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FirstLight

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4. Yep...Tahoe is bone dry too
Fri Feb 22, 2013, 01:07 AM
Feb 2013

Seems every storm that comes thru they say "OH! it's gonna be x-inches!" and then we just get spit on... Supposedly it's falling at the upper elevations, but I can bet Mt Tallac will be snow free by June...

What do you do for water out there? Is there an aquifer underground?

I mean, with the lake here, we will be hatin' it, but there's still water for drinking, etc...I guess that is one reason I haven't moved to the valley, I would be nervous in years to come about water.

I think it will be sooner Smilo Feb 2013 #1
Yep...Tahoe is bone dry too FirstLight Feb 2013 #4
I think we steal your water! Smilo Feb 2013 #28
It's scarier there than it is here in NM Warpy Feb 2013 #5
I hate people who plant grass Smilo Feb 2013 #29
Pouring money on lawn grass for the pleasure of mowing it Warpy Feb 2013 #30
if you don't mow ... it won't need much water ThomThom Feb 2013 #34
People have gone to tufts of ornamental grasses here Warpy Feb 2013 #36
trying to maintain a golf course lawn is just silly ThomThom Feb 2013 #37
This doesn't sound good LeftInTX Feb 2013 #2
Drought conditions chervilant Feb 2013 #3
Rain, rain go away... TexasTowelie Feb 2013 #6
12th century megadrought? Didn't this used to be called the medieval warm period? JVS Feb 2013 #7
Yes, but..... AverageJoe90 Feb 2013 #9
Forgive my skepticism, but.... AverageJoe90 Feb 2013 #8
Why is it starting in 8 years? LeftInTX Feb 2013 #10
I'm assuming you hadn't read the article? AverageJoe90 Feb 2013 #12
If you'd read the paper you'd know. joshcryer Feb 2013 #15
Now I've seen it. Still not convinced about 2021, though. AverageJoe90 Feb 2013 #17
It's interesting how you initially mentioned our current drought. joshcryer Feb 2013 #19
Fracking's gonna help a lot. aquart Feb 2013 #20
On another note sikofit3 Feb 2013 #27
I just grabbed the Ogallala svg file from Wikipedia. joshcryer Feb 2013 #35
Thank you! sikofit3 Feb 2013 #38
Wait until the aquifers underneath the Midwest run dry. Then we'll be in horrible problems. Selatius Feb 2013 #11
Which won't be easy to do, unfortunately. n/t AverageJoe90 Feb 2013 #13
Check out my post #15, I made an overlay awhile back. joshcryer Feb 2013 #16
I think it's very possible it already has started davidpdx Feb 2013 #14
No, not yet, it hasn't, not here in the States anyhow, and I'm not convinced it'll happen soon. AverageJoe90 Feb 2013 #18
Good news? It'll be tested / falsified in ... 8 short years. joshcryer Feb 2013 #22
What difference does it make if it happens now, in 8 years or in 30? lunatica Feb 2013 #23
And speaking of "faster than expected"... GliderGuider Feb 2013 #25
Not all, lunatica, not even close in fact. AverageJoe90 Feb 2013 #31
We may have a break or two in the current drought. joshcryer Feb 2013 #21
The current drought is affecting the Great Lakes as well... Earth_First Feb 2013 #24
Busting historic records, left and right...indeed. eom Purveyor Feb 2013 #26
And so goes the roll of the climate change dice.....n/t AverageJoe90 Feb 2013 #32
Is "permanent climate conditions" an actual term of art? Google hits all go back to the same source, slackmaster Feb 2013 #33
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