Climate Change Is the Drought in the US Southwest becoming Permanent? contributors 12/14/2013 TweetShareRedditEmail(By Bobby Magill) Is the West’s Dry Spell Really a Megadrought? (via Climate Central) By Bobby Magill Follow @bobbymagill SAN FRANCISCO — The drought that has been afflicting most of the Western states for the past 13 years may be a “megadrought,” and the likelihood is high that this century could see a multi-decade dry spell… —– Related video: Reuters interviewed Alex Prud’Homme on this issue a couple of years ago, and the segment is still urgent: