their standard of living. 35% said the impact is moderate. that s from november. low income families feeling the hardest hit. 7 out of 10 households making less than $40,000 a year confirm the higher prices have caused financial hardship. with the colder weather at winter moving in, heating costs will rise. both oil and natural gas prices are projected to go up, adding that bird into the burgeoning cost of gas and food. and with the peak of the holiday shopping underway, consumers complain they are just not seeing the sales they hoped for. the price hike may mean fewer presents under the christmas tree but supply chain disruption, bad weather, and later shortages please also mean fewer trees. the reduced supply of both real and artificial trees this season. the heat wave, then the virus, drought, and just everything combined has just really taking a hit on the christmas tree industry. expect to pay more for those lovely chain ohmic branches come
The presence of an invasive insect, the balsam woolly adelgid, has been discovered in western Michigan, threatening the state's Christmas tree industry
The presence of an invasive insect, the balsam woolly adelgid, has been discovered in western Michigan, threatening the state's Christmas tree industry
creating fewer tornados. that s why isaac with its 47 tornados in nine states is so remarkable. sam champion, abc news, new york. the hot, dry summer is taking a toll on the christmas tree industry. hundreds of young evergreens are dying at farms across pennsylvania. and the historic drought is killing thousands of trees in the midwest. despite the loss, farmers say there should be enough christmas trees to go around come december. that s good. i m looking forward to a fresh tree this year. just don t want to step on the needles. it s painful. a pain to clean up. here s one of those things that can only be described as cool for a lack of a better term. it s on youtube. it s an extension of a viral video known as every day. the video shows the photographer, noah, you guessed it, every day since january of 2000, when the original spanned