"The amount of water stored in western U.S. snowpack is currently the lowest on record for April 1, when it's usually near the annual peak."
See Climate Central's latest Climate Matters on the historic snow drought: https://www.climatecentral.org/climate-matters/western-snowpack-drought-2026
If somebody who’s lived in California for an entire lifetime. We’ve had decades to prepare for this kind of world.
The best we can think of is building more dams and completely ignoring the senior water rights of alfalfa farmers and cotton farmers that take both California and Colorado water.
How’s the Colorado river doing again?
oh you mean that river whose watershed drains a 10th of North America whose runoff no longer reaches the sea because it is almost entirely diverted/used?
Yes, that would be that one.. the one where it was known as the ink was drying on the water sharing agreement that the allocations were oversubscribed.
That was a little over a century ago now?
They still can’t come to an agreement over the reality. Last I read the federal government is supposed to be dealing with it, which is terrifying
Zack Labe
GhostOnTheHalfShell
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