"cshenk" > wrote in message
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> Ophelia wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
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>> "Cabrito del Bosque" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > On 5/24/2015 4:32 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>> > > I have noticed several people here mention California. We have
>> > > had a lot of stuff on tv about the lack of water there. We were
>> > > shown the huge reservoirs with very little water in them. They
>> > > were showing how people with lush grass and full swimming pools
>> > > were being demonised.
>> > >
>> > > Is anyone here affected? It sounds very frightening!
>> > >
>> >
>> > The worst thing imaginable is IF this becomes part of the predicted
>> > megadrought in the Western US.
>> >
>> > http://www.fastcoexist.com/3044538/w...s/5-things-cal
>> > ifornia-can-do-to-survive-a-megadrought
>> >
>> > 1. SAY GOODBYE TO THE LAWN
>> >
>> > 2. REDESIGN CITIES AS SPONGES
>> >
>> > 3. RETHINK THE ALMOND
>> >
>> > 4. FIX THE PIPES
>> >
>> > 5. SMARTER DESALINATION
>> >
>> >
>> > They'll need to move quickly on all of the above.
>> >
>> > And we'll all need to get used to buying more produce from Mexico.
>>
>> Oh dear
>
> Ophelia, relax. He's massively overestimated the food issues for
> example. It could be people in *California* (southern part) might get
> more food from south of them but the only real effect will be the big
> wine industry, yet most grapes are pretty tolerant of drought,
> producing simply less grapes.
>
> California does have the biggest ticket sales but that is becsause they
> export most of it as in fancy stuff you might find on your shelves.
> It's not an never has been a breadbasket of the USA. Not a single
> product grown there in any quantity hits our top 10 food exports for
> example.
>
> I'm not saying it isnt serious, but neither they nor we will go hungry
> over California's drought.

It sounds pretty serious to me

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