Posted on 02/17/2017 11:56:35 PM PST by nickcarraway
Persistent precipitation in recent months have significantly improved California's drought conditions, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. Extreme to exceptional drought – the most severe levels – have been virtually lifted in the entire state since it first appeared on Jan. 24, 2014.
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The main cause of problems is political. A lot more people populating California, and ensuing water fights made worse by the EPA and environmentalists. They won't let us build more dams, and a lot of water is wasted.
It always seems like droughts end in floods.
Considering that Disneyland was the happiest pool on earth this evening, it seems like a smart decision for their liberal agenda.
And indeed, it is called weather. 1986 & 1997 were two significant years with extraordinary rainfall - 86 had the ‘March miracle’ - northern California has already had more rain this cycle than they did during that ‘miracle’ time, with a significant snowpack to boot.
We have incredible technology; within two years we could build a series of desalination plants and the nuclear plants to power them. Those plants could continually cycle water into the massive aquifers below the San Gabriel and Central valleys, and in one swift move, putting an end to the cycles of drought and the abomination of LA DWP & Bay area water boards controlling critical flood control dams in northern California.
But that doesn't give liberals the fascist controls they crave. It doesn't allow them to pull water from farmers who aren't properly politically connected. It would curtail Los Angeles’ control of vast areas of the state. And of course, it would eliminate the ability of controlling rivers in the state to flush all that drinkable water away.
If any third world nation was in a similar state that California's been in these last three years, the United States would be pouring in billions to help them build the above technology. But because it is the eco terrorist capital of the world, California, they let the vast majority of the state suffer to make a few liberals feel great about themselves (while at the same time stealing water to keep their lawns green.)
I was always amazed by the Freeway interchange irrigation.
And by first seeing the Hetch-Hetchy dam in an iconic NP.
I know CA has been experiencing drought conditions for several years. It’s a cycle that recurs throughout the country and it’s called climate change. We in Texas have experienced such for all my life (74 y/o). We only have ONE natural lake (Caddo) here and all others are man-made to ensure water for people, agra and ranchers in lean times.
I recently saw a news program showing CA grapevines over many acres that were dead due to lack of irrigation and many ranchers have had to take some of their animals to slaughter houses for the same reason.
I don’t understand why CA has not taken measures to capture the rains and snow melts in a manner to provide irrigation during droughts to the agriculture and ranching industries, instead of just letting the runoff flow to the Pacific Ocean.
I think CA has taken down many small dams to permit a useless fish to move freely and has abandoned the clearing of brush in the forests, which should be done regularly to reduce the occurrence and severity of forest fires.
Not knocking the State of CA, but the poor governance by the elected officials who seem to lack common sense.
Anything on that time scale is NOT climate change.
It's weather.
Don't get sucked into believing the left's nonsense about every weather variation or blip being climate change or due to climate change.
Every year 50% of the snowmelt is NOT CAPTURED. With real, common sense planning, Kalifornia could have water year round. Turns out that the democRATS also cut off the water for those Central Valley farmers in order to purchase their land for pennies on the dollar. Then the city and county governments sell the land to developers who line the pockets of the RATS.
Creepozoids all.
As my husband always says droughts are caused by lower than average precipitation for an extended period and the only way they end is when there is higher than average precipitation.
We can't afford that. Our first priority is a choo choo train to connect Bakersfield with Visalia.
That was a long, brutal drought.
Awesome post. Good find. That is very telling and is displayed so clearly.
Thanks.
And one week later, as expected, no place in California, even the coastal desert areas of southern California is in extreme drought. The LA Times has finally managed to find one long term weather model they can actually understand: NWS predictions.
They knew last week was the last time that they could pretend that there was still an extreme drought in California.
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