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Title: Mega Water Shortage
Post by: tp4tissue on Fri, 06 May 2022, 08:22:41
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Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, has imposed restrictions before, but not to this extent, he said. “This is the first time we’ve said, we don’t have enough water [from the Sierra Nevadas in northern California] to last us for the rest of the year, unless we cut our usage by 35 percent.”

one of the largest water distribution agencies in the United States is warning six million California residents to cut back their water usage this summer, or risk dire shortages.

asked residents to limit outdoor watering to one day a week so there will be enough water for drinking, cooking and flushing toilets months from now.


John Abatzoglou, University of California Merced, more than 90 percent of the western US is currently in some form of drought.


Any Cali peeps should probably buy some air filters right now preping for Super Fire season, price go up later on + m0ar inflation..
Title: Re: Mega Water Shortage
Post by: fohat.digs on Fri, 06 May 2022, 09:21:16
I told my kids long ago that the southwestern US was a place to visit but not to live.

The same with South Florida for the opposite reason.
Title: Re: Mega Water Shortage
Post by: Leslieann on Fri, 06 May 2022, 10:01:45
Quote from: fohat.digs on Fri, 06 May 2022, 09:21:16
I told my kids long ago that the southwestern US was a place to visit but not to live.

The same with South Florida for the opposite reason.
What, you don't like the idea of living in a Mad Max film? (https://cdn.geekhack.org/Smileys/solosmileys/laugh.gif)

It depends a bit on where you are specifically, not all of the southwest is in such dire straights for water, but you can still end up in a major fire zone. While that stinks, almost everywhere in the US has some sort of natural disaster waiting for you be it hurricanes, tornadoes, snow storms, ice storms, floods, earthquakes... At this point I pretty much just need typhoon, tsunami and volcano to complete my world natural disaster frequent flyer punch card.
Title: Re: Mega Water Shortage
Post by: fohat.digs on Fri, 06 May 2022, 10:53:21
Quote from: Leslieann on Fri, 06 May 2022, 10:01:45

It depends a bit on where you are specifically


A house on the upslope of a slight hill in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains avoids most of the worst risks.
Title: Re: Mega Water Shortage
Post by: tp4tissue on Fri, 06 May 2022, 11:12:12
Quote from: Leslieann on Fri, 06 May 2022, 10:01:45

What, you don't like the idea of living in a Mad Max film?
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/Witness.... !!
Title: Re: Mega Water Shortage
Post by: tp4tissue on Fri, 06 May 2022, 14:42:50
just realized, it's not even summer.

/gasp
Title: Re: Mega Water Shortage
Post by: Leslieann on Fri, 06 May 2022, 19:22:07
Quote from: fohat.digs on Fri, 06 May 2022, 10:53:21
Quote from: Leslieann on Fri, 06 May 2022, 10:01:45
It depends a bit on where you are specifically
A house on the upslope of a slight hill in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains avoids most of the worst risks.
It gets it's share of fires (mountain fires are worse) and they lack the aerial equipment like California or Canada to fight it when it does happen.
Depending on where exactly you may be within range of the New Madrid fault to do some serious damage, there's also coal ash ponds and rather poor job prospects

Gotta take the bad with the good.
Title: Re: Mega Water Shortage
Post by: fohat.digs on Fri, 06 May 2022, 19:29:49
The New Madrid Fault is 500 miles away at the other end of the state, but there was a big forest fire around Gatlinburg a few years ago.
Title: Re: Mega Water Shortage
Post by: tp4tissue on Fri, 06 May 2022, 21:45:07
In other news, Fly insect reported rate Negative 60% (Great Britain),   Prepare for Famine , but u know, m0ar bombs
Title: Re: Mega Water Shortage
Post by: tp4tissue on Fri, 06 May 2022, 21:50:42
Title: Re: Mega Water Shortage
Post by: noisyturtle on Sat, 07 May 2022, 00:22:18
Cali sucks donkey ****s.
People are awful, laws are stupid, everyone acts fake as **** trying to promote some bull**** side project, it never rains, always drought, and half the time ****'s on fire.
Title: Re: Mega Water Shortage
Post by: Leslieann on Sat, 07 May 2022, 03:10:21
Laws are stupid EVERYWHERE and getting worse by the day in some places.
If those are your biggest complaints, you aren't going to find much better elsewhere.

I lived there a long time as well as a lot of other places, it may not be at the very top of my list of places to live but it's much closer to the top than the bottom.
Title: Re: Mega Water Shortage
Post by: tp4tissue on Sat, 07 May 2022, 14:53:05
Tp4 projects very high food prices as approximately 350,000 acres may be fallowed in CAL.

Ongoing War, what they don't tell you is, if they mire Rvs in U|<r for 10 years, that means WE the U5A will be there for 10 years.

Ongoing market friction from wheat disruption will cause prices of ALL GRAINS/ ALL FOOD to rise.


BUY RICE NOW.. 
Title: Re: Mega Water Shortage
Post by: chyros on Sun, 08 May 2022, 05:42:53
Quote from: fohat.digs on Fri, 06 May 2022, 09:21:16
I told my kids long ago that the southwestern US was a place to visit but not to live.

The same with South Florida for the opposite reason.
I've travelled a lot, and definitely places that are cool to visit are not usually places I'd want to live and vice versa. Which is also why I don't understand why there are tourists that come to the Netherlands.

Anyway, Florida is a place I'd frankly rather neither visit nor live in, I've heard nothing but bad things about it :XD: .
Title: Re: Mega Water Shortage
Post by: Leslieann on Sun, 08 May 2022, 12:43:14
I liked Florida...
Okay, yes it was hot as heck, and the humidity... wow. And yes some of the people are crazy... But as a young person in the military with ocean/beach/boat access and flush with cash it was a lot of fun. It was a constant party and hurricanes were just an excuse to ramp them up.

While I love "Florida Man" stories and there is a lot of craziness in Florida most of it is unlikely to effect the average person much despite how insane it seems based on the news, I can't always say the same about other parts of the U.S.
I'd rather go to Florida than much of the midwest. *cough* Ozarks *cough*.
Title: Re: Mega Water Shortage
Post by: tp4tissue on Sun, 08 May 2022, 19:26:34
New Mexico Today..    Here weee gooooo.... ( it's only MAY, wild fire is usually between august - october)

Critical-to-extreme wildfire conditions are about to take hold of the southwestern United States and parts of Colorado, leading into what could be a lengthy, multiday and memorable outbreak of wildfires and/or wildfire conditions. Warm to locally scorching temperatures, bone-dry air and strong mountain gusts are set to overlap for several days, part of a summerlike weather pattern that comes without the chance of any meaningful rainfall.

“New Mexico is facing 100 straight hours of the worst possible set of fire conditions, with high temperatures & extreme winds,”

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Title: Re: Mega Water Shortage
Post by: Leslieann on Mon, 09 May 2022, 02:06:29
It started last week when Ruidoso burned.