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Related: About this forumFact & Fiction: Ending California’s Drought
http://www.politifact.com/california/article/2016/feb/16/fact-fiction-ending-californias-drought/Myths and overstatements popped up like weeds after winter rain.
Some said El Niños powerful storms could wash away the drought by spring. Others said the state couldnt officially declare an end to the drought until reservoirs filled up. And then there were questions about whether an official drought-ending declaration could only come from California Gov. Jerry Brown.
To determine the truth of these water cooler statements, we contacted a half dozen climate and policy experts. The claims below arent attributed to specific speakers, and they arent rated on our Truth-O-Meter. But we figured its worth busting some myths.
ghostsinthemachine
(3,569 posts)Now it is time to get serious. Good snow pack but not enough. We need lots more rain round here.,....
From the article:
To wipe away the shortfall, the state would need to get an additional 80 inches of rain in the northern Sierra before October -- on top of the nearly 33 inches that have fallen since last fall. Thats the amount of precipitation needed to close the gap and maintain an average year.
Lordquinton
(7,886 posts)That even if we have record super storms, it'll take about 4 years of those storms to reverse the drought. It's about more than water levels and snow packs.
olddots
(10,237 posts)Our weather paterns are effected by 7 billion humans practicing thermo dynamics .
The repukes rejecting science is the kind of dumbth that destroys solar systems , but they blame gods .
Journeyman
(15,040 posts)There are too many people chasing too little water across too large a land mass for us to ever have "enough" water for everyone's desires.
Too many too's.
Auggie
(31,192 posts)I've heard of some local projects, but nothing state-wide or with any sense of urgency.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)Auggie
(31,192 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)elsewhere in the Tuolumne watershed. No reason the same treatment couldn't be applied to other watersheds.