https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/as-temperatures-rise-flash-drought-takes-hold-across-south/ > Meteorologist Eric Luebehusen had a tough week at the end of September. He called it a “living hell.” > As a member of the Agriculture Department team that compiles the U.S. Drought Monitor, Luebehusen created what looked like an omelet on a map of the United States. Yellow and brown swirls covered much of Texas and swaths of the Southeast, with splotches of red mixed in.