Good article on Western US drought

[Silent Earth]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ving-West-forecasters-say-going-continue.html

 

[jontte]

is it maybe time to stop waisting fresh water on golf courses and alike???
those pics truly show how serious it is...

 

[jimLE]

that is seriously bad..we did have it bad here the last drought that we had..but yet..nothing that bad..

 

[jontte]

when you see pictures like that you really appreciate water

 

[Silent Earth]

is it maybe time to stop waisting fresh water on golf courses and alike???
those pics truly show how serious it is...

Some folks logic has always baffled me, first they build huge great towns and cities in the middle of arid deserts, then they compound it by wasting millions of gallons of water each day trying to grow grass lawns and golf courses where they should be growing cactus !!!, I do see the point of agriculture in So Cal and irrigation systems, but building cities in the middle of Nevada etc , way beyond my comprehension.

 

[jontte]

with the same attitude I could start growing pineapples here..ok,we have loooooong and cold winter but...