Looking at the news these days, it feels like we are in the Apocalypse. And I'm not talking about Iraq and Darfur, I'm talking about California and Atlanta.

In Georgia, the governor is suing the Army Corps of Engineers over water. The estimate is that Atlanta has less than three months worth of drinking water left. And they are in competition with power plants and endangered species. The entire SouthEast is gripped in terrible drought of historical proportions. I'm trying to imagine living in a city the size of Atlanta and not having drinking water.

In California, my home state, we are in need of water too. A tendency towards dry weather coupled with the Santa Ana winds makes fire season an annual tradition. But not like this. I am looking at pictures of the Malibu fire - how quickly it spread from the mountains to the sea. The destruction of Castle Kashan. And that's only one of several fires raging in SoCal, from Santa Barbara to the Mexican border. San Diego county is engulfed. Over half a million people evacuated. Seven dead caught in the flames. I fear for the lives of the fire fighters.

Now I know that variations in weather is normal, and that I can't rightly blame all of this on global climate change. There are other factors at play in both regions. Such as poor planning. Populations larger than the environments can sustain. In Georgia, out-dated power plants that use too much water. In Cali, tract-housing built where they shouldn't be. But I can't help but think that global climate change has made everything worse. Longer droughts. Stronger winds. I can't help but feel we're at the breaking point.