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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I see it more as civil situation than criminal.
Up here in Washington we can’t water out of rivers and creeks without explicit rights, either; if there were no restrictions then upstream users would store or use water as they saw fit and without regard to downstream rights. There have been wars over similar water-rights issues.
This user was not able to differentiate between precipitation which fell on his own property and that which flowed from offsite in the stream. He tried to make an argument that existing dams on the stream diverted water to his property which made it available to him for storage but this did not fly with the latest court.
And at the same time the state of CA is trying to divert more water from the depleted Lake McClure for the benefit of young salmon. Fish or any creature other than human has a much higher priority for any state resources, including water, than food production or human consumption.
And to think, in the 1800s, from the HIGH PLAINS west, was known as THE GREAT AMERICAN DESERT.
Because as an engineer, I have some idea of what physical reality is required. And I read articles talking about what is required to make such a thing happen.
Why do you assume it is cheap and no one does it, except in places with an abundance of energy and cash, like Saudi Arabia?
hmmm...that makes sense.
Thanks!
Maudeen, just go here...you'll be able to post links, even pictures. Scroll down to "how to create a link."
I think we should sell them some at the same price as oil.
They could use their high speed Eco train to transport it.
That’s ok, keep all the water. We’ll just have more Californians move to wa and or
Are they going to ban water in swimming pools and watering golf courses? Just wondering.
Doesn’t the southwest get a lot of its water and hydroelectric power from the northwest?
I would be moving out of CA at any cost, because things are heating up or should I say drying up.
Was the southwest intended to accommodate so many millions of people in what is generally an arid climate?
Author loses al credibility right here.
Next he'll be talking about the economy and quoting Noam Chomsky.
I would have said “Starting to Become Tribulational” but, what-Evher!
I am involved in the Desalination project in Carlsbad, CA. It is very energy intensive and expensive, but will be critical moving forward as a supplemental source.
Monsoon started right on schedule up here in the Northland.
You think the was credibility to start with when the author uses a Apocalyptic headline from Prophecy Newswatch?
LOL. Good point.
The writer seems to have forgotten about "The Great Dust Bowl" of the 1930's..........
I had the great fortune of staying in a B&B in N.W. Kansas back around 2000 that was owned by a 94 year old woman who actually endured the entire saga of the dust bowl.........She was literally an unopened vault of memories and information on what life was like when she was a child and what she and her family endured during the 1930's.........
Have you ever met anyone who actually took a horse and buggy to town on Fridays to buy supplies? Have you ever met anyone whose father drilled a well utilizing a pole and a mule? Have you ever met anyone whose house in the country was actually moved into the nearby town being towed by mules and hauled over logs?
Apocalyptic? I don't think so......LOL!
No.
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