http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/29/AR2008112902045.html?hpid=topnews

Acorn Watchers Wonder What Happened to Crop

By Brigid Schulte

Washington Post Staff Writer


Sunday, November 30, 2008;
Page A01

"I'm used to seeing so many acorns around and out in the field, it's
something I just didn't believe," he said. "But this is not just not a
good year for oaks. It's a zero year. There's zero production. I've
never seen anything like this before."