Friday, March 20, 2015

The Drought

LA Times: Gov. Brown, lawmakers plan short- and long-term strategy on drought
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4 comments:

Glynn Kalara said...

There's an outside chance Calif. might end up being the new Atacama desert, which is in Chile and is the driest place on Earth. It never rains in parts of that coastal desert. The change in the upper winds caused by the warming in some computer models sees this as a possibility. Parts of So. Calif. are technically already a desert. LA without its aqueducts bringing in water from Northern Calif and the Colorado river would be one right now.

4:17 PM
Jim Sande said...

This thing has been going on for a few years as we know. It seems be sinking in among the public more and more judging from the tone of the articles. I personally think it is a major top story as it were. It strikes me that they are at a critical point, there's not enough water from this winter to replenish what is a base need, NASA says they have 1 yr of water left, some say there is still more ground water, so basically one year from now it's totally off the charts or it's improving from what occurs next Winter.

7:15 PM
Glynn Kalara said...

Speaking with my friends in Calif. I don't think the message is sinking in yet that if they don't exit this drought pretty soon things are going to have to change fast in Calif. It's very possible that Calif. will never return to the previous cycle of dry and wet cycles. They could find themselves in a mega-drought that goes on for 100 yrs. or more. Sounds crazy except such events are not unknown in Calif.s historical records.

7:38 PM
Jim Sande said...

If people in California are not getting the message then it's party on while the Titanic sinks practically. It strikes me that this next year and especially next Winter are critical. What the heck happens if next year's snow pack is light again? What a thing to be utterly dependent on, the hope that snowfall will be normal not even above normal, but just average.

8:21 AM

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