New Mexico

There are empty spaces I used to drive by that had huge prairie dog towns. Those are all gone now, I haven't seen one pop up out of a burrow in 10 years or more. Animals aren't the only life being affected, forests are dying off. Monsoon rains have fizzled--2/3 of the usual period dry with triple digit temperatures this year--and winter snow pack has been pathetically low.

They're saying it's a once in 500 year event. They'd better knock it back a little more, because this is likely what destroyed the Anasazi civilization and others before them.

This article doesn't surprise me in the least, in other words.