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California Declared Totally Drought Free For First Time in Seven Years
California was declared totally drought free for the first time in more than seven years this week, following unusually abundant winter rains and snowfall statewide, according to the government's weekly report on U.S. drought conditions. From a report: The U.S. Drought Monitor's latest survey reflected an astonishing turnaround - at least for now - from a severe, prolonged dry spell that reduced irrigation supplies to farmers, forced strict household conservation measures and stoked a spate of deadly, devastating wildfires. A relatively small swath of California's southern-most region, including most of San Diego County, remains labeled "abnormally dry" on the drought map index, as does a tiny patch at the state's extreme northern end along the Oregon border. But this week marks the first time since mid-December of 2011 that 100 percent of the state has been classified as being free of drought, defined as a moisture deficit severe enough to cause social, environmental or economic ills. Conditions were classified as normal across 93 percent of the state.
Sad part is we're still paying drought prices thanks to Jerry Brown. One way to raise taxes without raising taxes.
Extreme swings in weather conditions are a sign that the earth's climate system has absorbed more energy. And we have been seeing lots of extreme swings in the last couple of decades.
If it weren't for deadlines, nothing would be late.
I remember Obama took credit for the healing of the earth and lowering of the seas before he even won the election.
Problem is, there's been a very obvious change in the winter rainfall patterns here in L.A. over the last decade. It used to start raining by November, but now it's usually warm and dry until February. We've had 80-90 degree Decembers. This winter was remarkable because it rained a lot, it rained early, and it actually got cold before Christmas. The hills are crazy green, which we haven't seen in a long time. It's not a matter of dry summers/wet winters anymore, but a lot of year-round dryness that's been relentless.
NOPE.
Trillions of gallons of water are simply flowing to the ocean. So the next time there is a drought Californians will bitch and complain about global warming. When pointed out that the lack of water is policial in nature, they reply, as always, with "So politics controls the rain now?"
Just three years ago we were warned that due to climate change, California was in a state of permanent drought.
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/10/us/california-drought-water-restrictions-permanent.html
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2019/03/11/californias-permanent-drought-is-now-washed-away-by-reality/
Now plenty of water. A few years ago lake Michigan and other great lakes had levels at unprecedented lows due to climate change, now we are at high levels.
These tendentious "predictions" to scare people about global warming are always failing. Nature is far bigger and complex than us puny humans.
Beto's and AOC's shouting that we are 12 years away from global catastrophe falls in the same bucket...scare talk to enforce their radical socialist agenda masquerading under a green blanket.
And no ClickonThis writing above, there are no trends to more extreme weather. Just trends to more extreme shouting from the press about weather to propogate their agenda of energy poverty and social control. The IPCC reports so there is no link and our understanding of global warming and extreme weather was low. Those who know about weather know that in a warming world the temperature gradient from the equator to the poles (which are supposed to warm faster -arctic amplification) is reduced. And it is the temperature gradient that drives winds, jet streams, and storms. So, no, there are no trends to "more extremes in weather". Tornado are way down in the US, and despite the couple of hurricanes last year, that followed a 12 year hiatus of hurricanes to hit the USA. Flooding and new hot temperature records show no trends of increase (the 1930s were the hottest years in the US)
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2013/10/03/pielke-jr-agrees-extreme-weather-to-climate-connection-is-a-dead-issue/
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/09/21/dr-john-christys-testimony-before-congress/#more-71379
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I've been told wet weather is a sign of climate change.
For the western US - the coast in particular - the ENSO (El Niño Southern Oscillation) pretty much trumps everything else. Typically in El Niño years, California is wetter than normal (and my state, Washington, is dryer than normal).
But those are still just percentages - they don't always pan out. Plus this winter's El Niño fizzled out about halfway through. As Freud might've said, "sometimes a wet winter is just a wet winter".
Additionally, multi-year droughts are not uncommon for California. There's a reason they decided to build water reservoirs with multi-year capacity, way back in the say. This may be affected by anthropogenic climate change, one way or the other, but it's also an underlying truth about California's climate.
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More than trump did repubtard faggots.
At least Obama has the decency to give back. Trump just takes takes takes takes. Fucking partisan fag!
What has Obama ever given back? He took more of the working classes money to pay for health care for everyone else. You're not charitable when you use other people's money!