Summer of Fire and Brimstone Ahead | Mother Jones
“Part of what’s fueling the insane heat are the same extreme drought conditions feeding the wildfires out west. (Tim McDonnell’s MoJo wildfire explainer here.)
As you can see in the map above, 72 percent of the lower 48 is now classified as experiencing dry or drought conditions. And don’t expect things to get better soon.”

Crap: now I have to read the article to see if climate change resulting from homo sapiens burning hydrocarbon fuels is creating the drought.