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Article: A Halloween tree killer. (arctic air that caused killed trees in the Great Plains towns)(includes related articles on Akron, CO and suggested trees for planting) (Urban Forests)
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- American Forests
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- January 1, 1993
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It has taken a year for the real impact to sink in--Great Plains towns with few live trees, no shade, nothing to break the wind or lift the spirit.
The fall of 1991 had been warm and mild in Colorado and neighboring states. But on October 27, a deadly mass of arctic air began to descend from Canada onto the high plains. Record cold temperatures were felt for days; the effects will be felt for decades.
The abrupt change in temperature and the cold's severity combined to create a double-whammy, now known as the Halloween Freeze. Already stressed from an extended drought and not yet hardened for winter, thousands and thousands of trees succumbed to the hard ...