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We were foolish enough to believe we could water the entire southwestern U.S. with the Colorado River. Nothing could go wrong. Now it has, and tens of millions of people are staring down the barrel of real trouble. As much as 75% of the water from Lake Mead (fed by the Colorado River) goes to agriculture…so now we have a potential food production problem. Major cities like Las Vegas depend on that water for its citizens…now we have a potential personal survival problem for local residents. More than 40 million people in seven states need to decide how they go...

Msgr. Charles Pope December 28, 2015 0 Comments Most who seek the Lord in prayer experience times of dryness and difficulty, times in which it seems to us that the Lord hides His face. We pray; we call out; we seek Him; but He doesn't seem to answer; it almost seems as if He hides from us.A well-known atheist was once asked what he would say to God if he were to discover upon his death that God exists. He replied simply, "I would ask, 'Why did you hide?'" Many of us who do believe might respond, "He doesn't hide!...

Mobile is setting records for dryness Tuesday, July 18, 2006 By BILL FINCH Environment Editor As severe drought creeps deeper into southwest Alabama, the dryness in Mobile is shattering records. The first 6½ months of 2006 has been the driest such period ever recorded in 165 years of record-keeping in Mobile, according to data from the National Weather Service. Mobile received less than 15 inches through the end of June this year; in 1938, the driest year ever recorded in the city, rainfall through June totaled almost 16 inches. Unless conditions turn around quickly, this drought may soon leave the...