Posted on 07/17/2014 1:12:09 PM PDT by Maudeen
20 Signs The Drought In The Western United States Is Starting To Become Apocalyptic
July 17, 2014 | Michael Snyder
When scientists start using phrases such as "the worst drought" and "as bad as you can imagine" to describe what is going on in the western half of the country, you know that things are bad. Thanks to an epic drought that never seems to end, we are witnessing the beginning of a water crisis that most people never even dreamed was possible in this day and age.
The state of California is getting ready to ban people from watering their lawns and washing their cars, but if this drought persists we will eventually see far more extreme water conservation measures than that. And the fact that nearly half of all of the produce in America comes out of the state of California means that ultimately this drought is going to deeply affect all of us.
Food prices have already been rising at an alarming rate, and the longer this drought goes on the higher they will go. Let us hope and pray that this drought is permanently broken at some point, because otherwise we could very well be entering an era of extreme water rationing, gigantic dust storms and crippling food prices. The following are 20 signs that the epic drought in the western half of the United States is starting to become apocalyptic...
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Plenty of water here in the Tennessee valley water system TVA, in fact, Atlanta tried to move their border with Tennessee to “borrow” some a few years back, causing a little friction in these parts.
You know it isn't downhill all the way, don't you. 3000 foot high probably at the low points between them and the sea.
If none is available at the current prices, the current prices are irrelevant.
Stupid article. The solution is always the simplest answer. In this case, it is one word: DESALINIZATION
The Pacific Ocean is 64 million sq. miles with an average depth of 12,925 ft. Assuming 50% conversion salt water to fresh water, reducing the depth of the Pacific Ocean by one foot would provide 518.7 billion gallons of potable water.
Except when there IS no rain!! Hard to collect nothing in a barrel.
For that matter, we have plenty of water here in the PNW with the Columbia and Snake river systems, but California ain't getting it! (although I do wish there was a way to help them with agricultural uses).
And you can sell the flash-roasted birds, too! Kind of like the rotisserie chickens at Costco, but with the feathers still on.
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In California’s case: the feds
In general, El Nino or La Nina:
Historical Droughts in Central Mexico and Their Relation with El Niño
http://www.researchgate.net/publication/237966745_Historical_Droughts_in_Central_Mexico_and_Their_Relation_with_El_Nio
A Study of Historical Droughts in Southeastern Mexico
http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/JCLI3726.1
Causes and consequences of nineteenth century droughts in North America (La Nina)
http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/res/div/ocp/drought/nineteenth.shtml
and, just for an aside, lice-born typhus coincides with drought:
http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/20/3/13-1366_article
Remember that to do that you also have to drain all the other seas by one foot so you'd probably get an unimaginable amount of water.
How many buyers are at the price you would cause?
I have an idea. Let’s import hundreds of thousands more people fron south of the border!
Someone in Oregon, of all places, got in big trouble for saving the rainwater that fell on his own property. I think he ended up with some jail time.
What could be more NUTS than that?
This could possibly cause Guam and other islands to tip over.
Rain? What's that?
He stored the runoff (not all of which was from his own property) in artificial ground reservoirs. Some of it amounted to a temporary creek going over the property. Big difference from saving rainwater off your roof or something like that.
well ok - but why is this a problem? It rains here A LOT!
Texas is coming out of a severe drought. 2011 was the worst I have ever seen on the Gulf Coast. 100 to 200 year old trees died and pastures were as brown as dirt. Ranchers sold off their herds. Finally it is green again.
You can't pin that rap on me.
If there is none available at the lower price, people will pay a higher price if they really want something.
Why are you so certain it will be so expensive, anyway?
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