Ya this drought thingy is a hoax

[Mr Doof]

Think it was on the erbb; one time someone linked to Lake Tulare in California that used to cover some of the central valley. Was one of the largest lakes in the US.

Its back....

Link

Blurb:

CORCORAN, Calif. — It is no secret to locals that the heart of California’s Central Valley was once the largest body of fresh water west of the Mississippi River, dammed and drained into an empire of farms by the mid-20th century.

Still, even longtime residents have been staggered this year by the brute swiftness with which Tulare Lake has resurfaced: In less than three weeks, a parched expanse of 30 square miles has been transformed by furious storms into a vast and rising sea.

The lake’s rebirth has become a slow-motion disaster for farmers and residents in Kings County, home to 152,000 residents and a $2 billion agricultural industry that sends cotton, tomatoes, safflower, pistachios, milk and more around the planet. The wider and deeper Tulare Lake gets, the greater the risk that entire harvests will be lost, homes will be submerged and businesses will go under.

And the resurrected Tulare Lake (pronounced too-LAIR-ee), already wider than all but one of the California’s reservoirs, could remain for two years or longer, causing billions of dollars in economic damage and displacing thousands of farmworkers while transforming the area into the giant natural habitat it had been before it was conquered by farmers. “The Big Melt,” unsettled meteorologists have begun to call it.

“This could be the mother of all floods,” said Phil Hansen, 56, a fifth-generation farmer who has already lost more than one-third of his 18,000 acres to a breached levee. “This could be the biggest flood we’ve ever seen.”

 

[Autoprax]

https://soundcloud.com/user698828797%2Fwalker-lake-2

 

[Aquaman2]

Channeling, saving and storing rainwater runoff is the next step for all draught regions. All new construction, every house and building should have water storage under the building. All freeways should have reservoirs under them to store rainwater runoff. The future is saving and storing water and power in reservoirs and batteries.

 

[GromsDad]

The byproduct of the new Ice Age. LOL!!!!!

Newsom orders more help at Tulare Lake basin amid flooding

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order on Friday to bring more resources to the already-flooded Tulare Lake basin in the southern San Joaquin Valley.

www.kvpr.org

 

[PRCD]

Its back....

Link

Blurb:

CORCORAN, Calif. — It is no secret to locals that the heart of California’s Central Valley was once the largest body of fresh water west of the Mississippi River, dammed and drained into an empire of farms by the mid-20th century.

Still, even longtime residents have been staggered this year by the brute swiftness with which Tulare Lake has resurfaced: In less than three weeks, a parched expanse of 30 square miles has been transformed by furious storms into a vast and rising sea.

The lake’s rebirth has become a slow-motion disaster for farmers and residents in Kings County, home to 152,000 residents and a $2 billion agricultural industry that sends cotton, tomatoes, safflower, pistachios, milk and more around the planet. The wider and deeper Tulare Lake gets, the greater the risk that entire harvests will be lost, homes will be submerged and businesses will go under.

And the resurrected Tulare Lake (pronounced too-LAIR-ee), already wider than all but one of the California’s reservoirs, could remain for two years or longer, causing billions of dollars in economic damage and displacing thousands of farmworkers while transforming the area into the giant natural habitat it had been before it was conquered by farmers. “The Big Melt,” unsettled meteorologists have begun to call it.

“This could be the mother of all floods,” said Phil Hansen, 56, a fifth-generation farmer who has already lost more than one-third of his 18,000 acres to a breached levee. “This could be the biggest flood we’ve ever seen.”

Ag is only a small part of the state's economy now. The vast majority is FIRE and government. The state doesn't want any ag much like it doesn't want logging, mining, or drilling.

 

[Mr Doof]

Just a general FYI: US Dept of Ag has a nice enough database look-up tool here (click me).

 

[Aquaman2]

Nice article.

"California's strongest economic areas are those that surround Los Angeles and San Francisco with media, trade, and tourism driving the [LA area] and technology, trade, and tourism driving [the SF area]. While California is the top agricultural producing state in the U.S., agriculture is less than 2% of the state’s GDP. ...California agriculture is a $49B industry that generates at least $100B in related economic activity.”

However:

"California's heavy reliance on finance, real estate, and professional services [caused] the state to fall as low as 10th place in a 2012 global economic ranking due to the impact of the 2008 financial recession before rallying to 5th place in 2017. While California has a diverse economy, [it is not diverse enough because] the most recent recessions hurt the state more than others."

If California Were A Country | Bull Oak Capital

 

[PJ]

Nice article.

" While California is the top agricultural producing state in the U.S., agriculture is less than 2% of the state’s GDP. .

While I don't doubt this statistic man it is is hard to believe. In 1980 I drove from Portland Oregon to San Diego mostly on Interstate 5. 21 hours total driving and so so much of it with crops on the right side all the way as far as you could see to the hills, much of it with spray irrigation. It just seemed so enormous. But I guess a head of lettuce doesn't sell for all that much from farmer to distributor.
On that drive I also realized the enormity of America - that America is 3x that from coast to coast.