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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Ooook I think you are not following how comments work …so check yourself
If those idiots and the global warming banshee folks would stop yelling and finger pointing they just might use their collective brains.
Desalination plants and pipeline the fresh water into lake mead problems solved. Large bodies of water are proven to affect the local climate that’s apart if the larger climate.
But no you finger pointing accusers only want to say “I told you so” instead of pushing for desalination plants that run on natural gas the cleanest burning fuel.
YOU have the Pacific Ocean on the west side of your state. How about you dumb $#%&!@*s set up water plants to remove salt from the water and you can all survive. The Navy has been doing this for many many years, and don’t $#%&!@* about the cost. If you can give money away to drug addicts and lazy $#%&!@*s who refuse to work your going to have to change things or become dust in the wind…..
Hell with them they did it to themselves
The same NASA who warned us about non-existent Global Warming??
At last, a bit of common sense.
And you just can’t fix stupid
I have no sympathy for self inflicted cir$#%&!@*stances.
For as long as the Earth had existed there has been climate change. Can you grasp that?
Bill Ekonomou They had a De Sal plant in Santa Barbara. It rained a week. So they sold of parts. Now its a empty dream. These are not smart people.