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Today’s “zOMG, we’re doooooooomed!” story

Megadrought may plague parts of USA

We ain’t seen nothing yet: The intense drought in California is only an appetizer compared with what’s coming this century across much of the western and central USA, according to a study out Thursday.

During the years 2050 to 2100, the Southwest and Great Plains will face a persistent “megadrought” worse than anything seen in the past 1,000 years, and the dry conditions will be “driven primarily” by human-induced global warming, scientists said.

Past 1,000 years, eh? I wonder what was happening a 1000 years ago?

There’s at least an 80% chance of a megadrought in these regions if climate change continues unabated, Toby Ault, an atmospheric scientist at Cornell University and co-author of the research, said at a news conference Thursday in San Jose.

Huh. Hedged their bets a bit, eh?

A megadrought is defined as a drought that lasts for decades or longer, such as those that scorched portions of the West in the 12th and 13th centuries. Ault said megadroughts should be considered a natural hazard on par with earthquakes and hurricanes.

Say, what was going on during that time? That’s right, the Medieval Warm Period. A period that Warmists will claim was totally different, in that nature caused it, while only Mankind can be responsible for the current warm period. Regardless, this happened before. For realsies. Because of nature. Might nature have something to do with the current warm period? Not in Warmist world, where they’ll quickly jump in their fossil fueled vehicles to head off to a protest to protest the use of fossil fuels.