Wednesday, August 1, 2012 National - News & Opinion - BostonHerald.com: Half of US counties now considered disaster areas National - News & Opinion - BostonHerald.com The Boston Herald online: The closest distance between you and the news Half of US counties now considered disaster areas Aug 2nd 2012, 02:53 ST. LOUIS - Nearly 220 counties in a dozen drought-stricken states were added Wednesday to the U.S. government's... You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed, or manage all your subscriptions Tweet