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"Most people only worked in the mornings, from dawn until 10-11am, and then they’d have to stay in all day because of the heat. Farmers lost around half their crop because of the heat this year. But at the time, they didn’t care. They just wanted to sit indoors, under the fan or air conditioner.”


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THEGUARDIAN.COM|DE PATRICK KINGSLEY