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MindMover

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21. You have been relying on water from mountains, streams and rivers fed from your mountains ...
Tue Feb 4, 2014, 12:07 AM
Feb 2014

Last edited Tue Feb 4, 2014, 01:10 PM - Edit history (1)

and mainly other states, rivers and mountains, and you no longer can rely upon any of the weather patterns that brought that moisture ... and I really do not need to tell you why you cannot rely on weather patterns anymore ...

however, you still can rely upon the sun shining and the wind blowing ... and you have plenty of desert to place those panels or whatever ...

Your state name is tooooooooo long and since I still have an abode in Mendocino county, I will spell California; Cali, NoCal, SoCal and really any other way I want to spell it .... so stick that in your medical peace pipe and smoke it ....

Holy crap. Stunning. SunSeeker Feb 2014 #1
Desalination is the answer ... plenty of water .. MindMover Feb 2014 #2
we've been trying that onethatcares Feb 2014 #3
Yet its promise comes with a host of endemic problems and concerns . . . Journeyman Feb 2014 #4
Thanks… This was a very revealing bit of information... MrMickeysMom Feb 2014 #13
No, not the answer - Hell Hath No Fury Feb 2014 #11
Fortunately or unfortunately, water is going to no longer be cheap .... MindMover Feb 2014 #15
It requires metric shittons of power. Power which California won't have because LeftyMom Feb 2014 #17
Power in Cali should only come from renewable sources ... MindMover Feb 2014 #18
We've been "getting started" on that, however LeftyMom Feb 2014 #20
You have been relying on water from mountains, streams and rivers fed from your mountains ... MindMover Feb 2014 #21
Is THIS the "New Normal"? bvar22 Feb 2014 #5
Some will label it as God's revenge and some as Global Climate Change. ... spin Feb 2014 #6
Greater extremes - hotter, colder, drier, wetter - will be the only real constant going forward. nomorenomore08 Feb 2014 #16
Climate change can make big differences. ... spin Feb 2014 #19
The US southwest has been experiencing drought conditions for the last 14 years. Spider Jerusalem Feb 2014 #7
K&R! countryjake Feb 2014 #8
There is always water for Malibu and Pacific Palisades jsr Feb 2014 #9
Welcome to Club Texas. Eleanors38 Feb 2014 #10
Are scientists projecting that this will last? flamingdem Feb 2014 #12
Wow! kentuck Feb 2014 #14
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