Trouble in the Mid-West

The American Mid-West, usually seen as a place full of adventure, is now in a heck of an adventure. Drought is the problem, which burdens the farmers with their crops and the use of water rationing to ensure that not all the water is used. Prices for American crops and livestock go up due to limited rainfall and tourism is affected.

Droughts cause this

The reasons for the widespread droughts in the mid-west is due to global warming. The planet gets too hot and evaporates water, but since it is too hot, the gas molecules do not cool down enough to become water molecules. A little bit of science I learned, and something that Republicans do not believe in. Since there is not enough water, crops can not grow properly, like how we humans need water to grow, so do crops. The price of crops and livestock, they eat crops, go up since there will not be much crops for the general public. The decrease in rain fall has caused tourism to fall too. Ski resorts can not

Good seasons cause this

produce enough fake snow to make the Ski resort fully snowy. There are still some bare places. Even though the American people are affected by rising crop prices, which leads to inflation. American families are affected by having to ration water. Water is needed for the necessities of life, some mid-Western families have wells, which are out of water and need to dig deeper.

If the drought issue is not addressed, which means that global warming must be addressed, then American families will need to deal with rising prices of crops, livestock, and deflated value of money. There will be widespread hunger in America and our economy will suffer, both globally from our exports and nationally. Let us be grateful for the water we have and remember that others are struggling during these hard times.

Happy Holidays :)

-Stephen