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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What specifically are we talking about here?
That’s are problem today we want all to be easy …thank God for those have gone before us !
No to mention that the planet is 70% water and we do have the technology to make it safe to drink. The idiots
Ca chose the mud minnow over humans. they chose illegals over citizens. sounds like they are getting as they deserve.
WELL GET ON THE PROBLEM STAT (i.e. EMERGENTLY)!!
Build an earthquake-resistant NUCLEAR-POWERED PLANT which can do all the following:
1. supply san fran city with electricity
2. vaporize millions of gallons of sea water per day so that the evaporate can form clouds and rain out over the mountains (san Joaquin and Sacramento)and refill the collecting water basins to the rivers.
3. distill and thus desalinate millions of gallons of water per day as well for both the agricultural and urban freshwater demands.
4. take the accumulated sea salt and sell it to restaurants and cities in the Northeast which will need it for treacherous driving conditions during the Wintertime when roads are icy.
5. Australia’s cloud-making/water-making device creates snows high in its mountains which skiers can also ski on as an added benefit.
THAT’S FIVE (5) BIRDS with ONE (1) STONE, so now WHY doesn’t our federal government get on it and make a SIGNIFICANT infrastructural improvement with long-lasting benefits and more bang for the buck?!
Omg California will be out of water next year!! If you believe that you are a retard.
That is correct they can’t be just plonked anywhere without destroying the coastline what you’re going to have to do something eventually
Idiots. Thank God people of the previous generation had different ideas during the Industrial Revolution. People are afraid to make a move to even help themselves because they’re afraid of cutting off one or two beaches to put in a water supply line how stupid
It’s the same with oil. We have enough oil in United States never have to depend on the middle east again and we won’t use it because we might harm one or two woodchucks in the process. I’m sure we can find a way to do the sensibly.