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Michael Snyder<\/span><\/a> – August 28, 2020<\/p>\n Much of the southwestern portion of the United States has been gripped by a drought that never seems to end, and there is a tremendous amount of concern that patterns that we witnessed back during the Dust Bowl days of the 1930s may be starting to repeat.\u00a0 In a previous article<\/a>, I discussed the extreme heat that we have been seeing in the region lately.\u00a0 Phoenix has never had more days in a year when the high temperature has hit at least 115 degrees, and other southwestern cities have been smashing records as well.\u00a0 At the same time, precipitation levels have been very low, and the combination of these two factors is starting to cause some major problems.<\/p>\n A couple of weeks ago, NASA posted an article\u00a0on their official website<\/a>\u00a0about the horrible drought conditions that we are now witnessing\u2026<\/p>\n As the United States moves into the last weeks of\u00a0climatological summer<\/a>, one-third of the country is experiencing at least a moderate level of drought. Much of the West is approaching severe drought, and New England has been unusually dry and hot. An\u00a0estimated 53 million people<\/a>\u00a0are living in drought-affected areas.<\/em><\/p>\n Since NASA posted that article, things have gotten even worse.\u00a0 If you go to the U.S. Drought Monitor website<\/a>, you will instantly see why so many experts are deeply concerned.\u00a0 The latest map shows that nearly the entire southwestern quadrant of the country is now gripped by either \u201csevere\u201d or \u201cextreme\u201d drought.\u00a0 Needless to say, this is not good news at all for farmers and ranchers in the region.<\/p>\n Colorado is one of the states that is being hit the hardest.\u00a0 At this point, more than 93 percent of the entire state is experiencing\u00a0very serious drought conditions<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n According to\u00a0United States Drought Monitor<\/a>, drought conditions have gotten significantly worse in Colorado in recent days and weeks.<\/em><\/p>\n Last week, approximately 72 percent of Colorado was experiencing \u201csevere\u201d drought conditions or worse. This has now jumped to just over 93 percent.<\/em><\/p>\n http:\/\/endoftheamericandream.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Michael Snyder – August 28, 2020 Much of the southwestern portion of the United States has been gripped by a drought that never seems to end, and there is a tremendous amount of concern that patterns that we witnessed back during the Dust Bowl days of the 1930s may be starting to repeat.\u00a0 In a … Continue reading Return Of The Dust Bowl? 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