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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BPA's power grid is connected to the California high-voltage transmission system by Path 66, which consists of the two 500 kV AC lines of the Pacific AC Intertie, plus a third 500 kV AC line of the California-Oregon Transmission Project (COTP) (managed by the Balancing Authority of Northern California). Together these three lines are operated as the California-Oregon Intertie (COI) (managed by the California Independent System Operator). An additional DC +/- 500 kV line, the Pacific DC Intertie, links BPA's grid at the Celilo Converter Station near The Dalles, Oregon to the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) grid 800 miles (1,300 km) away at the Sylmar Converter Station in Los Angeles.
Doesn’t Israel do this?
I guess it is where you are planning on being when the third angel sounds his trumpet. I don’t think this “Apocalyptic” thing is a laughing matter. You better be storing your water now. . .or perhaps you will have to stand in line with a tattoo/chip in order to get your quota. No LOL here!
Revelation 8:10-11: “The third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star, blazing like a torch, fell from the sky on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water—the name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters turned bitter, and many people died from the waters that had become bitter.” This is the third of the “trumpet judgments” described in Revelation. The seven trumpets are the judgments of the seventh seal (Revelation 8:1-5). The first trumpet causes hail and fire that destroy much of the plant life in the world (Revelation 8:7). The second trumpet brings about what seems to be a meteor, comet, or other heavenly body hitting the oceans and causing the death of one-third of the world’s sea life (Revelation 8:8-9). The third trumpet is similar to the second, except it affects the world’s lakes and rivers instead of the oceans (Revelation 8:10-11). It will cause a third part of all fresh water on earth to turn bitter and many people will die from drinking it.
Believe it or not, some areas don't allow this...affects the natural water table or some such BS.
My long-term solution is for municipalities to stop issuing building permits unless it can be proven that there are sufficient water supplies and ample electricity capability. Southern Kalifornia is infamous for it's summer electricity brownouts.
Your idea sounds right. Why are they spending billions on a passenger train from the Los Angleles area to Fresno instead?
I remember the late Terry Anderson, the Los Angeles anti-illegal immigration patriot, talking about this on his radio program. Angelenos kept getting told to conserve water. Terry said he purposely ran his garden hose all day long and recommended others who could afford it do the same. He figured, why should we conserve water just so illegal aliens could get our share?
It was supposed to taken 10 years before Lake Lanier (North GA) reached full pool again. It took one rainy year.
Droughts come & go and they are “the worst ever.” What the alarmists do not say is that not all water shortages are caused by lack of rain.
Uncontrolled growth comes to mind. We did have a bad drought a few years ago. The water Nazi’s were out because of water restrictions. Yet at the same time, the county never stopped approving new subdivisions & other developments.
Meanwhile, here in the Northeast, we are pumping out basements and mowing our lawns twice a week on account of the torrential downpours we've been getting. Send the rainclouds away from here!
Okay, it didn't quite work, but it almost worked, and it's 30 years later, so the tech has to have improved.
the drought in California is only “epochal” in that it has been occurring repeatedly in every epoch over the last 10,000 years, sometimes lasting as long as 200 years
but unfortunately humans do not have 200 year life spans or 200 year memories even, so any change from their lifetime norms seems epochal and apocalyptic
the entire climate history of California and particularly southern California is long-lasting “wet” and “dry” periods with some periods of “moderation” between them
in the 1800s the California droughts were so severe in the south of the state that the ranching industry there “dried up”
the current period of repeated droughts may be a long term continuation of the droughts in the 1800s, with a short “moderate” period between them
You don’t get it. There is no rain falling off the roof.
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Thanks. . .I’m not too swift on the DVD player either.
Yup. It's not a water problem, it's an energy problem. But we opted out of energy solutions back in the 70s and haven't looked back.
That’s OK. Colorado is doing just fine and unbeknown to most, Colorado is an agriculture State.
Everyone knows it’s the government that’s limited access to water than an outright lack of water. If it gets worse, get rid of government. They’ll have water...
I'm not assuming it's cheap, but it's a better alternative to liberal hand-wringing and bed-wetting about no water. And really, the issue is a political one. The only reason we don't have an abundance of energy is because our own government won't let us get at it.
Thanks for the info.
Screens could keep that down and/or moving “scarecrows”. You just have to keep the birds out of the focal area for the mirrors.
This is engineering, the tech is there it just needs application.
But rotisserie condor sounds good...
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