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Journeyman

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3. And even if we do get back the water we've lost, we need to stay on permanent drought alert. . .

Reply to ErikJ (Original post)

Fri Dec 5, 2014, 03:29 PM

Dec 2014

The one truly idiotic thing Gov Brown has done in his most recent term was to declare the drought over in 2011. Oh, he cautioned everyone to continue to conserve, but that's not the way people work. Once the word spread, many went back to previous wasteful behavior. We need to recognize that the whole southwest region has been in a state of continual drought for 40 years, and that no matter how much rain and snow we may get, there'll never be enough water for the needs of all the people who are here.

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California floods during worst drought in 1,200 years [View all] ErikJ Dec 2014 OP

k and r niyad Dec 2014 #1

I grew up on SoCal Faux pas Dec 2014 #2

I'd take the drought and earthquakes cosmicone Dec 2014 #7

Yeah. Me too. calimary Dec 2014 #13

hurricanes, tornadoes and blizzards all have some advance notice seveneyes Dec 2014 #19

If you live there long enough Faux pas Dec 2014 #22

We left in 1988 and never looked back. mnhtnbb Dec 2014 #17

You got out a lot sooner than I did, comgrats. Faux pas Dec 2014 #21

It is sad. I had a Dem aunt/uncle mnhtnbb Dec 2014 #26

but when the weather is good, it's GOOD, which is most of the time Liberal_in_LA Dec 2014 #27

And even if we do get back the water we've lost, we need to stay on permanent drought alert. . . Journeyman Dec 2014 #3

It has changed some peoples' shanti Dec 2014 #6

This is sad because too much of that rain they got is not soaking in but running off. jwirr Dec 2014 #4

Actually it was a steady light to moderate rain over 3 days itsrobert Dec 2014 #11

That is good to know. The idea of a flood is what made me think otherwise. jwirr Dec 2014 #12

1200 years?? shanti Dec 2014 #5

Only 764 years!! Brother Buzz Dec 2014 #16

This isn't a drought nichomachus Dec 2014 #8

I think that this current drought cycle is beginning to end. olddad56 Dec 2014 #9

Also, global warming means more water in the air through evaporation padfun Dec 2014 #10

I don't thing anything related to the weather is going to go the way we want it to, in the long run. olddad56 Dec 2014 #14

Don't give Republicans any ideas.... Xolodno Dec 2014 #15

norcal in 1986 shanti Dec 2014 #18

yes, that was the year that the levee broke and flooded the mall across the river from Marysville. olddad56 Dec 2014 #23

oh yes shanti Dec 2014 #24

Nothing is permanent seveneyes Dec 2014 #20

Reminds me of Lawrence Krauss jakeXT Dec 2014 #25

I live in the San Delameo Valley olddots Dec 2014 #28