Goodbye California Coastal Fog, Goodbye Redwoods

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6. Excellent summation, thanks for posting, Homie! :)

The drought has me seriously worried. I moved to the East Bay from Sonoma County, cuz of grand babies here.. But I miss it up north.

One thing of many, one is constantly reminded of the "state of the climate" at any time of year, but obviously most particularly in the Winter where one only needs to glance around at the creek and river levels, the surrounding hills and open space - just how green is it in February? the Drought in 77 and 78 has finally been mentioned in local news as the worst drought in a generation and I remember that one well. but it only lasted 3 years, which was dreadfully long. The impact of this current drought will be far worse in so many ways.

Here in the East Bay, no one has a genuine sense of just how dire the situation is, with cement and housing covering all of the landscape. My landlord's maintenance person washes his car at least twice a week and constantly over waters the lawn despite restrictions, rate increases and admonishments from me.

Praying for a freak Spring/Summer with a few heavy rains, but we all know that the major source of water is the snow melt in the sierras .. so even a freak summer rain or two will not do much for the situation though it would be welcomed.

I'm sad for my granddaughters and their generation. it's all happening right in front of our eyes.