If we weren’t before, we should probably all be worrying about the ozone layer right about now: the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reports that this past October was the fifth warmest ever, tied with the one in 2008. One repercussion of this unseasonably warm trend, says an analyst at Weather Underground, is the danger of drought, which has the potential for even more destruction and fatalities than Hurricane Sandy. During the heat wave-induced drought in the US back in 1998, 7,500 Americans died. For a visual aid, check out the infographic.