What a Day That Was*

Thanks to Mary T. for the heads up on this one. 

My question is if this story was written for a high-end scenario planning exercise, would this be a middle case or the worst case story?
http://billmoyers.com/2015/11/13/splinterlands-the-view-from-2050/

One of the links in the piece:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2015/02/150212-megadrought-southwest-water-climate-environment/

*And once again, i cannot resist...