On 5/24/2015 3:43 PM, Ophelia wrote:
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>> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
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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.
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>>>>> > > Is anyone here affected? It sounds very frightening!
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>>>>> > The worst thing imaginable is IF this becomes part of the predicted
>>>>> > megadrought in the Western US.
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>>>>> > 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
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>>>>> > 5. SMARTER DESALINATION
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>>>>> > They'll need to move quickly on all of the above.
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>>>>> > And we'll all need to get used to buying more produce from Mexico.
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>>>>> 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, but not to people who don't live here. It all depends on whose
>> ox is getting gored in these cases.
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> Quite and it is ill-advised to belittle it.
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I haven't seen anyone belittling the drought. Seems to me they had
similar conditions last year. That makes it even more serious now, for
farmers in particular and people who depend on California for food.

Jill