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Environment & Energy

hatrack

(64,943 posts) Thu Apr 9, 2026, 09:55 AM 7 hrs ago

4/7/26 Drought Monitor: Slight Increase In Level 2-4 Drought Across Lower 48, But YTD Nearly Double 2025 (36% vs. 19%)

https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/

https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?conus

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4/7/26 Drought Monitor: Slight Increase In Level 2-4 Drought Across Lower 48, But YTD Nearly Double 2025 (36% vs. 19%) (Original Post) hatrack 7 hrs ago OP

It's very scary. We do not have a sane Government to deal with the... NNadir 7 hrs ago #1

NNadir

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1. It's very scary. We do not have a sane Government to deal with the...

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Thu Apr 9, 2026, 10:00 AM

7 hrs ago

...impending crisis.

The day at which we can note longer depending on mining the fossil water in the Ogallala acquifer approaches faster and faster.

It is an ignored but exigent crisis. Famine is not out of the question.

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