From HSNW: As Drought Worsens, Western States Brace for Wildfires, Water Shortages

“From the Rockies to the Cascades to the Sierra Nevada, mountainsides across the West are sparsely covered by the snow that usually blankets the high country well into the summer. That snowpack is like a savings account that the West draws on when the hot, dry months arrive, but this year Western states are heading into the summer with a desperately low balance — threatening wildfires, drinking water, crops, electricity and more.”