California Shuts Major Water Supply as Drought Worsens
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[QUOTE=Hole;43751264]over here in sacramento it rained only once in about two months just a few days ago[/QUOTE]
Wouldn't it be twice since it rained on Wednesday and Thursday here in Sac?
[editline]1st February 2014[/editline]
It sucks anyway
People in this thread don't realize it's farming that's using this water.
[QUOTE=Noah Gibbs;43749905]Oregon and washington are doing perfectly fine, its just central and southern california.[/QUOTE]
We're more than 20" of rain below average in Oregon, it's only rained a handful of times when it used to rain almost weekly just 10 years ago.
Its almost like thats its natural Climate.
[QUOTE=Hole;43751264]over here in sacramento it rained only once in about two months just a few days ago[/QUOTE]
I remember watching the news just a few weeks ago when they said that the record for Sacramento was 46 days without measurable rainfall -- on the 45th day without any rainfall. Sufficed to say, it's been dry as it's ever been all throughout Sacramento, Yolo County, and even the Bay Area. I think in the past 3 months there's been only a day or two where I could say it was consistently overcast, let alone had rain.
It rained today in the east bay!
Why can't they charge higher water rates to force people to conserve? Everyone I've asked says they haven't done anything to conserve, and my neighbor still "rakes leaves" with his hose :/
[QUOTE=duno;43757760]People in this thread don't realize it's farming that's using this water.[/QUOTE]
If that's the case then we should just pipe all the urine in the sewage system to the farmers. They can use that to water their farms. We only ask them to pay fair market rates for the liquid gold and agree to not sell that produce in California.
[QUOTE=JoeSkylynx;43752716]Easy solution to the drought problems:
Force Californians to remove all the grass in their lawns and backyards, and if they don't charge them $3500 each month to have it.
Because you know, you really shouldn't have a lawn in a goddamn desert.[/QUOTE]
My house has the biggest front lawn in my neighborhood, and it's a giant rock garden. :)
Also woodchips.
For people who don't know this, some food for thought:
[url]http://www.cap-az.com/[/url]
This, along with the fact that we RECYCLE our water instead of dumping it into the ocean (Hyperion, anyone?) is why Arizona is a world leader in water conservation. We actually filtrate and drink our waster water. That's right, the water that we use in our toilets and showers is fully cleaned and returned into the system. We are living proof that you can recycle and fully clean water within a system.
Flood death valley with seawater and hopefully the evaporation will make it rain
[QUOTE=Psychokitten;43750633]California is weakened! Now is the time to attack![/QUOTE]
I'll be your inside man!
[editline]2nd February 2014[/editline]
[QUOTE=cecilbdemodded;43752575]Here in So California where I live it's actually a desert. Yet we have millions of people living here, many with green lawns, lush gardens, washing their cars in the driveway, running their sprinklers at will...it's a wonder it lasted this long.
It's a sad fact of life that sometimes people need to be forced to do what's right, they won't willingly choose it. Adapting to a more sustainable lifestyle is probably in the near future for us here, like it or not.[/QUOTE]
And this is why I hate SoCal
[QUOTE=Metalcastr;43768560]Flood death valley with seawater and hopefully the evaporation will make it rain[/QUOTE]
Or kill everything.
[QUOTE=A B.A. Survivor;43768682]Or kill everything.[/QUOTE]
You could have handled that pun a bit better
It was a good go
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