You report that a severe drought has blanketed many of the southern states in America (“Bone-Dry,” July 23, 2011). You add that the weather is getting worse from year to year. You point out that “meteorologists say it is impossible to explain fully how these things happen.” But you also cite them as saying that “things will get worse before they get better.” However, you do not mention that many of the affected states have recently been hit by an unusual number of tornadoes, and some by an unprecedented number of hurricanes, as well. What is worse, you do not mention even once that climate change is the most likely cause of the drought. And yet, it could explain the pernicious weather patterns pretty fully. Although such an explanation would offer little hope that things would get better in the foreseeable future, it would also eschew false promises. Indeed, it is time for the people from many of the southern states in peril to start thinking about relocating closer to the Canadian border.