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Doomsayers are always on the lookout for signs of the Apocalypse, and few have been more captivating than record-setting temperatures scorching the nation these days. Oklahoma City and Washington D.C., had the warmest July on record. This week, temperatures felt as high as 115 in 18 states, including Georgia, Iowa and Florida. Today, after 33 straight days of triple-digit temperatures, Dallas blisters at 108.

With the elevated temperatures has come even more compelling fodder for the students of prophesy, including a reservoir stained blood-red in Texas, exploding sidewalks in Iowa, snail-slow railroad trains in the Midwest and ant infestations in Florida.

Here are some examples.

Blood-Red Reservoir in Texas

A severe, crop-killing drought in Texas has turned the O.C. Fisher Reservoir blood red.

The reservoir in San Angelo State Park, in West Texas, which is almost entirely dry, is stagnated and stained red by a bacteria that grows in low-oxygen conditions.

With dead fish floating on its surface, the reservoir is the lowest one in West Texas, according to Bobby Farquhar, regional director for Inland Fisheries with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

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