Recent questions tagged drought

Description : How many of you are living in or near a natural disaster at this very moment?

Last Answer : I get smoke from Wildfires in British Columbia. Also Red Deer is under a heat warning.

Description : Is the drought in California over?

Last Answer : So far, we have had average rainfall, not the above average that was forecast. Because so many of the last years have been light, this one seems heavy, but it isn’t. Keep in mind that California needs more than average rainfall every year to accommodate its needs.

Description : Could this be true? California's drought is caused by ... legal abortions?

Last Answer : I saw the story over the weekend. But it also made me wonder who voted for this nutjob.

Description : "Toilet to tap" water used to alleviate drought shortages...brilliant or disgusting?

Last Answer : answer:Sure. My county does it all the time, hundreds of millions of gallons each day. Household water goes through the sanitary sewers and is pumped to one of three water treatment plants. There it is ... had treated and recycled water here for 20+ years. Don't know why California took so long.

Description : So, there was a Dust Bowl in the thirties. Is it still there?

Last Answer : Ten things you may not know about the dust bowl

Description : Can you supply me with some cool scenes?

Last Answer : First week in July, I go swimming in Mirror Lake in Lake Placid. I later looked, the water temperature is between 62 and 64 degrees F. I was hung like a small baby. Think of the shrinkage. :) I have a bunch more if you want them :) That’s Mirror Lake in my avatar.

Description : Has anyone had issues with honey bees swarming their birdbath?

Last Answer : answer:My bro-in-law keeps 17 hives and is single-handedly devoted to protecting and preserving the honey bees in our area. He had several birdbaths designed just for the bees, with little rocks and ... the first food supply in the spring for the honey bees are the dandelions? I just learned this.

Description : The Midwest is forecast a wet summer with heavy flooding. The Southwest is forecast continued drought. What's your plan for getting excess Midwest water to California?

Last Answer : Yeah – shipping snow was my winter plan. I was going to shovel it into refrigerated box cars and send it off.

Description : Northern Californians are you dying from all the smoke from the Yosemite and Forest Hill fires?

Last Answer : I haven’t noticed much in the Bay Area, but I’m going to be going to Sacramento tomorrow and I know that the smoke often gathers in the valley. I really hope Yosemite Valley isn’t threatened…