Posted on 03/10/2021 9:44:35 AM PST by blam
John F’n Kerry is getting a little chub in his pants. He loves “climate emergencies”.
Won’t happen. Something they never talk about is the dust bowl was created by the government subsidizing the price of wheat/grain and encouraging the planting of every available acre and then failing to buy that grain when the war ended.
There are actually fewer acres planted now than then and the practices are superior to then.
That ain’t exactly farm land.
Except no one is moving to California this time...
Droughts do happen. The Sahara has had a drought for 7000 years.
Yes, as you just said, with the benefit of hindsight, very stupid agricultural practices that made perfect sense according to the conventional wisdom of the day caused the dust bowl.
Of course now, 90 years later, despicable people gotta fear monger.
So,from the map, the weather is dry in the Mohave Desert, the Sonoran Desert, and Chihuahuan Desert. I can see why everyone would be shocked. I expect to see tropical rain forests in the desert. Because I’m a global warming expert. Now, where is my federal grant?
California should be fine as soon as they finish tearing down all the Dams and Hydro Electric
My guess things stay dry till the aug monsoon via sea of Cortez. Meanwhile in the ebb and flow of things we seem way above usual in rain in the east. Just the normal flow of climate. Wake me when I can swim the Sahara.
Isn’t most of the area they have highlighted desert?
OMG - extreme weather is occurring somewhere!
Oops. I missed that the dry area extends into the Great Salt Lake desert, as well. If the deserts are dry, that’s proof of global warming.
OMIGAWD! OMIGAWD! OMIGAWD!
The remake of The Grapes of Wrath will feature Mexicans fleeing drought instead of Okies.
Women and lizards hit hardest...
There was similar drought back around 2003; eventually the rain came back.
Odds are it will this time, too.
The map is cut off, which makes me curious why they stopped there. In terms of the bright red....if you drive through (I’ve done a dozen trips through this region over the years), is NOT an area that I’d waste time or effort on farming.
The lighter red? Slightly different story. A lot of this area in Col and Montana would be cattle range area. I might be concerned over that trend.
That yellow area over eastern Washington/Oregon? I’d be concerned to some degree if the trend continues on.
The last US megadrought was in th 16th century, or about 500 years ago. We have been very lucky since America was founded. We have had excellent living conditions in all ways, despite the occassional hurricane, tornado, or earthquake.
If we get a 40-year long drought today, it is going to devestate us. We can’t build de-salination plants and bring them online that quickly. There would be severe widespread pain.
The migration is to Florida and Texas now....
Even “Silicon Valley” is considering relocation from California. Nobody knows the way to San Jose any more.
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