USA Today reports that higher than average summer temperatures and patchy rainfall over the summer contributed to one of the worst wildfire seasons on record, a level of devastation unseen since 1960.  Exceptional drought conditions have raised concerns for California and other states continuing to experience serious drought.  The kind of water shortage, they report, that happens only once a century. According to a recent study by NASA: “Droughts in the U.S. Southwest and Central Plains during the last half of this century could be drier and longer than drought conditions seen in those regions in the last 1,000 years.” > Read More via http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2015/09/04/24-7-wallst-states-running-out-water/71706884/