My mother grew up on a farm in Oklahoma. They did pretty well there until the Dust Bowl wiped them out. Her daddy packed everything he could onto their 1934 Buick and drove to California.
Look at long historical record. Southwest have been wetter and drier for centuries at the time. Normal climate cycle.
This particular time it have been predicted in advance as a part of 40-years (or so) Pacific Ocean waters cooling cycle. Together with heat and drought in SW, extreme Spring storms in SE and extreme wet weather on W S.American coast and Andes. Happened in 1930s, 1970's,... (Part of the reason for OK dust bowl was this same periodic phenomenon + human agricultural practices... we corrected latter so OK this time suffers less).
I don't know what they do in Singapore, but I bet people would be more ok with sewage water filtered through some combination of; a fuel crop, fish crop, food crop. Instead of sterilize, filter, sterilize. I do like what orange county did, with there solar powered hydrogen peroxide factory used to treat sewage water and then pumped it back to the top of the water table. But that was fairly expensive.
It’s definitely getting a little scary here in Houston. We are used to nearly daily afternoon showers but we only have a few inches for the whole year. Trees are starting to die.
1to1Jul 17, 2011Buried
Some regions becoming desert... it is slow but consistent. No one is noticing it...bad.
miklkitJul 17, 2011Buried
My mother grew up on a farm in Oklahoma. They did pretty well there until the Dust Bowl wiped them out. Her daddy packed everything he could onto their 1934 Buick and drove to California.
Is this the future for the Southwest?
dusanmalJul 17, 2011Buried
Look at long historical record. Southwest have been wetter and drier for centuries at the time. Normal climate cycle.
This particular time it have been predicted in advance as a part of 40-years (or so) Pacific Ocean waters cooling cycle. Together with heat and drought in SW, extreme Spring storms in SE and extreme wet weather on W S.American coast and Andes. Happened in 1930s, 1970's,... (Part of the reason for OK dust bowl was this same periodic phenomenon + human agricultural practices... we corrected latter so OK this time suffers less).
akronJul 17, 2011Buried
All the fancy plans in the world will crumble because of the exponential growth in demand. The ONLY solution is to have fewer babies.
goodthedogsJul 18, 2011Buried
I don't know what they do in Singapore, but I bet people would be more ok with sewage water filtered through some combination of; a fuel crop, fish crop, food crop. Instead of sterilize, filter, sterilize. I do like what orange county did, with there solar powered hydrogen peroxide factory used to treat sewage water and then pumped it back to the top of the water table. But that was fairly expensive.
beardcoreJul 18, 2011Buried
That's all i could think about while reading the title. Am I addicted?
thetriscutJul 18, 2011Buried
Minecraft reference.
brooks007Jul 18, 2011Buried
It’s definitely getting a little scary here in Houston. We are used to nearly daily afternoon showers but we only have a few inches for the whole year. Trees are starting to die.
jimbodeenieJul 18, 2011Buried
Sadly, many of the US masses just don't care because these are just the "flyover states".
tomt127Jul 18, 2011Buried
Could Al Gore have been right about Global Warming?
Naaa.
goodthedogsJul 18, 2011Buried
I don't get it, are you suppose to be a snake?
medallionsJul 18, 2011Buried
**BREAKING NEWS**
The climate changes... Always has, always will..
The good news is, humans are very good at adapting to climate change..
buryTHISJul 18, 2011Buried
f**k drought, I'm rich bitch.
technonoobJul 18, 2011Buried
This is just more propaganda against Big Mother Nature.
iamthegangzJul 17, 2011Buried
You know what else is a creeping disaster?
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