California Permanent Drought Update

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1. Richard T. Fowler says:

   June 21, 2013 at 8:55 pm

   New “scientific” finding at the Guardian: Installing grid-connected solar panels on your home in northern Vermont can help end an epidemic of cheetah eye pokes?

   http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/nature-up/2013/jun/21/blind-starving-cheetahs-climate-change

   RTF

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2. crosspatch says:

   June 21, 2013 at 9:03 pm

   Problem with storms this time of year is that many areas are so dry that the rain doesn’t reach the ground. We get a lot of “dry lightning” that ends up starting fires. Last time we had a system pass through here about this time of year, we had some serious fires started (2008, see link)

   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_2008_California_wildfires

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   • stevengoddard says:

     June 21, 2013 at 11:00 pm

     This is a very wet system.

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3. R. de Haan says:

   June 21, 2013 at 9:23 pm

   15 Repubicans are expect to vote in favor of the immigration bill: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/06/immigration-vote-93171.html The bill provides official status to climate refugees: http://thinkprogress.org/immigration/2013/06/20/2187831/climate-refugee-immigration-bill/?mobile=nc

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   • jimash1 says:

     June 21, 2013 at 11:36 pm

     aaaaarrrggghhhh…
     “Last year alone, more than 32 million people fled their homes around the world because of climate-related disasters. Africa and Asia saw the worst impacts, and the highest number of people displaced last year.”

     Just kill me now. Before my head explodes.

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