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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learn to drink sea water you frikkin hippies!
Actually it’s California
Well, what did they expect ? The liberal $#%&!@*wipes and their henchmen in the EPA have PREVENTED any new reservoirs from being built since 1970 !!! To make matters worse, they have been TEARING DOWN small dams and water retention areas to save little fishies ! Add several million illegals straining the system and PRESTO……..instant water shortage !!!!
I bet the golf courses are still green.
There’s a strip of very fertile farm land in Cali where they grow it. And from what one of the comments here said, Texas is actually number one. Cali is second.
Oh I know I saw. I just mean in general…. Why are we growing food there lol. Honestly I think there should just be a shift of just growing and eating what’s in season. We would save a lot of water…. Even if we did that for one year for every 5 years we would save a ton of water.
Thatsbecause they dont care
Well ya build in a desert…..
didn’t they have a drought on this scale back in the 80’s?
Idaho grows plenty of food… we have oceans of water..just gotta hold the California refugees at the state line