It's pretty easy to whip a nation under government's thumb with a crashed economy or food scarcities. As drought continues to drive out the independent and small farmers, those mortgaged lands are purchased by government or even worse, foreign interests. They will be controlling your food. These are part of the long-range effects of drought. Another aspect of drought is the terrible fire hazards it poses.
Drought does more damage than a lot of disaster scenarios.
The severe drought expected in the heart of America's bread basket this year could be even more expensive. So when you read the following article, keep in mind your emergency preparedness supplies. If Stan and I sound like a broken record on preparedness, it is because we know the time for reminding and encouraging you is coming to close. If not a complete close, a severe reining-in of news. Some of you know that Stan and I are in the process of moving back to America, something we have wanted to do for some time now.