Shocking! Scary! Serious! We don't hear a great deal about the great California drought now taking place. Holly Bailey has written a comprehensive and extremely helpful article that tells us what we need to know.
8/6/14 - To the above, I came across another worrisome article, "The Drought Apocalypse Approaches as the Colorado River Basin Dries Up: Scientists discover that seven Western states are depleting groundwater reserves at an unprecedented rate."