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One of Calif’s Biggest Sources of Water Just Disappeared
Sunday, May 31, 2015 10:01
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Erin Brodwin / Business Insider
The worst drought in recorded history just got worse.
California’s main source of surface water during the state’s dry summer months is the remaining snow on its highest mountains. But it has officially melted. The snowpack levels, which hovered at around 7% to 15% of normal for this date in 2009, before the four-year drought began, are currently at 0%.
What does that look like?
Here’s a map of the California snowpack on May 29, 2009:
California Department of Water Resources
And here’s a map of the California snowpack on May 29, 2015:
California Department of Water Resources
Read more & view video at Business Insider:
http://www.businessinsider.com/californias-snowpack-is-gone-2015-5#ixzz3bjiIHwzk
well with the lack of snow pack and an ongoing drought, it certainly makes sense for california’s government along with the feds to let the rivers pour into the ocean to save a fricking fish, instead of harvesting it and utilizing it! right??