Upside Down Under: Water, it doesn't just grow on trees!

Call it climate change, call it a long-term weather cycle, you can even call it a coincidence. We can argue about it all day and make it a political football. But there is no doubt water is becoming a serious issue in the western United States, despite recent heavy rain and snow in California.

This drought phenomenon has been discussed, on record, here in North Dakota, for at least 20 years, bu...