Blockbusting Drought Heading For South This summer?

I was living in Atlanta Georgia during the great drought of 2007-2008. Lived right next to Lake Lanier. Basically over development without building adequate infrastructure...like reservors. The 
Chattahoochee had big troubles low river flows and too much water withdrawals for cities and industry. It seemed at the time barge traffic on the river was more important than drinking water. It is a large section of society living on the edge.  

Blistering heat and little rain is causing a 'flash drought' in the South

Doyle Rice, USA TODat Updated 1:39 p.m. ET Oct. 4, 2019

The South has endured a double whammy of blistering heat and a lack of significant rainfall over the past few weeks, triggering what climate experts are calling a "flash drought."

The drought, which is affecting 45 million people in 14 states, is cracking farm soil, drying up ponds and raising the risk of wildfires.

“Typically we look at drought as being a slow onset, slow-developing type phenomenon compared to other disasters that rapidly happen, so this flash drought term came about,” said Brian Fuchs, a climatologist at the National Drought Mitigation Center. “The idea is that it’s more of a rapidly developing drought situation compared to what we typically see.”