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Tuesday August 7

Kansas Town Rains Corn, Baffles Weather Experts

WICHITA, Kan. (Reuters) - Townspeople and weather
experts were scratching their heads in puzzlement after
large quantities of corn husks fell from the skies on
Wichita, Kansas, over the weekend.

According to news reports, thousands of foot-long and
larger leaves from corn stalks fell like rain across
the eastern edge of this south-central Kansas city on
Saturday and Sunday.

``It was a pretty large area where people reported
it,'' said Weather Data Inc. meteorologist Chad
Pettera. ``I think it is very odd.''

Pettera said that in cases of high winds, tornadoes,
thunderstorms and other extreme weather events it was
not unusual for objects to fall from the sky after
getting blown long distances.

But there has been no unusual weather to explain the
falling corn husks, he said.

``In our area there has been no weather to speak of, no
high winds. It's just been very hot and dry'' he said.
Some speculated that an airplane may somehow have been
responsible, but there is no evidence to back up the
theory.

``There weren't strong winds. I don't see how they
could have gotten blown up in the air,'' National
Weather Service meteorological technician Holly
Kreutzer told a local newspaper.

Kansas is known as the largest wheat producing state in
the United States, but also grows a significant amount
of corn each summer.