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Silver lining: Northeast drought benefits some businesses

From left, Jon Greenbaum of Wayland, Mass., and Tommy Berryment of Dover, N.H., react to a play during the game between the Portland Sea Dogs and the Hartford Yard Goats, Sunday, August 28, 2022, at Hadlock Field in Portland, Maine. Across the northeastern U.S., outdoor businesses are profiting from the unusually dry weather. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)

A pair of spectators arrive for the game between the Portland Sea Dogs and the Hartford Yard Goats, Sunday, August 28, 2022, at Hadlock Field in Portland, Maine. Across the northeastern U.S., outdoor businesses are profiting from the unusually dry weather. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)

The Portland Sea Dogs' Brian Van Belle pitches during the second inning of their game with the Hartford Yard Goats, Sunday, August 28, 2022, at Hadlock Field in Portland, Maine. Across the northeastern U.S., outdoor businesses are profiting from the unusually dry weather. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)

Matt Whitehouse of the Hartford Yard Goats watches from the left field wall during their game with The Portland Sea Dogs, Sunday, August 28, 2022, at Hadlock Field in Portland, Maine. Across the northeastern U.S., outdoor businesses are profiting from the unusually dry weather. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)

FILE — Hay farmer Milan Adams stands in a dry hay field near a wind sock, in Exeter, R.I., Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022. Adams said in prior years it rained in the spring. This year, he said, the dryness started in March, and April was so dry he was nervous about his first cut of hay. Arid conditions in the northeastern U.S. have benefited amusement parks, minor league baseball teams, construction contractors and other businesses that need warm, dry weather to attract paying customers and get jobs completed on time. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

FILE - Workers construct a high-rise building Thursday, May 19, 2016, in Boston. The silver lining to the drought affecting the northeastern U.S. that has dried up rivers and reservoirs, and brought water use restrictions may be that the arid conditions have benefited amusement parks, minor league baseball teams, construction contractors, and other businesses that need warm, dry weather to attract paying customers and get jobs completed on time. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Normally filled with water, the Victory Park Pond on Brock Avenue in New Bedford, Mass., has run completely dry on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, thanks to the extremely hot summer. The silver lining to the drought affecting the northeastern U.S. that has dried up rivers and reservoirs, and brought water use restrictions may be that the arid conditions have benefited amusement parks, minor league baseball teams, construction contractors, and other businesses that need warm, dry weather to attract paying customers and get jobs completed on time. (Peter Pereira/The Standard-Times via AP)

FILE - Hay farmer Milan Adams releases a handful of dry soil in a recently plowed field, in Exeter, R.I., Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022. Adams said the soil in the field is powder a foot down. The silver lining to the drought affecting the northeastern U.S. that has dried up rivers and reservoirs, and brought water use restrictions may be that the arid conditions have benefited amusement parks, minor league baseball teams, construction contractors, and other businesses that need warm, dry weather to attract paying customers and get jobs completed on time. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

FILE - A sign announces a water ban, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022, in Scituate, Mass. The silver lining to the drought affecting the northeastern U.S. that has dried up rivers and reservoirs, and brought water use restrictions may be that the arid conditions have benefited amusement parks, minor league baseball teams, construction contractors, and other businesses that need warm, dry weather to attract paying customers and get jobs completed on time. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

From left, Wyatt Smith, 17, of Waterville, Maine, Tessa Dutil, 9, of Sidney, Maine, and their grandmother Anne Smith, of Watervillle, Maine, react to a hit during the game between the Portland Sea Dogs and the Hartford Yard Goats, Sunday, August 28, 2022, at Hadlock Field in Portland, Maine. Across the northeastern U.S., outdoor businesses are profiting from the unusually dry weather. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)

Silver lining: Northeast drought benefits some businesses