On 5/24/2015 12:48 PM, Ophelia wrote:
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> "cshenk" > wrote in message
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>> Ophelia wrote in rec.food.cooking:
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>>> "Cabrito del Bosque" > wrote in message
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>>> > 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
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>>> > 1. SAY GOODBYE TO THE LAWN
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>>> > 2. REDESIGN CITIES AS SPONGES
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>>> > 3. RETHINK THE ALMOND
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>>> > 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
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> I'm not saying it isnt serious, but neither they nor we will go hungry
>> over California's drought.
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> It sounds pretty serious to me
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It is:
http://www.slate.com/articles/health...t_without.html