"If we sell it at high moisture, then they deduct the price because of the cost of drying it down, " Schmidt said.

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It meets the highest standards of resistance to dust, sand, shock, vibrations, low pressure, high and low temperature, rain and long-term moisture.

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It's also hypoallergenic, wicks away moisture and can degrade in only a few months if composted professionally with high temperatures and liquids.

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National Weather Service meteorologist "Skip" Ely said the dry pattern is caused by a persistent area of high pressure that has dominated North Texas weather since the end of June, blocking normal moisture flows across the South.

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In an Op-Ed in the New York Times, Cohen makes the argument that the melting of the ice is leading to more moisture in the atmosphere and more snowfall in Siberia, just north of extremely high mountain ranges such as the Himilayas.

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If there is more moisture in the air condensing as dew, you might expect to see the effects high up and to windward, on somewhere like Mountain Red Hill.

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