In California that is.
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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- | |
| One Shocking Chart Has Californians Trembling With Fear | |
| 2021-07-30 | |
| [ ZeroHedge] Readers know by now that the Western US is facing a megadrought, heat waves, fallow lands, wildfires, water shortages, grasshopper plague, and deteriorating reservoir conditions. The latest data from the California Department of Water Resources provides a map of water levels for 12 major reservoirs in California. What's concerning is that nearly all reservoirs in the state are way their historical average marks that suggest stricter water conservation measures are ahead. Some of these reservoirs are at risk of having their hydroelectric power plant cease operations because the water level is too low to turn the turbines.
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| Posted by:Shereth Shavirt9128 |
| #15 Humor me a few lines. The Earth 1st West Coasters swear up and down the oceans are raising because the poplar ice are melting. OK build Salt Water Desalination plants up and down the coast. That should slow the water raise on the west coast. ☺ Careful of any Snail darters.☺ |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2021-07-30 17:29 |
| #14 HOW THE WEST IS LOST !! In California that is. |
| Posted by: Graviter Johnson1693 2021-07-30 14:30 |
#13 HOW THE WEST WAS WON ! |
| Posted by: Graviter Johnson1693 2021-07-30 14:29 |
| #12 ^-- Actually they choose the policy which promises the most graft. Once you realize this it all makes sense. See Infrastructure Bill, etc... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2021-07-30 14:13 |
| #11 Haven't built a major damn or reservoir in 40+ years, and haven't limited building permits in any meaningful way statewide since permit fees, sales tax and property taxes are the lifeblood of local and state governments. Nukes and desalination plants to completely solve this would cost less that the stupid high-speed rail project which, incredibly, is being revived by the Bidet morons. Its like they must choose the wrong answers for every public policy question.... |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2021-07-30 13:06 |
| #10 A webpage to keep an eye on is the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) site here. It shows the total demand for electricity versus the amount supplied by renewables at any given time. Roughly, they've got 14,000 megawatts of what they call "renewables" to serve a peak demand of 40,000 megawatts. And this is before the shutdown of the Diablo Canyon nuke because Gaia doesn't like nukes. Something's got to give. |
| Posted by: Matt 2021-07-30 12:36 |
| #9 If pnly we were near an unlimited source of water...like an ocean or something |
| Posted by: Frank G 2021-07-30 10:48 |
| #8 See Spotted Owl... iirc, another subspecies has migrated into the area and has or is replacing the Spotted Owl. Nature at work. Doing what man refuses to do. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2021-07-30 10:48 |
| #7 Any Californians trembling with fear aren’t tough enough for the environment. They ought to start working immediately to move to somewhere within their risk tolerances. Connecticut, perhaps, or Vermont. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2021-07-30 10:09 |
| #6 Under Socialism water will magically appear as decreed by the Party. We developed a simple process to recycle urine. Here's how it's done |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2021-07-30 10:01 |
| #5 Sort of like Iran (though only half as big.) |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2021-07-30 09:59 |
| #4 But hey - the Delta Smelt get to make their runs right? Interrupting a perfectly natural extinction of a species which has become over-specialized is important! See Spotted Owl... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2021-07-30 09:51 |
| #3 Under Socialism water will magically appear as decreed by the Party. |
| Posted by: magpie 2021-07-30 09:48 |
| #2 When you have MILLIONS of people moving to and living in a state that is 3/4's arid and then bust dams and reservoirs to be "Earth Friendly" what do you expect IF you are thinking about future human impact repercussions. I remember the drought back in 1990'ish where the farm valley crops were left to died due to the irrigation water being funneled to LA and yes swimming pools were filled. BTW: Here is NOAA's data on this drought and previous cycles. eg. California has experienced many droughts, such as 1841, 1864, 1924, 1928-1935, 1947-1950, 1959-1960, 1976-1977, 1986-1992, 2006-2010, 2011-2017, 2018 and 2020. |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2021-07-30 09:09 |
| #1 Gee, you live in a desert and import literally millions of people and then destroy dams for Gaia. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2021-07-30 08:47 |