This Small American Town Just Dried Right Up. Yeah, I’d Be Scared Too.

It’s an unprecedented event in America: Experts are concerned that people will be warring over water. But the locals in this town are becoming quite resourceful. I guess you have to be when it’s a matter of survival.

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Jun 6, 2014

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