Hi Richard, We may be entering the long severe phase of the drought cycle (over 100 years?) that in the past wiped out the Anasasi.
Jack Smith R C Macaulay wrote: > We are entering the second year phase of a drouth in the Texas- Midwest > region and a certain Californio area that is beginning to get scary. Lack of > rainfall this year can have a double whammy impact on food grains at a time > when the nation's grain stores are already below makeup rates from the > world give-away food programs. Water may become more valuable than rotgut > whiskey. > The last big drouth here lasted 7 years beginning in year 1950. Water is > often overlooked in the grand scheme of things but a shortage does have a > way of getting attention.. especially if we dont get enough rain to make a > grain harvest this fall.. > Richard
