“California is a nice place to visit, but soon no one may be
able to live there.” – Dr. Glen Barry
California’s drought has reached unprecedented levels, the
worst in recorded history. There has been a state of emergency since January 2014. The
state’s mountain snowpack – which provides 30% of California’s water – is at
the lowest level in at least 500 years, 5% of its usual water content. Parts of
the state have a four-year precipitation deficit of more than 70 inches. One
estimate is that 20% of the California’s forest trees are sick or have died
from the drought. In recent months, two of the most destructive wildfires in
state history have raged across Northern California, and over 1 million acres
have burned.
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