"Bruce" > wrote in message
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> On Sun, 24 May 2015 19:03:07 -0700, "Paul M. Cook" >
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>>"taxed and spent" > wrote in message
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>>>>>> On Sunday, May 24, 2015 at 7:50:14 AM UTC-7, taxed and spent wrote:
>>>>>>> "Paul M. Cook" > wrote in message
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>>>>>>> > "Ophelia" > wrote in message
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>>>>>>> >>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!
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > Everyone in CA is affected. And since CA grows half the country's
>>>>>>> > food,
>>>>>>> > half the country is affected as well. My town is ordering a 35%
>>>>>>> > cutback
>>>>>>> > on water use with fines for offenders. NASA says this is the last
>>>>>>> > year we
>>>>>>> > will have water in the reservoirs. So next year we should be in
>>>>>>> > full
>>>>>>> > anarchy mode I expect. Fox News blames it on illegal immigrants.
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> But I still have not heard any talk about adding storage capacity or
>>>>>>> groundwater replenishment basins, for the times we do have rain.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Similarly, I haven't heard my wife talking about buying a safe for
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> jewelry she expects to buy after she wins the lottery.
>>>>>
>>>>> That is a bit different, isn't it. Years with heavy rains are quite
>>>>> frequent. We need to be putting more away for those non-rainy days.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> That would take tax money.
>>>>
>>>> We have enough damns and reservoirs., What do you think has kept us
>>>> going? This is year 4 of extreme drought. Just how much capacity can
>>>> you
>>>> plan for?
>>>>
>>>
>>> since a four year drought is pretty common here in California, and we
>>> have
>>> tripled our population without adding any more storage capacity, I would
>>> say we need more storage.
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>>We're in a 100 year drought. No amount of planning would have helped.
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> There comes a point where it's not a drought; it's your weather.

Climate. Not weather. And this well could be a permanent climate shift.



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