Drought in the Southeast

The Southeast right now is experiencing a record-breaking drought, and because of its severity and length, the states are beginning to work together to apportion their current limited water supplies. They are also looking for a long-term solution, but neither of the articles I read said that the senators were willing to go to the heart of the problem – and push to take steps that counter global warming.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/11/16/southern.drought/index.html?iref=newssearch

http://www.newsweek.com/id/80824

Politicians are still willing to blind themselves to the fact that in order to best keep our country safe from intense natural disasters, like the fires in Southern California, storms like Hurricane Katrina, and this drought, decisive action has to be taken to fix the Earth’s climate, not just the immediate problem. In the southeast, they say “real progress has been made” – well I say that this progress is only a patch to cover the true problem, the roots of this problem, and the US as a whole can’t continue to rely on these patches. Sooner or later the whole thing is going to fall apart if no one admits that the issue needs to be addressed and nothing is done to help.