Timpview, Orem get wins as weather hampers meet
25.03.2006, 15:18
Holding true to the format of this young track season, the weather ended up playing a factor in the Mount Timpanogos Invitational on Friday.
The wind started blowing and the temperature dropped quickly on the second day of competition at Timpview High.
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"This is our fourth meet, and three of them have been in rain and snow," said Timpview boys coach Brian Kuhlmann. "The kids are getting used to it. You'd think we live in Washington or something."
Merc weather futures find place in the sun
14.04.2005, 21:19
How's the weather? Pretty nice outside, and fabulous at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
The Merc has made a thriving market in weather futures. The business has grown so much that trading volume in the first 3-1/2 months of 2005 has exceeded the total for all of 2004.
Yes, that's the same Merc where they set the price of pork bellies and Eurodollars. Investors can hook up with a broker and trade if they're tired of talking about the weather and think they can make money from it.