The current drought is now worse than the "dust bowl" of Steinbeck fame when he wrote the GRAPES OF WRATH. It is one of the worst droughts in U.S. history. Global warming? As an 87 year old farmer her opinion, and you get a non political answer. Pauletta Daniels Middleton's extended family farms and ranches over 10,000 acres in Texas. You must hear her "take" on this and send it to your Mayors, Judges, VIP's, and people of influence. Politicians seldom seem to understand the farm economy.All of these bring to the surface the reality of the drought. Now it is the third worst drought in the USA, in history. Farming is in trouble, and farm economies, are failing. The year 2011 is already a loss for many farmers and ranchers.