VeteranXX
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nice edit loser
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Veteran³ Immigrant
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nice loser, edit
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VeteranX
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whatever, at least it's 75 and sunny every day
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Veteran³
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instead of spending money on reservoirs and infastructure, let's spend it on funding the various negro populations that add so much culture and diversity to our country.
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VeteranXX
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Crikey it's as dry as a dead dingo's donger.
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Last edited by ArakAtak; 09-30-2014 at 06:44..
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VeteranXV
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As a paleoclimatologist, Ingram takes the long view, examining tree rings and microorganisms in ocean sediment to identify temperatures and dry periods of the past millennium. Her work suggests that droughts are nothing new to California.
"During the medieval period, there was over a century of drought in the Southwest and California. The past repeats itself," says Ingram, who is co-author of The West Without Water: What Past Floods, Droughts, and Other Climate Clues Tell Us About Tomorrow. Indeed, Ingram believes the 20th century may have been a wet anomaly.
"None of this should be a surprise to anybody," agrees Celeste Cantu, general manager for the Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority. "California is acting like California, and most of California is arid." (Related: "Behind California's January Wildfires: Dry Conditions, Stubborn Weather Pattern.")
Unfortunately, she notes, most of the state's infrastructure was designed and built during the 20th century, when the climate was unusually wet compared to previous centuries. That hasn't set water management on the right course to deal with long periods of dryness in the future.
Given that California is one of the largest agricultural regions in the world, the effects of any drought, never mind one that could last for centuries, are huge. About 80 percent of California's freshwater supply is used for agriculture. The cost of fruits and vegetables could soar, says Cantu. "There will be cataclysmic impacts."
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Could California***39;s Drought Last 200 Years?
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VeteranXX Contributor
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Originally Posted by Dutch
this thread is packed with stupid
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Not necessarily. 5 years ago when Florida had a drought, it was caused by the management district. How? They drained the lake 1 foot, then we went into a drought for a few years. Why did they drain the lake. Something about the vegetation on top. So hey, let's just drain the lake as we're heading into a drought. Now I write the governor telling him not to let the management district hold us hostage anymore, and to keep the flood gates closed. The so called "experts" that control the water flow can be stupid too, letting water run out because they think it's good for the plant life.
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VeteranXV
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Originally Posted by Dutch
this thread is packed with stupid
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yar
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VeteranXV
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I'll help those bros out, I'll run a hose from my kitchen faucet to Cali.
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Pooptruck++
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Originally Posted by Dutch
this thread is packed with stupid
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Originally Posted by NoGodForMe
Not necessarily. 5 years ago when Florida had a drought, it was caused by the management district. How? They drained the lake 1 foot, then we went into a drought for a few years. Why did they drain the lake. Something about the vegetation on top. So hey, let's just drain the lake as we're heading into a drought. Now I write the governor telling him not to let the management district hold us hostage anymore, and to keep the flood gates closed. The so called "experts" that control the water flow can be stupid too, letting water run out because they think it's good for the plant life.
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It wasn't a ****ing invitation.
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