More than 60% of the United States is experiencing drought conditions, with more than 20% in an extreme drought. Andrew Ellis, a climatologist at Virginia Tech said the current conditions are among the worst in decades because the combination of intensity and aerial coverage is rare. He explained why, who is most impacted, and when we can expect relief.
Yup, it’s real. Have a place - some distance from where I live (in the northeast US) that I go to and get spring water.
Went last autumn and lo, the spring was dry. First time EVER that I’ve seen that, and it’s a place that I’ve known of, and gone to, to get water for well over 40 years.
Fuuuuuck.
Shit’s starting to bite now and hopefullty the El Nino pattern this year will sort some of it and send us rain. We need it.