California's Drought Situation Has Improved Dramatically (Lincoln, Nice: rent, university, gated)

[RowingFiend]

Just last week, 85% of the state had been in drought. And three months ago, the entire state was in drought, with 40% of California experiencing extreme or exceptional drought. None of the state remains in those two dire categories, though a quarter of California — especially the northeast quadrant — remains in severe drought, according to the map.

“It’s the first time since summer 2020 that less than half the state has been in drought and less than a quarter in severe or worse conditions,” tweeted the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. It’s the group that draws the maps, together with the Department of Agriculture and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Link: https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2023/03/...ically-n534724

Good news for CA and the country. Hopefully this motivates more liberals to REMAIN in California.

[VA Yankee]

Nice to hear that the drought may finally be receding hopefully Lake Mead has a significant rise once the snow melt begins. Everyone does not fall into one camp or the other and people staying or leaving will be largely based on COL and their employment,

[Colorado Rambler]

I just want to stay right here with my fingers crossed. Colorado has been suffering almost as much as California has. But this winter we finally got a really, really good snowpack up in the high country. Hopefully that snow will melt into water which will flow into our reservoirs and irrigated fields and NOT just go directly from frozen snow to water vapor which vanishes without leaving much behind.

So very pleased for the sake of the ranching family I rent from and for all the other farmers and ranchers who have just been holding on with their fingernails.

[mattja]

We need a couple more years like this year for the drought to be officially over.

[stone26]

Originally Posted by mattja

We need a couple more years like this year for the drought to be officially over.

Yep. Even if the reservoirs are filled, we still need to fill the underground aquifers. It’s definitely a good step in the right direction though.

[lookingaround12345]

Originally Posted by mattja

We need a couple more years like this year for the drought to be officially over.

They need huge underground storage tanks. The reservoirs cause too much evaporation because of the surface area. Ten years of big snow pack can be gone next year.

[NJ Brazen_3133]

I heard CA was inundated with snow and rain these past few weeks.

I guess that is the cycle. Long periods of draughts, and massive forest fires. Then gallons of rain and snow dumped suddenly.

[NJ Brazen_3133]

While the Northeast has practically no snow? I dont think the Poconos got any snow. I was up in Montreal though, and they do have snow.

[bus man]

This is obviously good news in the short run. But having to depend on freak snowstorms to alleviate severe drought doesn't seem very sustainable to me.

[txdad99]

Great news for California & the Southwest! We went to Vegas around this time of the year last year and it was scary to see how low Lake Mead was. Hopefully they keep getting more rain.