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Wow it's dry out there!

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meandcuznalfy:
Yes they do. Lake down the road will survive this year, but another dry winter and spring it'll be dry. Think they've drained 6 reservoirs north of me, took limits off of fish on them. One reservoir was low to begin with and farmers only got 30 days of water out of it. Montana is the same, most ranches up there only got 1 cutting of hay, so the price of that is through the roof. Some of the dry land farms up there had what little crops grow get ate up by grasshoppers.

taxid:

--- Quote from: fishogger on Aug 08, 2021, 11:38 AM ---they suck them dry to water fields dont they?  i heard something about water for crops on news out there.  weather runs in cycles as always has.  been many such years in the past.

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Some core samples take from the bottom of natural lakes, geological evidence, and tree rings of very old trees are showing that there has been severe drought that lasted for decades out west pre colonial period. The Pueblo Native Americans pulled up and completely left their settlements in the Mesa Verde probably due to severe drought in the 1200's.  The American west was settled during an unusually wet period. However anthropogenic changes may be accelerating natural cycles.

Food for thought: volcanoes are known to effect climate, but only account for 2 percent of greenhouse gases. 98 percent are manmade.

filetandrelease:

 http:// https://news.mongabay.com/2020/09/off-the-chart-co2-from-california-fires-dwarf-states-fossil-fuel-emissions/amp/

taxid:

--- Quote from: filetandrelease on Aug 11, 2021, 12:12 AM --- http:// https://news.mongabay.com/2020/09/off-the-chart-co2-from-california-fires-dwarf-states-fossil-fuel-emissions/amp/

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What some people don't know is droughts actually perpetuate droughts as in a vicious cycle.

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