Posted on 10/22/2021 9:34:46 AM PDT by mylife
Legalizing recreational marijuana was always bound to cause unintended consequences, including more traffic accidents, addiction, and worse mental health issues. But Jackson County, Oregon, has added another downside to the list: severe water shortages.
It turns out that when Oregon voters legalized recreational marijuana in 2014, southern Oregon saw a surge of illegal marijuana farms posing as legal hemp farms. The Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission recently reported that nearly 50% of registered hemp farms inspected by the state grow marijuana with THC content above the legal limits.
With marijuana “legal” in Oregon now, these illegal farms operate with near impunity next to Oregon’s highly regulated marijuana market. And now that Western states have been hit with a drought, these illegal farmers are illegally stealing water from the surrounding creeks and wells that legal fruit and nut farmers have been using for generations. One illegal cannabis farm recently raided by authorities was illegally drawing water from the Illinois River to feed over 72,000 marijuana plants.
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Smoke guns, not pot!
In before the Mary Jane hysterics.
Water shortage. No problema, Use Paraquat.
By this time next week, a lot of Oregone and Californicator land will be moist and with a lot of lakes refilling.
AccuWeather:
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Another bomb cyclone brewing as part of West Coast storm train!
By Alex Sosnowski, AccuWeather senior meteorologist & Meghan Mussoline, AccuWeather meteorologist
Published Oct. 21, 2021 9:08 AM PDT | Updated Oct. 22, 2021 9:15 AM PDT
The powerful storm is expected to drop feet of snow and monstrous amounts of precipitation, effectively ending the wildfire season but also causing flood worries.
A powerful bomb cyclone that reached maximum intensity over the northern Pacific Thursday afternoon marked the beginning of an intense and stormy stretch for the West Coast. That storm will continue to send additional storms into the region through next Tuesday, unleashing nearly 2 feet of rain in some areas and up to 8 feet of snow over the mountains.
Even though the precipitation is much needed across the drought-stricken region, it could lead to serious flooding, mudslides and significant threats to lives and property.
But the storm won’t be all bad news.
“This rainfall is coming about a month ahead of average and will be very welcome in fighting the remaining fires, particularly in Northern California,” AccuWeather Chief Meteorologist Jon Porter said. “Repeated storms delivering such copious rainfall will have a major effect on the wildfire season – effectively ending the wildfire season from Northern California northward,” Porter added.
the west coast 4 seasons: drought, fire, flood, mudslide.
Hurray!!!
Just growing medicine.
Brawndo has what plants crave! Problem solved. It has electrolytes!
What is happening next week?
Yeah, I’m sure the pacific northwest with its rainforests is going to run out of water real soon...
Sounds like Oklahoma.
There is even an Illinois river to rob from.
Water wells in the east part of the state are crap and water quality is horrible so they use our drinking water.
It is beyond out of control.
Interesting. ..”foreigners” are buying up farms on I-5 corridor...leaving farm FRONT...and having sophisticated pot growing operation built behind. State of Oregon probably is in on it.
What is happening next week?
A powerful bomb cyclone that reached maximum intensity over the northern Pacific Thursday afternoon marked the beginning of an intense and stormy stretch for the West Coast.
That storm will continue to send additional storms into the region through next Tuesday, unleashing nearly 2 feet of rain in some areas and up to 8 feet of snow over the mountains.
Even though the precipitation is much needed across the drought-stricken region, it could lead to serious flooding, mudslides and significant threats to lives and property.
But the storm won’t be all bad news.
“This rainfall is coming about a month ahead of average and will be very welcome in fighting the remaining fires, particularly in Northern California,” AccuWeather Chief Meteorologist Jon Porter said.
“Repeated storms delivering such copious rainfall will have a major effect on the wildfire season – effectively ending the wildfire season from Northern California northward,” Porter added.
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“the west coast 4 seasons: drought, fire, flood, mudslide.”
October’s out here can have all 4 seasons.
We have friends up and down this area, who harvest their olives in the last 2 weeks of October and then have their harvest crushed and the oil bottled.
One family has relatives from all over in for this picking and crush. Their host, has purchased a lot of 1 or 2 use rain hats, rain coats and shoe covers for his relatives this weekend.
Yes, indeed.
One of our younger relatives lives near what is often a year round creek. This morning the creek was running again and the little seasonal duck pound was all most full from the rains so far.
Another part of our family and their best friends are rabid duck hunters and often spend the night before the season starts in their Jon boats on the river. This early storm may break tradition for those now in their 50’s.
Interesting. ..”foreigners” are buying up farms on I-5 corridor...leaving farm FRONT...and having sophisticated pot growing operation built behind. State of Oregon probably is in on it.
A younger and very talented landscaper and gardener sold his local business and moved up off of I-5/in Oregone. He is supposedly extending his gardening skills. His older sister and I have a hard time not laughing when his parents talk about how brave he is. Like a lot of younger Californians, he is very bi lingual re a south of the border language.
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