Spencer Sawaske watches the Oregon rivers run low and warm. He works for the state Department of Fish and Wildlife. He says the situation is dire everywhere. Lake Powell is projected to receive only thirteen percent of its typical runoff. This is the lowest level since nineteen sixty-three. Record-breaking March heat evaporated the Colorado River snowpack. Farmers across the Midsouth are abandoning corn and rice. These crops require too much expensive fertilizer. Ryan Loy, an agricultural economist, says acres are flowing to soybeans instead. Soybeans are a survival strategy for a bankrupt proletariat. The state offers tools like PremisesMapper for biosecurity plans. It does not offer water. The hydrological collapse is now permanent. This is the metabolic failure of the American breadbasket. The earth is being burned to power the data centers of the elite.