"Megadroughts" that last for decades are threatening to strike already parched Western U.S. states by the end of the century, a new study finds, with one model predicting that a drought lasting about 35 years may be a "near certainty." [And to think I moved to Utard in 1974 to ski powder! And the ski industry isn't doing sh*t to combat global warming or even talk about it. F'm, the dumbasses.]