Danger for you banana lovers in Australia. If you haven't been following the news, there will be a shortage of bananas because of the storm.
A couple of days ago, there was a hurricane that hits northern part of Queensland. The hurricane was hurricane Larry. I wonder who named all these hurricane, Katrina, etc. Was there a papa hurricane and mama hurricane ?
Anyways, the storm hits Queensland quite hard and as a results, all the crops there are vanished (well, they didn't actually vanish). And that part of Queensland is the part where they grew fruits for all of Australia, especially bananas.
The farmers estimated that it will take at least 9 months to recover supply of bananas and to get back the their previous condition would take them years. SO, there will be a shortage of bananas for at least a year. Australia cannot import bananas because of strict import rules. Yesterday, in some places, bananas have already hit $6/kg. They normally sell for $2-3/kg. It is estimated that it will go to $9/kg. Amazing.
So if you really like bananas, better get them while it's still somewhat affordable and reasonable before it's too late.
Do you know that 70% of people buys bananas from impulse ? As in, they didn't planned to buy bananas but when they see it, they'll buy it.
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3 comments:
There's a convention in naming hurricanes
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Never heard of papa and mama hurricanes, but i know there's papa and mama bear.
They name the hurricanes after people's names, alphabetically from a-z in a year. So, after hurricane bob (e.g) comes hurricane carla (e.g). I think they alternate between male and female names as well. And when a new year starts, the naming starts from a again.
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this entry from our favorite wikipedia has even more details
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