And these changes, for better and worse, will bring good weather and bad which will be celebrated and cursed, with causes pondered by scientists, and demagogued by opportunists.

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For that matter, it is no certainty the weather next week will be quite so bad either.

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Without a spike in oil or food prices - triggered by geo-political events or bad weather - the inflation picture in 2012 will be quite benign.

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The reason is that there will be no shipping around the area due to bad weather.

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Among the excuses will be disruptions caused by disaster in Japan, bad weather in the United States, higher commodity prices and the economy.

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At peak periods or in bad weather, "our projection is that rate will probably be cut in half, " Mr. Marinitti said.

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