America's Drought of 2007

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clipped from www.kansascity.com Southeast feels the agony of ongoing drought Falls Lake, the main water source for the capital of North Carolina, is 8 feet below normal and Monday had barely 100 days of usable water left for Raleigh. Similar problems persist across the South. From the shriveled cotton fields of northern Alabama to the browned lawns of suburban Atlanta, the Southeast is wilting under one of the most severe droughts in its history. •How bad is it? About 26 percent of the Southeast faces “exceptional” drought — the worst category. Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina and Florida have had less rain than at any time since records began in 1894. How low are reservoirs? So low that in the Atlanta area, Lake Lanier, the water source for 3 million people, could run dry in just 90 days. South Carolina’s Lake Moultrie is the lowest in half a century. Private wells are going dry in Kentucky. In Lynchburg, Tenn., the Jack Daniel’s distillery may have to shut down because the spring is low.