Jay Familglietti, NASA’s top water scientist, recently warned that California has only a year’s supply of water left in storage facilities and the backup groundwater is rapidly depleting. Despite this harrowing fact, California has no backup plan to address this crisis.
“California has no contingency plan for a persistent drought like this one (let alone a 20-plus-year mega-drought), except, apparently, staying in emergency mode and praying for rain,” stated Familglietti. “In short, we have no paddle to navigate this crisis.”
UPDATE: California Gov. Jerry Brown issues ineffectual, mandatory water restriction as one-third of our nation’s crops are threatened. See Page 3 for updates.
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They pissed it away like everything else they do.
Prediction sometime in the future…headline…m$#%&!@*ive rains cause flooding and mudslides in California…just sayin…
Colorado sucks..you dont want to come either
But we live next to the ocean, and I’ve seen so many ways to convert sea water
Haha yes, quick put up a fence before they migrate back into the real world.
But they have water to fill pools and water golf courses
Why not desalinate ?
Their west coastline is the ocean, put it on some trucks and move it around
I watched Voyage of the Mimi as a child, and they taught me how to evaporate ocean water and collect the condensation to drink. All the had was a hole, a sheet of plastic, and a cup. I’m sure some engineer could develop a way to do this on a much larger scale.
Also, according to other sites, California won’t really run out of water in a year