Drought- the Impending Apocalypse

Drought condition exists throughout most of Arizona. Variable amounts of rainfall throughout last year’s where was significantly below the normal with surface water flows, reservoir levels, and well water pumping levels are at some of their lowest ever recorded all of that act as indication of drought occurrence. Drought is a normal recurring feature of climate, not a rare or random event. Climate influence water quality throughout temperature, precipitation, and wind by affecting the physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of water. For instance, temperature fluctuation results in more stress on aquatic organism within water body, in the same way wind fluctuation has a direct effect on evaporation rate. Municipal water providers in Flagstaff, Williams, Mayer, Pine, Strawberry, and in areas near Sierra Vista, Sonoita, and Picacho have suffered from some potable

In the article, “Decade of drought”by Anne Capeci and “Drought reports” they both discuss the effects of droughts and use photo graphs to show evidence that droughts are everywhere to begin “decade of droughts” explains how people have no water.for example in Africa they had no fresh water. Without water livestocks will die and wild animals will die from hunger and dehydration additionally the article continues to explain about drought through pictures for example they use pictures to show about what was affected by the drought Capeci reports destructive wildfire are common during droughts in southwest some say that Johnson's article is better but most people would agree that her information to tell about the drought.

No one could have foresaw a drought occurring and even the most experienced farmers might have thought if a drought were to hit it would not last long. Worster states, “Over the nation as a whole, the 1930s drought was in the words of a Weather Bureau scientist, “the worst in the climatological history

The drought was brought on by changing climate in the mid-west; the drought during the Dust

The Dust Bowl drought was the worst in U.S. history that was around 1930. It was in the mid west where it covered sixty percent of the country. Millions of people had to move to other parts because it lasted four years. It was "at its peak in 1934" according to "National Climate Data Center". We already have a lot of drought in California and west although one might say it is all of the U.S. With little rain and high tempatures in the summers drys out the vegatation which become a hazard for fires. Global warming might have some to do with the problem of drought. High populations need more water, with more water being used, depletes resources of water supplies which causes drought also. People need to become more aware of the use of the use of water, a lot of people take it for granite that there is plenty out there for all of us to share. In fact, if we don't start to conserve, we might not have water like we do in the future.

Drought can occur for many different reasons. Drought mostly occurs by not receiving rain or snow for a prolonged period of time. This can occur if wind patterns change. Humans can also cause drought by cutting down broad areas of trees resulting in the soil in the ground being unable to hold water, a great example of this is the dust bowl of the

Most of us consider drought as a period of dry and hot weather with too little or no rain, and while any or all of these conditions might be existent during drought, the definition of drought is more complex and subtle. According to the United States Geological Survey, California Water Science Center (as cited in Congressional Digest, 2015, p. 2):

5. Establish and Write Drought Plan- To work out a drought plan, a chain of command is needed to work functionally. The drought plan should have three main components; (1) monitoring, early warning, and prediction; (2) risk and impact assessment; (3) mitigation and response. Each committee will have

Lack of water makes regular activities such as washing dishes, bathing, cooking, etc., much more difficult. Not only is California affected negatively by this drought, but our whole nation is suffering. Being our country’s leading producer of food, it has become less simple for California’s farmers to grow mass amounts of fruits and vegetables. The scarcity of water for food production has caused the prices of food to rise. Since the drought keeps vegetation dry, it has become vulnerable to intense wildfires. These wildfires create many issues within the ecosystem such as air pollution, destruction of habitat, and wildlife death. Though most of California’s wildlife is adapted to short-term dry climate, living in these conditions for an extensive period of time has increased perishability and reduced reproduction of

Due to the lack of rain in the past few years, and particularly in the last few months, California faces severe drought. This is the worst drought in more than one hundred years. The impact of California drought affects community, agriculture, organic ranchers, and dairy farmers. Because of these facts, the United States must rethink the way it uses water. Californians alone are asked to reduce their water usage by twenty percent to prevent water waste.

Over thousands of years water has been a very valuable element in our everyday lives. Now we are being faced with a shortage of water affecting not only us, but future generations as well. The drought has become an extreme issue that has affected the United States. For example, in Texas the dry spell has had an impact in families, politics and law, religion, health care, and mass media.

Drought is a deficiency in precipitation over an extended period of time. They are very unpredictable as some are more extreme, some last for months and some persist for years including some severe examples in Australia, which lasted over 10 years. These long periods with water shortages can have an adverse impact on the environment, including vegetation, animals and people. Further drought can occur in virtually all climate zones; whether in the blazing dessert of Australia or the wet, tropical Indonesian coast. Finally due to the wide spread difference in climates around the world a drought can be very different. For example what is conceived a drought in Bali (6 days without water) would defiantly not be a drought in Libya (annual

A drought can affect a lot of people like the drought of 4200 BC of the old kingdom. It killed an entire kingdom. Drought is when rainfall is not where it is supposed to fall or gets moved. (A period of dry weather, especially a long one that is injurious to crops.” http://www.dictionary.com¨) Drought does not just bring less or no water it can take crops, grass,

Drought, like a destructing earthquake or flood, is a natural disaster. Drought is an insidious hazard to nature. It results from a deficiency of precipitation over a long period of time over an area. Precipitation is any kind of moisture like rain, snow, and sleet. One can determine how malicious a drought can be by the amount of precipitation, and how long it is (Gleick, 2006).

As discusses above, drought causes the shortage of plants and animals, which provide food for human beings. Therefore, the shortage of food causes problems for living.