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2014-11-18 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Three years into drought, Californians adapt to a drier way of life

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Posted by Fred 2014-11-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 reduce their water use by 20 percent
"Tommy Toilet says: If it's yellow, let it mellow. If its brown, flush it down!."

Posted by Skidmark 2014-11-18 01:01|| 2014-11-18 01:01|| Front Page Top

#2 It was a desert before. Look at the population distribution of the natives and few Spanish/Mexican coastal enclaves in the 17th and 18th Century. There was a reason for that. They were agrarian/hunter gather societies and thus tied to what the land could support which wasn't a whole lot because of the long term climate of the area.

Posted by Procopius2k 2014-11-18 08:49|| 2014-11-18 08:49|| Front Page Top

#3 Victor Davis Hanson: California’s Two Droughts

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2014-11-18 09:15|| 2014-11-18 09:15|| Front Page Top

#4 And no, not everyone in CA is adapting..or even having to. San Francisco is currently under no usage restrictions at all. I would love to see a chart detailing where water is being restricted the most, and what the the local voter rolls look like

Posted by Rex Mundi 2014-11-18 14:49|| 2014-11-18 14:49|| Front Page Top

#5 The biggest user is California agriculture, and it has a lot of room to improve efficiency of water use. Perhaps a foreign exchange program with Israel could be worked out....

Posted by Glenmore 2014-11-18 20:56|| 2014-11-18 20:56|| Front Page Top

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