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Lamar County Multi- Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan <br />Chapter Three <br />Table 8a: Economic, Environmental, and Social Impacts of Drought <br />M <br />Agricultural Losses <br />Damage to Animal Species <br />I <br />Health <br />Reduction in Recreation & <br />Hydrological Effects <br />Amplified Water Conflicts <br />Tourism Activities <br />Real Estate Values Decrease <br />Increase in Wild Fires <br />Population Movements <br />Increase Energy Consumption <br />Reduced Soil Quality <br />Increased Poverty <br />Decline in Food Production <br />Diminished Air Quality <br />Reduced Quality of Life <br />Increased Food Prices <br />Reduction in Vegetative <br />Jeopardized Public Safety <br />Cover <br />...Now the wind grew strong and hard, <br />It worked at the rain crust <br />In the corn fields. <br />Little by little the sky <br />Was darkened by the mixing dust, <br />And the wind felt over the earth, <br />Loosened the dust and carried it away. <br />, . from The Grapes of Wrath, <br />Written by John Steinbeck <br />84 <br />