The Perfect Drought

Georgia isn't the only state that has drought troubles. The 10-21-2007 New York Times Magazine published a story called The Perfect Drought ... The Future is Drying Up.

The whole story is worth reading, but just to get you started, here's some of the quotes we found most interesting:

• "Speaking of the Southwest, one scientist in the report said: "You can't call it a drought anymore, because it's going over to a drier climate. No one says the Sahara is in drought."
• "The West is the fastest-growing part of the country. It's also the driest. And climate change could be making matters much, much worse.
• "Scientists sometimes refer to the effect a hotter world will have on this country's fresh water as the other water problem, because global warming more commonly evokes the specter of rising oceans submerging our great coastal cities. By comparison, the steady decrease in mountain snowpack ... seems to be the more modest worry. But not all researchers agree with this ranking of dangers."

Jon Gertner wrote the article, and even the pictures are telling!