RE: Day Zero, Cape Town, South Africa
March 28, 2018 at 2:46 pm
(This post was last modified: March 28, 2018 at 2:55 pm by Anomalocaris.)
California wasn't far from this point in late 2015, after a 5 year drought.
The loss of weight of water from reservoirs and draining of ground water actually physically increased California's mean elevation above sea level by 1mm.
I remember California declared state wide emergency and attempted to impose mandatory water saving measures. However the Republican fat cats of the Orange county refused to comply and insisted on watering their golf courses as if there is all the water to be had, because "they paid their taxes".
The loss of weight of water from reservoirs and draining of ground water actually physically increased California's mean elevation above sea level by 1mm.
I remember California declared state wide emergency and attempted to impose mandatory water saving measures. However the Republican fat cats of the Orange county refused to comply and insisted on watering their golf courses as if there is all the water to be had, because "they paid their taxes".
