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Vogon_Glory

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45. A lot of people may have to move.
Fri Jun 17, 2022, 08:28 AM
Jun 2022

No water, no cities, no towns.

Extended drought does empty cities and towns. Not only is North Africa littered with Roman town sites abandoned when the residents ran out of water, but there are a fair number of pre-Pueblo Indian sites abandoned for the same reason.

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The climate deniers and RW deplorables can stay out there. roamer65 Jun 2022 #1
Between petrol and electric, BidenRocks Jun 2022 #2
I got a pretty good look at the snow pack across the mid to southern Rockies yesterday. mn9driver Jun 2022 #3
History is littered with civilizations that blossomed Aussie105 Jun 2022 #30
Desert Population Growth Colbert Jun 2022 #38
This most likely is . . . Richard D Jun 2022 #4
THAT'S a depressing thought considering we just had the worst Spring ever. czarjak Jun 2022 #26
Apologies. Nt Richard D Jun 2022 #36
If I lived in Las Vegas or Phoenix, I would be selling my house and moving. Lonestarblue Jun 2022 #5
im in pflugerville moonshinegnomie Jun 2022 #8
Your prediction has been made now for 60 or 70 years. former9thward Jun 2022 #34
Re: Phoenix nycbos Jun 2022 #6
its been 3 weeks since we had a high temp below 90 in austin moonshinegnomie Jun 2022 #7
Oh, yeah not fooled Jun 2022 #9
I agree! Richard58 Jun 2022 #40
The great reverse migration is about to begin..... paleotn Jun 2022 #10
Evangelicals, Trumpists, Climate Deniers, or any other RW cultists should be filtered out. roamer65 Jun 2022 #11
I'd love to move to New England. Elessar Zappa Jun 2022 #14
If you do get chance, don't hesitate. paleotn Jun 2022 #16
New England's great. shrike3 Jun 2022 #25
Same ;( cstanleytech Jun 2022 #27
Do you know why you can't find warm bodies to fill open spots? former9thward Jun 2022 #35
People are complaining about high gas prices JI7 Jun 2022 #12
High gas prices just may slow CO2 emissions. roamer65 Jun 2022 #13
I live in Rebl2 Jun 2022 #17
20 cents? No. If we go to 7 or 8 bucks, yes. roamer65 Jun 2022 #20
Yesterday when I Rebl2 Jun 2022 #22
5.20 to 5.50 in MI. roamer65 Jun 2022 #24
I'm in Ventura CA and my closest gas station had it at $6.23 a gallon today. ZonkerHarris Jun 2022 #37
Ouch. roamer65 Jun 2022 #43
This time last year the PNW got the heat dome. This year the Hassler Jun 2022 #15
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No, thanks. But if other people like it, what can I say? shrike3 Jun 2022 #23
Exactly. I left Tucson 4 years ago this week LittleGirl Jun 2022 #46
Meanwhile in Kansas Ferrets are Cool Jun 2022 #28
NW Ohio VGNonly Jun 2022 #29
High wet bulb temps are going to kill large numbers on a routine basis in the near future, Kaleva Jun 2022 #31
Cockroaches will inherit the earth dalton99a Jun 2022 #32
Keep your "apologies". former9thward Jun 2022 #33
Hope enid602 Jun 2022 #47
The Salt ariver that used to flow thru the valley got dammed ArizonaLib Jun 2022 #39
The habitility line will exclude most of this USA IbogaProject Jun 2022 #41
The west is the frog in a pan of water on the stove. The Jungle 1 Jun 2022 #42
A lot of people may have to move. Vogon_Glory Jun 2022 #45
Yup The Jungle 1 Jun 2022 #48
Shut up, Commie Liberal! has never been a refutation of climate change Vogon_Glory Jun 2022 #44
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