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[/caption]Across Texas fires have intermittently threatened some of the state's major cities, with the accent on the North and Central areas and the Dallas - Fort Worth areas feeling the heat as well. Places like Tucumcari, New Mexico have had fires at the edge of town, with the surrounding areas bleak and dry.
Las Vegas that drinks from Lake Mead, sharing its water demands with Los Angeles, is more than 100% below the usual and customary water levels. Las Vegas is one of the ten cities in the United States reported in 2010 to be running out of water. Water indeed is in short supply along the Nevada corridor from the middle of the state to its border with California. Lakes are running dry, and the sandy bottoms raised in a fashion not seen in many years.
Climate change is considered by scientists to be at the heart of these wide variations in climate, which can be seen in a travel across the country. Bearing witness in person to what scientific studies relate and various news media announce gives one a level of understanding to recognize how important it is for individual responsibility and energy options to mitigate what is said to be increasing environmental risks.
Texas, New Mexico, Mississippi, Arizona, Louisiana, Arkansas and Tennessee are feeling the pain, the kind of pain where the wounds are apparent, and it is water, too much and not enough, at the center of the problems.
