cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/53172375
California is completely drought-free for the first time in a quarter of a century, a significant development in a state that endured grueling years with insufficient rainfall.
Over the last 25 years, drought conditions in California have intensified the state’s wildfire crisis and created challenges in its massive agricultural sector. But a few wet years, and a recent spate of winter storms, helped bring the state out of drought.
A map published by the US Drought Monitor on Thursday showed that no part of the state is experiencing drought or abnormal dryness. The development came after weeks of above-normal rainfall that helped fill reservoirs in the state, including lakes Shasta and Oroville, far beyond their historic averages. The December holiday season has been one of the wettest on record for parts of southern California.
In 2005 and 2011, the state saw periods with less than 1% of abnormal dryness, noted the National Drought Mitigation Center, the academic partner of the US Drought Monitor.
This news marks the first time since the year 2000 that not a single square mile of California is dry on the US Drought Monitor, Drew Tuma, an ABC7 meteorologist, said in a post on social media.
Oh cool, so we beat climate change!
It’s like that fucking idiot congressman who brought a snowball into session to say that climate change was a hoax lol
More like “climate changed in your favor”. Sure the drought is over, but it had to be ended with severe flooding, which brings its own issues. The timing is convenient for this one state, but it’s IMO a bit disingenuous to frame things as positive.
Meanwhile, in my part of the world, we’ve been in an extreme drought for an unprecedented amount of time. Any longer and the ecosystems and landscape will start to change.
…could you not see how sarcastic my comment is?
You’re on Lemmy everyone here is a wee bit autistic. And not in a quirky sorta way but in a this site may actually function as a raw point towards autism.
I actually did detect the sarcasm but I was responding to the attitude they were making fun of. Which is still my autism showing, as you called out, just the extreme opposite end of the spectrum!
Oh, sarcasm detected. Responding correctly is a whole different matter
Yeah even the Midwest and north east were in drought this summer and fall.
Good for California for now, I’m not sure there is any reason to think it will last though.