[rktman]

Well, that and minimal precip.

[BitWielder1]

That and laws against using the existing water, to protect some small fish.

[YourAdHere]

I thought it was because the Visitors’ mothership pumped it dry.

[TexasFreeper2009]

Millions of illegal aliens using up all the water + environmental nutjobs that made cities stop damming up the river to provide water to people to help save some meaningless delta smelt or some such nonsense!

[GeronL]

or because

it’s a desert?

[PieterCasparzen]

Fin elites have been playing games with their water supply for a long time.

Remember the “cutting off the irrigation water” because of some bug or something, driving up veggie prices, etc. ?

[Banjoguy]

The drought in California reminds me of the story about the Democrats/libs on an escalator when it suddenly stops. Instead of walking up or down, they stand there yelling, trying to get someone to help them.

The politicians and others on California have known for a long time, that the state is in a precarious position regarding the amount of water available from year to year, and the state's dependency on snow runoff.

Has California attempted to build even one desalinization plant? Of course not.

If a program had been started years ago, would they now be able to ameliorate today's situation?

Just ask the city of Tampa, Florida.

http://www.dep.state.fl.us/water/docs/desalination-in-florida-report.pdf

[morphing libertarian]

Carlsbad desalt plant opens in 18 months.

Yes we’re a desert, yes, it hasn’t been raining/snowing, yes the farmers have been bled dry by the democrats. And our gov is spending billions on high speed ghost trains when he should be funding desalt plants.

[huldah1776]

Nah. They are no different anywhere else. Texas is also having drought conditions.

The book of Haggai explains why. Especially the part about wallets with holes in them.

The book is only two chapters long.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Haggai%201&version=NASB

[kaehurowing]

Gay marriage.

[Hugin]

Dam-Breaching Advocate Nominated for Key Federal Post

http://washingtonstatewire.com/blog/dam-breaching-advocate-nominated-for-key-federal-post-business-appalled-and-cantwell-faces-big-dilemma/

[Trapped Behind Enemy Lines]

If the GOP candidate running for governor had a clue, he would be all over this like flies on dog poop.

[MMaschin]

California has always had droughts, nothing is new about that.

In order to fight the regular droughts, California built a large reservoir system(40-60 years ago), and as a result had plenty of water to sustain them during drought conditions. This reservoir system would collect runoff from the Sierra Nevada mountain range, and store it for future use. In this way California collected plenty of water to sustain it when drought conditions occurred.

What changed? Environmentalists sued because they claimed that by diverting the runoff to reservoirs they were endangering the Delta Smelt. The courts ruled that they needed to redirect that water from going to the reservoirs, to go to the SF bay instead.

The California drought is a natural occurrence, and nothing out the ordinary, but the lack of water is completely man-made!

[Steven Scharf]

We have plenty of water here in New England this week that they can have.

[Pajamajan]

But......

But...............,.,

WE HAVE BANNED PLASTIC GROCERY BAGS!!!

This should have solved ALL of Cali's problems.

Why isn't it raining?

Maybe the governor and the legislature should finish the high speed rail to nowhere. Surely that will bring precipitation.