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PasadenaTrudy

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5. I live in S. Pasadena

Wed Jan 22, 2014, 11:10 AM

Jan 2014

and I was saying the same thing the other day! All the trees and flowers are blooming like spring and summer. It is so odd to be smelling the night blooming jasmine in January!

Which trees are the ornamental pears? The ones with the big purple/white flowers? I'm trying to figure out what those trees are, they are so lovely

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6 Scary Facts About California's Drought [View all] Iwillnevergiveup Jan 2014 OP

I live the forests..... Bennyboy Jan 2014 #1

I know what you mean Iwillnevergiveup Jan 2014 #2

I live in S. Pasadena PasadenaTrudy Jan 2014 #5

Trudy - if you shop Iwillnevergiveup Jan 2014 #11

Yes PasadenaTrudy Jan 2014 #12

People are now starting to leave CA. This is going to be devastating here. No food. Not just for CA Bennyboy Jan 2014 #3

We aren't leaving PasadenaTrudy Jan 2014 #7

Tell me where your water is going to come from next year... Bennyboy Jan 2014 #8

California has desalination plants ready to go should that happen. BlueCaliDem Jan 2014 #10

I think we have two in the whole state XemaSab Jan 2014 #18

Nope. Desal isn't going to save us and it's not the answer, BlueCaliDem Jan 2014 #19

But see, we can talk all we want about that BUT, Bennyboy Jan 2014 #20

I don't have such a pessimistic view of California as you apparently do. BlueCaliDem Jan 2014 #22

So... PasadenaTrudy Jan 2014 #14

Katrina..... Bennyboy Jan 2014 #21

You cannot seriously compare a State like California to Louisiana, Bennyboy. BlueCaliDem Jan 2014 #23

Not really when talking aobut the Pentagon report on global warming.... Bennyboy Jan 2014 #25

I've heard lots of frightening things about California in the past. BlueCaliDem Jan 2014 #27

denial much.... Bennyboy Jan 2014 #30

Hate California much? BlueCaliDem Jan 2014 #31

Well let's take a look at current CA water plans shall we? Bennyboy Jan 2014 #33

First off, Jerry Brown is NO hero of mine. But he was FAR better than Whitman BlueCaliDem Jan 2014 #34

Why yes I do...... Bennyboy Jan 2014 #35

There are 1,140 golf courses in California. Bennyboy Jan 2014 #36

NOAA predictions don't see a "miracle March", as has happened before. Drier may be the new normal. pinto Jan 2014 #29

Unless you're a Native or a Californio XemaSab Jan 2014 #32

Why not replace your lawn with "Cutting Edge" grass? The reviews are great BlueCaliDem Jan 2014 #9

I'm going to PasadenaTrudy Jan 2014 #13

If it's just that strip that you might be responsible for, and it's far enough away BlueCaliDem Jan 2014 #17

Huh? PasadenaTrudy Jan 2014 #24

Then it's time for technology to kick in. BlueCaliDem Jan 2014 #28

here in the High Desert of SoCal Galileo126 Jan 2014 #4

I've been here PasadenaTrudy Jan 2014 #6

I fled to Oregon & Washington in 1976 ... bayareaboy Jan 2014 #15

I remember....n/t PasadenaTrudy Jan 2014 #16

I'm surprised the teevee folks aren't all talking about the current El Nino Warpy Jan 2014 #26

Yeah it is on Bennyboy Jan 2014 #37

I've been keeping an eye on it for years at the NOAA site Warpy Jan 2014 #38

California experiencing its worst drought in more than a CENTURY Bennyboy Jan 2014 #39

Yesterday House Speaker John Boehner visited a dusty California field Bennyboy Jan 2014 #40

I think it's starting to lessen. Maybe the ridge is going away. Cleita Jan 2014 #41

A bit of snow in Tahoe last night..... Bennyboy Jan 2014 #42

Egads - in L.A. another week of 70's Iwillnevergiveup Jan 2014 #43

Cattle ranchers feel brunt of the drought; some fear costs will triple Bennyboy Jan 2014 #44

Lot of hay trucks coming down the 5 from Oregon XemaSab Jan 2014 #45

Oregon is in drought as well...... Bennyboy Jan 2014 #46

Some water management issues..... Bennyboy Jan 2014 #47

Stormy seas ahead for the California water debate Bennyboy Jan 2014 #49

California drought threatens coho salmon with extinction Bennyboy Jan 2014 #48