We have been in a very long drought in the SW and our reservoirs are running on empty.
Drastic measure from the Feds, to keep Lake Powel power plant going.
Drastic measure from the Feds, to keep Lake Powel power plant going.
They better hope it rains, 'cause that's a trick that can't be repeated many times.We have been in a very long drought in the SW and our reservoirs are running on empty.
Drastic measure from the Feds, to keep Lake Powel power plant going.
Yes, we hope, always hope. Its the snow and the monsoon which fills the reservoir, 5 years no monsoon, some last year and hardly any snow.They better hope it rains, 'cause that's a trick that can't be repeated many times.
Yup, and my neighbor waters her lawn twice a day, and a huge amount of it runs into the street. Last year, the ground was so soft that her 80 foot tall pine tree went down in a monsoon, and destroyed one of my trees and nearly hit my house.We have been in a very long drought in the SW and our reservoirs are running on empty.
Drastic measure from the Feds, to keep Lake Powel power plant going.
Who does?but climate change is a hoax, they cry.
Mega droughts are the norm in the southwest.but climate change is a hoax, they cry.
Do you mean to say mass migration increases strain on resources?
Population controls how much snow the mountains get each winter? The population certainly impacts water scarcity, but it has nothing to do with the historic drought in the west.My guess is that one of the biggest factors contributing to the negative effects of the drought is POPULATION GROWTH:
Population Density:
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Source: https://geochange.er.usgs.gov/sw/changes/anthropogenic/population/
Wrong, a drought like we have happen, maybe every 1200 or 2000 yearsMega droughts are the norm in the southwest.
No snow no water, simple as that.Population controls how much snow the mountains get each winter? The population certainly impacts water scarcity, but it has nothing to do with the historic drought in the west.
NoDo you mean to say mass migration increases strain on resources?
Did I say, or even infer population controls how much snow the mountains get? No, I did not. Moreover, that's an absurd take-away from what I did write. Do you even bother to actually READ what people post before you retort?Population controls how much snow the mountains get each winter? The population certainly impacts water scarcity, but it has nothing to do with the historic drought in the west.
Mega droughts are the norm in the southwest.
The school’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography published a paper that said there is a 5 percent chance of catastrophic change within roughly three decades, and a smaller chance that it would broadly wipe out human life.
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/science/sd-me-scripps-climatechange-20170914-story.html
yup,... the past two centuries were the exception not the rule (i.e. there was an abundance of water in the south western USA starting about 1800,... AND NOW pendulum is swings back the other direction)
what people should find troubling is scientific analysis indicates the great basis region can be arid for thousands of years
FWIW here is a summary of the drought problem (along w/ an infrastructure adaption that should be build ASAP)
hopefully people and especially elected officials grow a backbone and directly confront the extensional threat situation
Those irrigation canals are a gigantic waste of water. In the summer they reach 90 to 100 degree water temp, the evaporation is mind boggling.
Even worse they are not lined, they are just big dirt trenches. Built as cheap as possible
Big Water Abusers Ignored as California Drought Persists
In response to the drought, Governor Newsom has largely ignored these large corporate water sources. Instead, he has taken small measures aimed at the most wasteful of urban water uses, asked for voluntary conservation
http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/20...users-ignored-as-california-drought-persists/
The school’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography published a paper that said there is a 5 percent chance of catastrophic change within roughly three decades, and a smaller chance that it would broadly wipe out human life.
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/science/sd-me-scripps-climatechange-20170914-story.html