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FakeNoose

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76. The big storms and hurricanes/typhoons do not refill our aquifers
Fri Oct 28, 2022, 04:16 PM
Oct 2022

Groundwater has been disappearing for over 50 years in large parts of the US - mostly the Midwest and Western states.

I feel very lucky to be living in southwest Pennsylvania, where our seasonal rains are just as plentiful now as what I remember from my childhood (more than 50 years ago.) We have groundwater aquifers as well as aboveground rivers that are plentiful, and most of them feed into the Ohio River or else the Susquehanna/Delaware/Chesapeake basin. We are blessed in Pennsylvania with plentiful water, however the oil industry (namely the fracking extractors) have damaged to our aquifers and private wells. The damage is far worse in Texas and Oklahoma, however I guess that's another subject for another day.

These hurricanes and big storms come in over the eastern states causing floods and damage, however one shouldn't assume it's helping our aquifers. The water runs off quickly rather than absorb into the ground, as it would during a slow-moving rainstorm. It's those regular rains that must come back, and the recent climate changes are preventing those rains, in many cases.

Numerous rivers around the world, actually True Dough Oct 2022 #1
Such as the Po River in Italy Botany Oct 2022 #3
It's the new normal, in terms of great unpredictability of normal weather and water systems LymphocyteLover Oct 2022 #6
Fracking at the headwaters of Mississippi broke an acquifer - 24 Million gallon groundwater leak TigressDem Oct 2022 #82
Republicans probably think this is one of benefits of climate change. honest.abe Oct 2022 #2
RW Sinclair-owned morning show The National Desk had a story highplainsdem Oct 2022 #4
Yeah, somehow that does not surprise me. honest.abe Oct 2022 #9
few years ago, I read that peaches are now... 3catwoman3 Oct 2022 #16
I'm planning on planting peaches here in Upper MI where I live Kaleva Oct 2022 #28
When my husband and I were first married, he was flying tankers for the... 3catwoman3 Oct 2022 #67
Peaches, pawpaws, chestnuts, persimmons, pecans all now growing in Minnesota NickB79 Oct 2022 #68
The growing season is expected to become longer here in the north Kaleva Oct 2022 #27
I live 20 miles south of the Canadian border mgardener Oct 2022 #44
Light frost about a day ago in Michigan. roamer65 Oct 2022 #80
This can and will mostly likely effect all Americans Botany Oct 2022 #5
No doubt but we know most Republicans are clueless about issues like this. honest.abe Oct 2022 #8
All farmers and politicians in the greater Mississippi watershed are going to get a lesson ... Botany Oct 2022 #12
Through the Ogallala Aquifer is where they wanted to put the Keystone XL exstension Ohioboy Oct 2022 #39
They see it as a building opportunity. PlutosHeart Oct 2022 #71
Add Lake Meade and The Salt lakes Heather MC Oct 2022 #38
fuck! LymphocyteLover Oct 2022 #7
Does this mean we shelve plans sarisataka Oct 2022 #10
Hope so Rebl2 Oct 2022 #19
A couple weeks ago a river cruise sarisataka Oct 2022 #22
I was wondering what was going to happen with those river cruise trips. NT raccoon Oct 2022 #65
Since River Cruises are highly polluting PlutosHeart Oct 2022 #70
That's really gonna disappoint Albuquerque. jaxexpat Oct 2022 #33
Is there a link to an article about that picture? tanyev Oct 2022 #11
FYI Botany Oct 2022 #15
That's it! Thank you. tanyev Oct 2022 #63
was in my hometown over the weekend. mopinko Oct 2022 #13
My farm pond is extremely low. Putting flea powder on my catfish Emile Oct 2022 #14
Baby I'm yours, until the rivers all run dry Walleye Oct 2022 #17
I guess you're not mine any more... WestMichRad Oct 2022 #20
Joe Walsh can stop waiting... Qutzupalotl Oct 2022 #59
Seems human beings were an evolutionary mistake Cyrano Oct 2022 #18
Its not a matter of healing. Otto_Harper Oct 2022 #37
I thought this at one time, evolves Oct 2022 #40
We need more nuclear plants. Elessar Zappa Oct 2022 #47
Agent Smith was right. . . ET Awful Oct 2022 #43
Hard to argue with his opinion of humans. Anyone disagree with him? Cyrano Oct 2022 #52
Painfully stark assessment... Pluvious Oct 2022 #53
This is my prayer cilla4progress Oct 2022 #54
Why isn't FOX news on this?? packman Oct 2022 #21
The whole earth and all its creation groans under the environmental PatrickforB Oct 2022 #23
This message was self-deleted by its author Duppers Oct 2022 #26
Capitalism? Duppers Oct 2022 #29
So, you take umbrage at my attack on capitalism. Note: I cited two factors. PatrickforB Oct 2022 #69
Great, great post! Dave says Oct 2022 #77
Tragic but not hopeless if folks can admit it's anthropogenic. Duppers Oct 2022 #24
And humans are slurping aquifers dry too! GreenWave Oct 2022 #25
The rivers and 2naSalit Oct 2022 #30
Look at the bright side. gibraltar72 Oct 2022 #31
They are already doing just that Botany Oct 2022 #35
How is right wing media going to blame The Democrats and President Biden for this kimbutgar Oct 2022 #32
Because he shut down the magic pipeline? Oh that's gas prices, 🤔. Emile Oct 2022 #34
PSST.... The entire Southwestern part of the United States is going to experience a severe water Heather MC Oct 2022 #36
And the great aquifers dalton99a Oct 2022 #66
Pretty soon, Earth will look like Mars Marthe48 Oct 2022 #41
Antarctica will probably be habital Kaleva Oct 2022 #56
No. It will be a methane area uninhabited by all living. PlutosHeart Oct 2022 #72
The last time the Earth was warm enough for Antarctica to be ice free Kaleva Oct 2022 #81
The water may escape Earth itself IbogaProject Oct 2022 #42
Dramatic, but likely temporary (at least in the near term)....... getagrip_already Oct 2022 #45
The river systems have been far more important to the USA's growth than is generally realized. BobTheSubgenius Oct 2022 #46
It's astonishing that you can load a barge in downtown Pittsburgh.... A HERETIC I AM Oct 2022 #51
The river systems in Eastern Europe are pretty crazy too. cemaphonic Oct 2022 #57
Not for much longer. roamer65 Oct 2022 #78
Well that scraps a plan to divert the Mighty Miss. to send water west. Historic NY Oct 2022 #48
I thought they had flooding sometimes IronLionZion Oct 2022 #49
Long has Hank Williams Jr. foretold this doom! Alhena Oct 2022 #50
Tower Rock is just south of St. Louis... TrumanTheTiger Oct 2022 #55
Not to mention the photos in the OP are well away from the main channel... A HERETIC I AM Oct 2022 #58
If it was just the Mississippi being low then I would be still be concerned but this not just a .... Botany Oct 2022 #64
This is unusual (and the drought as a whole certainly cause for concern) but not unprecedented fishwax Oct 2022 #60
Over here, it's the same situation with the Rhein DFW Oct 2022 #61
dry now does not mean dry always dembotoz Oct 2022 #62
The Sauk River in MN. has PlutosHeart Oct 2022 #73
It blows my mind central MN is normal, and southern MN is so dry NickB79 Oct 2022 #75
We'll be lucky if our world doesn't resemble the one in Mad Max Fury Road in 20 years. Initech Oct 2022 #74
The big storms and hurricanes/typhoons do not refill our aquifers FakeNoose Oct 2022 #76
Build the wall!!!! roamer65 Oct 2022 #79
Here is an interesting thought, though.... Match drought areas and flood areas - exchange TigressDem Oct 2022 #83
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