfire in state history. Californians endure intense weekend of wildfire fears 2021-08-07T04:00:00Z The Dixie Fire, swollen by bone-dry vegetation and 40-mph gusts, raged through the northern Sierra Nevada town of Greenville Wednesday evening. Raging wildfire destroys parts of Northern California Gold Rush town 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z With fierce winds expected to collide with bone-dry conditions, fire officials fear the situation may become more dire. Danger is high as Dixie fire surges overnight. Fierce winds threaten to make things worse 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z The West is contending with both record-breaking heat waves and worsening drought, which are meeting with bone-dry vegetation, violent weather patterns and strong gusty winds to fan the flames. Anatomy of a monster: How the Dixie fire became California's biggest of the year 2021-07-24T04:00:00Z Smoke from the wildfires burning through bone-dry forests and grasslands in the West has damaged air quality this week from California to the Eastern Seaboard. Wildfire Smoke Drives People Indoors, Raising COVID Risk 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z Meteorologists predicted critically dangerous fire weather through at least Monday in both California and southern Oregon, where the largest wildfire in the U.S. continued to race through bone-dry forests. California fire prompts evacuations; Oregon blaze balloons 2021-07-18T04:00:00Z California’s ongoing drought is only adding to firefighters’ challenges during an already active fire season, officials said, contributing to bone-dry vegetation that ignites easily and spreads fire fast. Dixie fire expands while Sugar fire nears 100,000 acres 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z Wikipedia is far more than a bone-dry resource for basic information about history and geology or quantum physics theories that your boyfriend won’t shut up about. Neurocracy is future fiction in the form of Wikipedia 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z Crews were facing above-normal temperatures and bone-dry humidity coupled with afternoon gusts that were expected to create dangerous fire conditions through Wednesday, officials said. Western fires threaten parched American Indian tribal lands 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z Nearly 60 wildfires tore through bone-dry timber and brush from Alaska to Wyoming, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. Wildfires threaten homes, land across 10 Western states 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z High temperatures and bone-dry vegetation amid a year of little rain will bring heightened fire danger. Intense heat wave arrives: Expect dangerous temperatures for days 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z Officials are warning residents to use extreme caution amid bone-dry conditions that are primed to erupt into fuel for wildfires. California is burning. Again. Firefighters are working hard to keep up 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z “It’s bone-dry in many parts of the West,” said University of Alberta fire scientist Mike Flannigan. Extremely Dry U.S. West Is Ripe for Wildfires 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z In Utah, several wildfires were burning in bone-dry conditions. Arizona feeling brunt of wildfire activity across US West 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z One of the main issues is the bone-dry conditions of the region’s pinion and juniper pines, he said. Heat wave raises fears western U.S. states could face severe fire season 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z Measurements of such gases could indicate that Venus was bone-dry from the very beginning. Is NASA about to Lift the ‘Venus Curse?’ 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z In the bone-dry grape fields of the San Joaquin Valley, farmworkers clip and bag bunches of grapes at a furious speed—they’re paid by the package. Will COVID Force Public Health to Confront America’s Epic Inequality? 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z Gusty Santa Ana winds pushed flames into surrounding hillsides, where they met bone-dry vegetation that fueled the fire’s rapid growth. More than 20,000 still under Bond fire evacuations as decreasing winds help slow blaze 2020-12-04T05:00:00Z A combination of bone-dry conditions and gusty Santa Ana winds are raising new concerns of elevated fire risk in Southern California this week. Santa Ana winds bring 'critical situation for fire weather' 2020-11-30T05:00:00Z Yet Sabur began making such pieces 10 years ago while living in bone-dry Southern California. This artist is inspired by landscape, whether terrestrial, cosmic or internal 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z Though the fire burned through bone-dry vegetation, Orange County’s landscape is markedly different from the terrain in Northern California — a key advantage to firefighters. Irvine provided a rare victory for firefighters during California's worst fire year 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z The conception of a bone-dry moon persisted widely until relatively recently. Pair of studies confirm there is water on the moon 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z We know that dried skin has a better chance of becoming crispy skin, and patting it down with towels is a good start, but that’s a lot of skin to get bone-dry. Here’s the secret to making super-crispy chicken wings at home — no frying needed. 2020-10-19T04:00:00Z And like any good company, the Army is obsessed with metrics: One Twitter account, @btsanalytics, which pumps out bone-dry data on album sales, YouTube views and music streaming numbers, has more than 2.5 million followers. BTS’s Loyal Army of Fans Is the Secret Weapon Behind a $4 Billion I.P.O. 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z Combined, the factors were a recipe for creating the vast swaths of bone-dry vegetation that have fed the August Complex for weeks. The frightening implications of California's first million-acre fire 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z A century of suppressing low-level fires has stocked forests with plenty of vegetation that sits in bone-dry soil, baked in rising heat. 'Too late to stop it': California's future hinges on managing megafires 2020-09-19T04:00:00Z "I don't think science knows," Trump insisted, while trying to pretend the problem on the West Coast is about forest management, instead of soaring summer temperatures that turn bone-dry wooded areas into kindling. Trump's big lies reveal a truth: Right-wing science denial was never about ignorance, just cruelty 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z Tens of thousands of homes were threatened by flames driving through dense and bone-dry trees and brush. California fires claim 5 lives, threaten thousands of homes 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z There are times where the film struggles with pacing, especially in those bone-dry comedic moments. Review: 'Yes, God, Yes' and Natalia Dyer reassure the adolescent girl in us all about sex 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z Although that lap was spectacularly quick, it was on a bone-dry track with searing heat, humidity and floodlights illuminating the circuit. Hamilton shows he’s the best in the rain with a superb pole 2020-07-11T04:00:00Z Yet readers lured by its subtitle, “How William James Can Save Your Life,” will soon find themselves wrestling with philosophy, psychology and religious studies, though not in scholars’ bone-dry prose. Review | Overcoming despair to discover the meaning of life 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z A slow-moving storm brought record rainfall to parts of Southern California, reigniting hopes of a “March miracle” following a bone-dry start to the year. Record rainfall soaks parts of Southern California — is a 'March miracle' emerging? 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z Much of Northern California also experienced a bone-dry February. February ranked among the driest on record across California. Forecasters hopeful for a 'miracle March' 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z In the past he has been a master of the patient buildup — the long, fixed takes that blend rigorous realism and bone-dry humor, and which can culminate in a kind of moral and cinematic epiphany. Review: The sharp heist-thriller pleasures of ‘The Whistlers’ translate into any language 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z It followed a late-night cloudburst that in 15 minutes dumped nearly an inch of rain on bone-dry hills recently scorched by the historic Thomas Fire. After being buried by mudslides, two communities chart very different recoveries 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z Until at least Wednesday, in the bone-dry wine country about 70 miles north of San Francisco, winds will hit up to 65mph in the mountain areas and 35mph in the valleys and coast, he said. California: fierce winds may spread more fires as millions lose power 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z And while people fled, fires continued to pop up, fueled by unrelenting winds and bone-dry air. California forecasters saw the ‘devil wind’ storm coming: It’s the worst-case scenario for wildfires 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z But even the scientists did not quite foresee the way that bone-dry vegetation would turn into a firebomb waiting for a spark. Opinion | Fire, Floods and Power Outages: Our Climate Future Has Arrived 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z Afterward, he toured the Palisades — where expensive residences are situated on steep hillsides of bone-dry chaparral overlooking Pacific Coast Highway between Malibu and Santa Monica — to assess the risk and provide guidance. Sprinklers and gadgets won't save your home from a wildfire. What your neighbor does might 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z Farmers on either side of the border rely on soil saturation during the monsoon to irrigate crops in the region, which is bone-dry for much of the year. As Deadly Floods Engulf Nepal Border, Anger Turns to India 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z Also, he would have been bone-dry and there wouldn't have been a speck of dirt on the soles of his shoes. The new fastest man on earth this Southern Miss punt returner - Golf Digest 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z Stumps take special care, as do piles of bone-dry trees cut down in previous thinning operations. Wet California winter is a boon for skiers and water supply. But it brings a threat: Wildfires. 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z But Talmadge also filled the AP wire with stylishly written stories of daily life, often seeded with traces of his bone-dry sense of humor. Eric Talmadge, AP’s North Korea bureau chief, dead at 57 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z The Los Angeles Times said it’s a “bleak, bone-dry shrug of a horror-comedy.” Jarmusch, Gomez, Murray talk modern horrors at Cannes 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z This family’s frequent nosebleeds weren’t the result of bone-dry air. For three years her skin ulcers and pain would flare, then vanish, stumping doctors. Her daughter, a nurse, finally figured it out. 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z I’m a scientist who is used to bone-dry meetings. Top tips for giving an engaging talk 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z It’s bone-dry, bursting with flavors of cranberry, raspberry, strawberry and cherry. Andy Perdue’s top wines for 3 seasonal gatherings of eating, drinking and merriment 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z Encroaching flames, despite the near-constant threat of fire in the bone-dry state, presented an entirely different hazard. California city reeling from mass shooting besieged by fire 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z Use them to tip 1.5 ounces of liquor into a shaker for a bone-dry cocktail, or follow up a seasonal pumpkin ale with a skull-full of chaser. Fun finds for grown-up Halloween parties | Produced by Advertising Publications 2018-10-27T04:00:00Z But then in July, a malfunctioning recreational trailer along Highway 299 outside of Redding kicked sparks into bone-dry tinder, igniting what would become the Carr fire, the deadliest blaze of the year so far. Cal Fire cadets who were dismissed for drinking will get their jobs back - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z Doug Zollner, director of science for The Nature Conservancy, said pretty much everything that grows here also grows atop many a bone-dry sandstone ridge in the Ouachitas. Nature trail built by inmates opens on Arkansas lake island 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z Hundreds of firefighters battled across steep, forested terrain and bone-dry sagebrush flats to push back flames driven by winds gusting to 50 miles per hour. Wyoming wildfire forces evacuations, closes highway south of Jackson 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z It all adds to the bone-dry tinder of intimately personal and publicly political influences that may act on an angry young man. Toxic gaming culture can’t fully explain the Jacksonville Madden shooting 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z It’s time to press our elected representatives at every level of government to work with public lands administrators, ecologists and forest managers to create a plan to heal our bone-dry forests. Yes, we can do something about the wildfire smoke 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z The blaze near the town of Treuenbrietzen started Thursday afternoon and spread quickly through bone-dry pine forests. Firefighters make progress with forest fire outside Berlin 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z The clouds carried little rain and offered little chance of a break from the bone-dry conditions plaguing the region, the National Weather Service said. Lightning storms mass over California, Oregon as wildfires blaze 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z The massive wildfire erupted Aug. 6 in Holy Jim Canyon, tearing through more than 22,000 acres of bone-dry chaparral and brush in the Cleveland National Forest that hadn’t burned in decades. Man accused of setting Holy fire was a well-known troublemaker, neighbors say 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z After several months of bone-dry weather, some of NSW’s worst-hit regions received rainfall in early August but larger amounts of moisture are needed to promote pasture regrowth. Australia's drought-hit farms like lambs to the slaughter 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z While winds will be lighter over the next several days, firefighters are still facing blistering temperatures and bone-dry, smoky conditions. Mendocino fire becomes biggest in modern California history as weary firefighters brace for more 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z Crews have reached 43% containment but have been hampered by steep, rugged terrain, blistering temperatures and bone-dry vegetation. Mendocino fire racing at unprecedented speed into the record books 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z On Saturday, it pushed south-west of Redding, the largest city in the region, toward the tiny communities of Ono, Igo and Gas Point, where scorching heat, winds and bone-dry conditions complicated firefighting efforts. 'My babies are dead': huge northern California wildfire kills five 2018-07-29T04:00:00Z With the unyielding 100-plus degree temperatures and bone-dry vegetation, authorities said there was no end in sight to the fire and expressed particular alarm about its rapid expansion. After deadly Carr fire doubles in size, Redding community left devastated and searching for loved ones 2018-07-29T04:00:00Z On Saturday, it pushed southwest of Redding, the largest city in the region, toward the tiny communities of Ono, Igo and Gas Point, where scorching heat, winds and bone-dry conditions complicated firefighting efforts. Northern California wildfire raging into its fourth day 2018-07-28T04:00:00Z The flames moved so fast that firefighters working in oven-like temperatures and bone-dry conditions had to drop efforts to battle the blaze at one point to help people escape. Uncontained wildfire destroys 500 structures in California 2018-07-28T04:00:00Z But the bone-dry conditions made for thinner and therefore less-punitive tall grass. Kevin Kisner feels right at home after an opening-round 66 and a one-shot lead at the British Open 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z The ground is carpeted with bone-dry pine needles, which are high combustible. Essential California: How dead trees could make a fire near Yosemite much worse 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z The ground is carpeted with bone-dry pine needles, which are highly combustible. Massive tree die-off brings unprecedented danger as wildfire burns near Yosemite 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z Wildfires are tearing across California, Colorado, New Mexico and other Western states this week, chewing up bone-dry mountainsides, scorching buildings and forcing hundreds of people to evacuate from their homes. ‘The New Normal’: Wildfires Roar Across the West, Again 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z Thousands of Northern Californians have fled their homes, at least 22 buildings there have been destroyed, and bone-dry parts of the West are bracing for more as wildfire season roars in. WSU quarterback Hilinski had CTE; travel ban upheld | Tuesday Morning Brief, June 26 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z The fire, which mostly scorched bone-dry brush in the area, led to mandatory evacuations on Saturday and forced the postponement of Costa Mesa High School’s prom at Soka University. O.C. officials expect to have Aliso brush fire fully contained by Friday 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z Rosés are fun, and varieties made in the Northwest are deliciously bone-dry — more like French wine than the sweet ‘California Kool-Aid’ that passes for domestic pink wine. Pink wines are perfect for summer sipping, and Washington makes some of the best 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z We are interlopers here, and so too is Zama, a Spanish corregidor played in a superbly weary, bone-dry performance by Daniel Giménez Cacho. Lucrecia Martel's 'Zama' is a feverishly brilliant tale of European colonialism and its discontents 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z Now far fewer farmers are able to earn a living on the mineral-rich but bone-dry shores. Can the vanishing lake be saved? 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z The treasure-house may be cluttered and dirty, but it is bone-dry and closely guarded. A symbolic struggle over ancient manuscripts 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z If the species originated in sub-Saharan Africa around 200,000 years ago as was thought, the bone-dry Sahara Desert could have been a formidable barrier to migration out of the motherland. Fossil from Israeli Cave Is Oldest Homo sapiens Found Outside of Africa 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z Almost without exception, Northwest examples are bone-dry, thankfully emulating the classic Provence style of southern France rather than the sweet “California Kool-Aid” that often passes for domestic pink wine. Pink wines are perfect for summer sipping, and Washington makes some of the best 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z On Saturday, evacuation orders were issued for parts of Santa Barbara County as high winds whipped the fire through bone-dry terrain. California winds fuel state's third-largest wildfire 2017-12-17T05:00:00Z Reinvigorated by Santa Ana gusts and canyons of bone-dry vegetation, the Thomas fire surged into the Santa Barbara County foothills Sunday, forcing evacuations in the coastal communities of Carpinteria and Montecito. Fire crews fighting to defend Carpinteria from reenergized Thomas fire 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z What is different this year — and what is making the fires particularly large and destructive — is the amount of bone-dry vegetation that is ready to burn. California Fires Enter the Heart of Los Angeles 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z The foliage that sprouted from previous rain and snow has gone bone-dry in intense heat, feeding flames in places that have not seen downpours in months and strangling cities with smoke. 2017 wildfire season in US West far worse than expected 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z The state’s most bone-dry high desert region was inundated, but visitors were respectful of the potential for wildfires. Editorials from around Oregon 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z On Saturday, evacuation orders were issued for parts of Santa Barbara County as high winds whipped the fire through bone-dry terrain. California winds fuel state's third-largest wildfire 2017-12-17T05:00:00Z Scientists used to think the entire moon was bone-dry. Everything You Need to Know About Water on the Moon 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z The stretch of bone-dry, cracked land doesn’t look like much. Once there were fish, but then the coal mining began 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z Edibles—a category that used to begin and end with the bone-dry pot brownie, served in a college dorm room—have been undergoing a particularly marked revolution. The Martha Stewart of Marijuana Edibles 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z This weather phenomenon - driven by a quick increase in temperatures and a lack of precipitation resulting in bone-dry soil - is called a flash drought. New Mexico hit by ‘flash drought’ weather phenomenon 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z This weather phenomenon — driven by a quick increase in temperatures and a lack of precipitation resulting in bone-dry soil — is called a flash drought. New Mexico hit by ‘flash drought’ weather phenomenon 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z The traditional rain season ends in March and the NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center forecasts a bone-dry summer. Despite rainiest winter on record, L.A. braces for temperatures 20 degrees above normal this weekend 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z Through five years of severe drought, El Capitan Canyon above the Pacific Ocean near Goleta endured bone-dry conditions that at times seemed like they would never end. As California goes from drought to deluge, a dangerous old foe returns: Mudslides 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z She crafts a bone-dry riesling that’s among the best in the Northwest, and two years ago launched a crisp sparkling riesling called Rizza, a nickname for riesling in Australia. Coiled Wines is poised for greatness 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z They also found that the bone-dry landscape conceals what they are calling a "hidden sea": a surprisingly shallow layer of salty groundwater that may also help sustain life. The incredible ecosystem of Earth’s hottest spot 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z They placed several of these devices in a bone-dry federal land management research site in New Mexico for 40 days in summer 2016. Dust devils have an electric heartbeat 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z Watts, a bone-dry wit in a cardigan who says his preferred listening is “jazz or Radio 3”, is enjoying their late career as a festival band. The Rolling Stones: 'We are theatre and reality at the same time' 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z So is Britain’s new chancellor a bone-dry Thatcherite or a Europhile centrist? Spreadsheet Phil, Britain’s surprisingly rebellious chancellor 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z The air in the valley is bone-dry, and pigment applied to a plastered wall in a lightless, undisturbed chamber should decay little over the centuries. The Factory of Fakes 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z Of course, there are many versions of Riesling, from sweet to bone-dry. The Best Wines to Pair With Chinese Food 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z A growing and destructive wildfire moved toward remote California homes in the Santa Cruz Mountains on Wednesday as it scorched its way through bone-dry brush and trees. California wildfire destroys 8 homes, injures firefighter 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z The state also filed a $3.6 million lawsuit against a rancher who investigators say negligently drove a utility vehicle across fields of bone-dry grass. Oregon sues people it says started 2 wildfires 2016-09-17T04:00:00Z They used bone-dry wood, stacked precisely, and left out tires, which would have made the fire less efficient. 'Burning bodies' experiment casts doubt on fate of missing Mexican students 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z There may be enough rain to germinate and nourish a dryland wheat crop through the bone-dry summer, and there may not. Wheat harvest links Oregon farmers to flour mills of Asia 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z PHELAN, Calif. — A monster wildfire raged through an ever-bigger expanse of southern California on Wednesday, fed by a dangerous combination of hot weather, bone-dry conditions and breezy winds. ‘A very dangerous place to be': Huge California blaze forces 82,000 evacuations 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z Flames danced in every direction along ridges of bone-dry canyons, chewing through drought-parched grass and stands of brush. Furious California wildfire leaves trail of destruction 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z Major fires have hit across the state including San Diego, Kern, Monterey, Los Angeles and San Luis Obispo counties, fueled by bone-dry brush and, in some area, miles of dead or dying trees. Man arrested on suspicion of arson in wildfire that has devastated Northern California community 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z Although remote fire towers remain critical in bone-dry western mountain states, their use has dramatically decreased elsewhere across the nation as forests have given way to development. Fire towers regain relevance as guardians of forests 2016-08-06T04:00:00Z The area is hilly and full of bone-dry brush. 125-acre wildfire burning north of Los Angeles 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z And while the law mandated a bone-dry land, it created a thriving market for those willing to cook up moonshine, mix batches of bathtub gin and bottle home brew. The True Histories Behind America’s Most Original Food 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z A century on, those scratch-marks are high on a bone-dry rock. Dead Sea drying: A new low-point for Earth - BBC News 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z Mars’s bone-dry atmosphere, more than 50 times thinner than the air at Everest’s summit, is not breathable. Retro Posters Show NASA’s Vision for Our Future on Mars Composed of material ejected when a large, Mars-sized body ploughed into Earth around 4.5 billion years ago, the moon was long thought to be bone-dry. Water inside moon mostly from asteroids, study suggests 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z The Moon was long thought to be bone-dry. The Moon's water may have come mostly from asteroids, not comets 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z He noted the grape’s wide array of identities, which can range “from bone-dry to sweet.” Grüner Veltliner: Sip Spring From a Wine Glass 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z In the Far North of Cameroon, this time of year is a moonscape of bone-dry river beds and clouds of dust so thick they look like misty fog. Boko Haram Falls Victim to a Food Crisis It Created 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z Seven months after The Washington Post first reported on the region’s bone-dry conditions, a return visit found only deeper despair. No running water and no solutions as California’s driest county despairs 2016-02-13T05:00:00Z The ideal film adaptation of this material would be bone-dry in its wit, and less concerned with packaging itself as an action picture. In 'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies,' the undead lock horns with some very tough Bennet sisters 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z The knowledge I gained allowed me to build bone-dry homes for myself and each customer. Worried about rainwater off a slope flooding your home? Here’s how to fix it. 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z It’s perched on top of a bone-dry peak, with a commanding view of the surrounding mountains and the plains to the south. World's Oldest Temple to Be Restored 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z Even Southern California, primed for disaster because it is bone-dry, was mostly spared. We may be witnessing the worst wildfire season in recorded history 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z Made right here in Los Angeles from a blend of American cider apples and West Coast quince, this earthy, organic cider fermented with wild yeasts resembles a bone-dry Muscat. Skip the wine: Turn your Thanksgiving feast into a hard cider fest 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z Experts warn the current outbreak is on track to become the worst ever, exacerbated by bone-dry conditions caused by the El Niño weather phenomenon. Indonesia forest fires: Widodo to visit stricken regions as death toll mounts 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z The fields in the east of the country are yellow, the ground bone-dry. Guatemala families struggle for food in Central American drought - BBC News 2015-10-18T04:00:00Z On Saturday 12 September a small fire started in a utility shed in the bone-dry, shimmering heat of Lake County, California. California vets step in to save animals left lost, singed and bewildered by wildfires 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z He did one at the opening of the CNN candidates’ debate and, with a bone-dry sense of humour, he did one here. Values Voter Summit: cheers for Boehner exit and boos for Trump 2015-09-26T04:00:00Z Wildfires continued to simmer in bone-dry acres in Northern California on Wednesday, but firefighters said they were gaining control in some areas. The California Wildfires: Trying to Take Control 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z With very little wind, the fires were driven by bone-dry brush and timber. Thousands rush to escape 2 fast-moving wildfires in California 2015-09-12T04:00:00Z These days, the redwood-shaded creek by Laura and Ray Waldbaum's house is a bone-dry path of rocks and gravel, its occasional stagnant pools a somber reminder of the salmon that once thrived there. Sonoma County residents' battle with wineries is about more than water 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z Dozens of wildfires, including the largest on record in Washington state, roared through parts of the bone-dry U.S. Hot weather, high winds could worsen fire conditions in U.S. West 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z The fire is burning through timber left bone-dry after years of drought. Wildfire near Big Bear ski resort threatens homes 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z Firefighters in California also are battling a fierce wildfire season that officials say has turned wilder and more dangerous because of bone-dry conditions from the drought. Study finds climate change makes California's drought worse 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z Fueled by erratic winds and bone-dry woodlands, the fire has destroyed 24 residences and 26 outbuildings, Cal Fire said. Rocky fire in Northern California swells to 60,000 acres; 12,000 evacuated 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z Related: Wildfires torch bone-dry northern California as temperatures rise Jan Null, a former NWS lead forecaster who now runs a consultancy, Golden Gate Weather Services, said monsoonal moisture did not signify torrential, tropical downpour. California's impending thunderstorms will 'absolutely not' ease drought 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z Fueled by gusty desert winds and bone-dry brush by the freeway, the fire spread quickly before jumping onto the southbound lanes of the highway near Victorville, Calif. Brush Fire Jumps Southern California Freeway, Burning Cars 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z The fire tore through bone-dry brush and engulfed two abandoned homes. Orange County brush fire sparked by mower on access road 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z And many of those will be hot summer months with a high fire risk because the worst drought since California became a state in 1850 has left grasslands and forests bone-dry. A strong El Niño may be coming; that could mean lots of rain for California 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z Drillers have found not just oil but reportedly also several large underground aquifers that could supply the bone-dry region with water for decades. A glimpse of Africa’s future 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z As the state's drought persists, however, that extra growth is turning into bone-dry tinder, Redmond said. Firefighters gain ground on wildfires across California 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z And while the rest of Washington looks at a paltry snowmelt and bone-dry rivers, it’s still raining like the dickens in Forks. What you might not know about Washington state and water 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z While those snippets are indeed culled from experts, they’re not therapists – though you might need one while facing the panicky prospect of a bone-dry retirement account. How Boomers Can Avoid Going Bust in Retirement 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z For Western states enduring a debilitating drought, the news is bone-dry bad: Anemic Lake Mead has hit a historic low level. Lake Mead water level falls to a landmark low, and is likely to get worse 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z Houck is known for crafting IPAs with rich, hoppy aromas and bone-dry finishes, and with Heal the Bay he hit on a winning combination of hops sourced from America and New Zealand. Golden Road's Heal the Bay IPA returns: Tasting notes 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z The result is a spirit that successfully stands on its own and blends beautifully in cocktails from bone-dry Martinis, the classic gin and tonic, Negronisto bespoke creations. Portobello Road Gin Makes its US appearance, in time for Royal Baby 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z Water diversions for Los Angeles residents left Owens Lake bone-dry by 1920. What Will Happen in Vegas Won't Stay in Vegas [Excerpt] 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z Before speaking to the media, Gehrke led Brown around the bone-dry meadow while holding a tall metal pole. For snow tracker, lots of attention but little work to do 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z Yet not a drop of ink was devoted to coverage of the finals in The Post’s Sports section; online, just a few hundred words of bone-dry Associated Press recap. No respect for wrestling on the sports page 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z If in doubt, check out how she squeezed humor last year out of a bone-dry Harvard Law commencement. Forget Neil Patrick Harris: Our Suggestions for Oscars Host 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z Islamic extremists are the butt of the bone-dry joke in the new drama “Timbuktu,” with director Abderrahmane Sissako taking a satiric swipe at the armed fundamentalists who’ve overtaken the northwestern African desert outpost. Critics Picks: Critics' Picks: Feb 6 - Feb 12, 2015 - Los Angeles Times 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z Over rocks and ridges, to the tops of trees and down in bone-dry riverbeds, the parents were searching for their children's graves. Mexico's search for bodies reveals a history of hidden deaths 2014-12-13T05:00:00Z Over rocks and ridges, to the tops of trees and in bone-dry riverbeds, the parents searched for their children’s graves. Mexicans’ search for bodies reveals a history of hidden deaths 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z But it's hardly an option in Temecula, or in the largely bone-dry San Joaquin Valley, which produces more than 70% of the state's wine. Drought revives 'forgotten art' at wineries: Farming without irrigation 2014-11-22T05:00:00Z He’s laconic, funny, bone-dry: a benign enabler, a picker of great reporters, a comrade in arms, a wise man. Just imagine Ben Bradlee as a ‘director of content’ 2014-10-25T04:00:00Z As the drought has persisted, it has resulted in bone-dry grass and brush, which can help wildfires persist and strengthen. Man arrested in connection with California wildfire burning thousands of acres Nearly 1,100 employees from federal, state and county fire agencies are working to control the blaze, which is burning in steep canyons covered in bone-dry chaparral. Orange County wildfire 20% contained, but heat could slow progress 2014-09-14T04:00:00Z But when winds pushed the flames into bone-dry brush near hiking trails on Sunday, the fire exploded and ended up cutting off dozens of mountain climbers and hikers from park exits. Yosemite wildfire that prompted air evacuations triples in size 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z Still, the current drought is the worst in California’s recorded history, and some of the costs are as visible as the retreating shorelines and bone-dry marinas of the state’s fresh-water lakes. West’s historic drought stokes fears of water crisis Such storms, marked by high winds and little rain, create the potential for a new, much larger fire if lightning hits the bone-dry ground outside the contained area. Weather a concern in battling Central Wash. wildfires 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z Marked by high winds, lightning and little rain, such storms threatened to create new, much larger fires by striking the bone-dry brush outside the area already contained. Fire crews make progress but worry about lightning storms 2014-07-13T04:00:00Z Kyle Reed, fire prevention specialist for the association, said a bit of rain accompanied the lightning, which wasn’t the case last July when hundreds of lightning strikes in bone-dry weather touched off major fires. Lightning strikes again in Oregon fire region 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z While one governor prays for help, things are turning biblical from the bone-dry fields of Texas to the storm-blown Southeast. States of Emergency 2011-05-15T14:00:00Z They are not afraid to pursue potentially bone-dry topics, like recent decisions by the country’s Constitutional Court that have left many legal scholars flummoxed. Taking On Thailand’s Crisis With a Bit of Western Bite 2014-02-09T00:45:59Z If we see a return to the bone-dry climate of the Medieval period, it’s hard to see how the state could survive as it is now. California's Drought Could Get Really Bad 2014-01-24T10:50:19Z William Patzert, a climatologist with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Canada Flintridge, said California’s historically wet months of February, March and April look bone-dry, and that is going to heighten the fire danger. Dry winter heightens California wildfire dangers 2014-01-20T01:36:47Z Initial autopsy results released Thursday concluded that the official cause of death for the members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots crew, who were battling the blaze in bone-dry terrain near Yarnell, were fire-related injuries. Crews in Arizona Make Progress in Subduing Deadly Fire 2013-07-05T00:34:56Z The desert is known as the Empty Quarter because its bone-dry surface discourages anyone from living there, except a few Bedouin who use it seasonally. Couple die of thirst in Saudi desert 2013-06-22T13:22:45Z The clumps of cactus and grass along the road soon give way to bone-dry lifelessness. Radio astronomy: The patchwork array 2013-03-13T18:20:31.127Z In this bone-dry region of southern Arizona, opponents worry most about the impact on water supplies. Green Blog: Arizona Mining Project Wins a Key Permit 2013-02-04T16:17:08Z Not a Public Park, but a ‘People-Powered’ One THE waterfall that is the best-known feature of the Bohemia Ecological Preserve is currently nothing more than a picturesque spill of bone-dry rocks. Benefactors Create and Maintain a Private Park in California 2012-11-09T01:10:58Z At the station, a uniformed officer guarded the bone-dry pumps. Police Officers, Busy Rescuing Storm Victims, Were Victims Themselves 2012-11-08T04:14:49Z Still, when we cracked the hatch, it was bone-dry inside, and the memory card full of data was right there waiting for us. Scientist at Work Blog: Dropping Anchor at Station P 2012-10-12T21:07:24Z Farmers trying to plant the nation's new winter wheat crop are struggling over whether or not it is worthwhile to plant into bone-dry soils in those states, said Svoboda. Drought persists, hits wheat growers hard - report 2012-10-11T16:08:44Z There, he said, attendance fell, four rabbits perished in heat that passed 100 degrees, and a beloved, final fireworks display was canceled for fear of setting off a fire in the bone-dry county. Fairs, Like Crops, Are Drooping With the Heat 2012-08-05T02:57:27Z The first spacecraft to visit Mars, in the 1960s and 1970s, showed a bone-dry planet pocked with craters, much like the Moon. Dreams of water on Mars evaporate 2012-04-11T17:20:37.943Z The civil authorities of France would not be much use in helping the American army enforce a bone-dry order. The A.E.F. With General Pershing and the American Forces 2012-03-09T03:00:18.240Z "There are only 50 breeding pairs in the country, and we have 40 of them, and everything is bone-dry," Mr Kitchin says. Can UK wildlife cope with drought? 2012-02-27T01:23:45Z And officials are expecting some large fires this winter and next spring because of dead trees and pastures across the bone-dry state, he said. Texas fire officials predict more large blazes in winter as wildfire season hits 1-year mark 2011-11-15T08:15:57Z That might not be a major problem in a relatively wet state like Pennsylvania, but in bone-dry states like Texas, water-intensive fracking has sparked a backlash. Why the World May Be Running Out of Clean Water 2011-10-18T09:30:00Z Fruit wines nowadays range from bone-dry to sweet, with alcohol contents typically around 11 percent, and upwards of 16 percent in dessert wines. | From the Farm: Fruit Wines Turn Dry and Sophisticated 2011-10-08T17:03:19Z As farmers in Texas and other bone-dry areas sell cattle because they can’t grow hay or afford to buy feed, Bicker has been buying animals for his farm in Illinois. As ranchers in drought-stricken Southwest sell cattle, some northern see states chance to grow 2011-09-19T07:22:38Z Texas is enduring its most severe drought since the 1950s, with bone-dry conditions made worse by weeks of triple-digit temperatures in many cities. Firefighters trying to contain Texas lakeside blaze amid severe, long-running wildfire season 2011-09-01T07:11:57Z The tinder box bone-dry brush and high winds did the rest. Crews gain fighting New Mexico wildfire, now fear floods 2011-07-05T01:25:59Z Weather forecasts called for more bone-dry conditions and sustained winds of 18 to 25 miles per hour, gusting to 45 mph, through Friday. Stiff winds test gains of wildfire crews in Arizona 2011-06-16T20:37:27Z The rocks in the ceiling were too jagged, and posed an unacceptable risk of deluging the 4,500-year old pyramid, which has been bone-dry since it was built. Air bags used for pyramid's repair 2011-06-09T06:38:03Z The blaze erupted on Sunday, churning through bone-dry scrub and brush for the first few days. Wildfire consumes homes in eastern Arizona 2011-06-04T00:15:44Z At one site on a recent afternoon, around 200 workers sat idly around a bone-dry pit. India's $9 Billion Jobs Program Fails its Poor 2011-04-30T03:47:39Z The fire at Possum Kingdom Lake is among several that have scorched about 1 million acres across bone-dry Texas in the past two weeks. Arkansas tornado all but wipes out town 2011-04-26T14:59:00Z CONY—Save that story for your bone-dry friends. Seeing Things at Night 2011-04-10T02:00:05.360Z We thanked Brook, and he saluted and rode away, his red tunic slowly fading out of view in the cloud of dust which his horse kicked up from the bone-dry trail. Neighbours 2011-03-05T03:00:27.277Z Here, it’s now bone-dry and temperatures are hovering in the mid-90s in the shade! Scientist at Work: Preparing to Leave the Amazon, and Telling Tales of Parasites Past 2011-02-03T13:00:13Z In the midday heat, Jeevan Budha sits on a rickety wooden armchair stranded in the middle of an open, bone-dry field. Nepal?s Restive Revolutionaries 2011-01-13T14:00:00Z The camp popped up seemingly out of nowhere, amid the bone-dry hills here in the Atacama Desert. Rewards for Miners Rescued in Chile 2010-10-15T02:32:00Z Such estimates are hard to reconcile with the new chlorine work suggesting a bone-dry moon. All Wet, or High and Dry? 2010-08-09T14:55:00Z Rose, who made just one bogey in a three-under-par round of 67 in bone-dry afternoon heat, moved within sight of his second victory in three starts on a 10-under total of 200. Justin Rose moves four clear of the field 2010-07-04T01:50:00Z What touched off this whole guessing game was a single sentence in one of the normally bone-dry reports of the International Atomic Energy Agency. Another Puzzle in Iran After Nuclear Fuel Is Moved 2010-02-26T18:42:00Z A bone-dry summer paves the way for so-called Santa Ana winds - malevolent gusts which carry with them a dry heat from the desert. 2010-01-30T12:16:00Z The grass, long since dead, and bone-dry with the days of tropical sunshine since the cyclone, flared up before the wind like gunpowder. Into the Primitive Another apatite researcher, Francis McCubbin of the University of New Mexico, points out that one person’s “bone-dry” could be another person’s “relatively damp.” All Wet, or High and Dry? 2010-08-09T14:55:00Z There was even the possibility of whiskey to mitigate his torture, for as one of the natives had informed him in Atlantic, "No'th Caroliny wasn't plumb bone-dry." When the Cock Crows It was cement, the same natural concrete which Nature combines everywhere on the desert–gravel and lime and bone-dry clay, sluiced and mixed by the passing cloudburst and piled up to set into pudding-stone. Wunpost The Valley was dry, bone-dry and desiccated, and yet every hill, every gulch and wash and canyon, showed the action of torrential waters. Shadow Mountain Looking over Mr. Waite's letter, would like to suggest that he stop to think, if possible, that if he wants absolute bone-dry facts, that he doesn't want fiction at all. Astounding Stories, April, 1931 Batteries using wooden separators cannot be shipped "bone-dry," since wooden separators must be kept moist. The Automobile Storage Battery Its Care And Repair All the men's water-bottles are bone-dry, and it's hot work tackling a kraal fire. Wilmshurst of the Frontier Force One of the women was working the handle of a pump that had been bone-dry for fifteen years—and a slender stream of clear water spilled into her wooden tub! The Invaders No one of white blood, however thoroughly inured to thirst, can walk fast under the blistering sun, in the bone-dry air of the desert, without need of much water. Bloom of Cactus But the shallow, hoof-trampled hollow was bone-dry; there was no sign of Inyati either, and my heart sank as I realized that my struggle had been in vain. A Rip Van Winkle Of The Kalahari Seven Tales of South-West Africa This separator is not injured by allowing it to become dry, and makes it possible for the Willard Company to ship its batteries fully assembled without electrolyte or moisture, the parts being "bone-dry." The Automobile Storage Battery Its Care And Repair But after bone-dry Sicily, and after the gibbering of myriad people all rattling their personalities, I am glad to be with the profound indifference of faceless trees. Fantasia of the Unconscious It stood all alone in a dazzling wilderness that was doubtless green at certain seasons of the year, but now was bone-dry and glittering with flakes of mica. The Lion of Petra And then, as the bone-dry grass here and there had caught, vivid streaks of flame and a veritable devil's dance of a myriad sparks shot high skyward. Man to Man How it came there while all of the rest of the desert so far as we know it is bone-dry does not matter so much as what can we do with it? Under Handicap A Novel A Willard Threaded Rubber insulated battery is shipped and carried in stock "bone-dry." The Automobile Storage Battery Its Care And Repair Sufficient caustic solution was added to furnish 25 or 30 per cent of actual caustic soda, calculated on the bone-dry weight of hurds in the charge. Hemp Hurds as Paper-Making Material United States Department of Agriculture, Bulletin No. 404 Similarly the practical Mr. Wheeler foresaw that if American ships were bone-dry the bibulous would book on foreign ships and the total consumption of beverages would not be materially diminished. What Prohibition Has Done to America Table linen should never dry on the line, but be brought in while still damp, very carefully folded, and ironed bone-dry, with abundant "elbowgrease." The Complete Home A bone-dry nation means a life full of sorrows without any chance of drowning them. More Toasts Threaded Rubber Insulated Batteries received bone-dry must be prepared for service, as follows: 1. The Automobile Storage Battery Its Care And Repair The bleaching powder used was estimated to contain 35 per cent of available chlorin, as this is the commercial practice, and the amount required was calculated to the bone-dry weight of the unbleached stock. Hemp Hurds as Paper-Making Material United States Department of Agriculture, Bulletin No. 404 Fruits are dried only until leathery, whereas vegetables are dried until they are bone-dry. Every Step in Canning Proceeding, we came to a hillock of bone-dry sand, resting upon the otherwise loamy soil. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II The sun blazed hotly, and the soft yellow bluffs of bone-dry earth reached down to the dry beds of one-time streams. Vanguards of the Plains After passing several grassy meadows, cottonwood groves, and alder thickets we reached Bear Pen Creek, a rocky, bone-dry crossing, nine miles from the divide. The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter The enormous price eagerly paid for whiskey in the "bone-dry" States has led to a revival of the illicit distillery, which had been almost stamped out. The New South A Chronicle of Social and Industrial Evolution After the corn is bone-dry it should, like all other vegetables and fruits, be conditioned. Every Step in Canning They had exhausted their own portable supplies of liquor, and were loud in their denunciations of our bone-dry camp, as they termed it. Spanish Doubloons On every hand, behind and before them, the desert lay in ebbing shadows, a rolling waste seared by arid nullahs—the bone-dry beds of long-forgotten streams. The Bronze Bell A town in Georgia, having no further use for its jail, not having had an occupant for a long time as the result of the bone-dry law, has rented it out for another purpose. Government By the Brewers? Several thoroughfares, upper and lower, run parallel with the river; all are connected, like a chess-board, by cross-lanes at right angles, and their grass-grown centres are lined by open drains of masonry, now bone-dry. To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I I asked him if he meant that it was "bone-dry" like Kansas, or whether the rich could still get it? Frenzied Fiction I imprudently left my keg of specimen-spirits on board this ignoble craft, and the consequence was that it speedily became bone-dry. The Land of Midian — Volume 1 But the hammock-bridge once passed there began a heart-breaking climb into bone-dry hills, rolling with broken stones, and palpitating with the heat of an unshaded tropical sun. Tramping Through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras — Being the Random Notes of an Incurable Vagabond Indeed, with such recklessness had I bequilted my jacket, that in a rain-storm I became a universal absorber; swabbing bone-dry the very bulwarks I leaned against. White Jacket or, the World on a Man-of-War The lights of small restaurants glimmered faintly on the bone-dry pavement. December Love Just as the dawn was tinting the surrounding peaks with softest rose they topped a ridge, and Khinjan lay below them across the mile-wide bone-dry valley. King of the Khyber Rifles Smoke was in the lead, and the small scattered spruce-trees were becoming scarcer and smaller, when he saw one, dead and bone-dry, that stood in their path. Smoke Bellew The bone-dry, hot-weather wind had shriveled up verdure and ambition together. Told in the East It was a freak of nature—a point pushed through the level crust of bone-dry earth, and left to glitter there alone. Rung Ho! I mustnt do any more on that until it's bone-dry; so you may come down. The Doctor's Dilemma A month of bone-dry weather had helped to make his action a success. Black Caesar's Clan : a Florida Mystery Story We dried, as it were, like the bone-dry trail we followed, and only Ranjoor Singh's heart was stout; only he was brave; only he had a song on his lips. Hira Singh : when India came to fight in Flanders There was no pity in the dry, black vault of heaven, nor in the bone-dry earth, nor in the hearts of men, during that hot weather of '57. Told in the East Hunger is sated with a bone-dry scone, iv. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 Except for a tiny leak down in the fore-peak, with which we sailed from Baltimore and which is bailed out with a pail once in several weeks, the Elsinore is bone-dry. The Mutiny of the Elsinore |
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