And what the heck happened to MONSOON season??

On and off for about that long

It was done back in 1972, so I'm not surprised

Been to Southern California 3 times at about 10 year intervals and whenever I was there , there was a drought . In "Terminator 2" the big Chase scene takes place in what once was the Los Angeles reservoir

I just read that California's snowpack, the source of roughly one-third of the water used by its cities and farms, is hovering at only about 20 percent of its normal water content!

i didnt have a choice. i actually still like california better tho

It's called a blocking pattern. In from the Pacific comes huge waves of moisture laden clouds heading across the ocean, straight at California. Then right before the coastline, the clouds take an abrupt turn north, go up, then back down by avouding California completely. Welcome to agenda 21. I've never seen a forest fire burn so many things except trees

:-)

I thought we had it bad here in Oz!

I remember about ten years ago there were fires so bad, it seemed as though they would never be put out!

The fire guys do a lot of burning off before the real heat arrives. Then everyone in the city bitches about the smoke haze. They just can't win!

California actually shares the Mojave Desert with Nevada

What do you think about some of the rich people in California who use water even during times when the local authorities WARN THEM not to?

There are some "lakes" around here that are pretty much nonexistent these days....and then there are peopld that are against using treated water when it's really the best option for now.
The whole thing is pretty dumb...I could keep going, but I probably shouldn't

I agree with you about waiting for lakes and reservoirs to refill

I just realized I spelled "people" wrong on my last reply

Not everyone is perfect at spelling like I am.

Funny thing was, I didn't even noticed you misspelled "people" until you noted it

UGH! And then I go and inadvertently add a D to the end of notice

I hate that! It's usually when I'm using my phone, which I have been more lately

CA definitely needs rain, for the fires and the crops

The technology to control the weather has been around for decades.

High powered lasers ionize water particles in air which give water vapor in clouds something to cling onto forming rain. In short, by aiming a high powered laser at a cloud you can get it to fall back to earth as rain.

Laser technology has become advanced enough to be used to strike ground targets from satellites in orbit.

A hostile entity with access to a weaponized satellite could theoretically cause droughts by forcing clouds to drop their rain before forming earth drenching storms. This could in turn cause forests to become dry and flammable.

The same lasers that were used to disperse clouds could then be used to ignite the kindling forests.

What is a DEW? Direct energy weapon, aka lasers.

Why did Trump announce he was creating a space force? Because space just recently became a war fighting domain.

Technology: we can't live with it, we . . Hey, wait. Yes we can!

But it's too late now, unless we wanna join the Amish

Poor californias