Why Credit Card Companies Charge Such High Interest Rates. The short answer is because corporate profits and corporations in general are favored over protecting the individual from harm these days. Below is only one court decision in the long dismantlement of individual rights in favor of corporate rights.
Iowa in midst of 9th coldest winter in 121 years of records (AUDIO). January 28, 2014 by Pat Curtis. Icycles form on tree branch in Des Moines. To most Iowans, itâs felt like an extremely cold winter and the record books back it up. AUDIO: Radio Iowaâs Pat Curtis reports :55. State Climatologist Harry Hillaker says, over the last four months, the statewide average temperature has been 30.1 degrees. âItâs been the 9th coldest October through January period in the past 121 years,â Hillaker said.
The lowest ever recorded in the conterminous 48 states, -69.7Â°F, occurred at Rogers Pass, in Lewis and Clark County, Mont., on Jan. 20, 1954. The coldest temperature ever recorded in the U.S. was -80Â°F / -62Â°C on January 23, 1971 in Prospect Creek, Alaska.Contiguous states: Rogers Pass, Montana, January 20th, 1954.  -27.2 degrees C, is the coldest recorded temperature in the UK. It was recorded in Scotland. 11 February 1895 and 10 January 1982 Braemar (Aberdeenshire) also 30 Dec â¦ ember 1995 Altnaharra (Highland).