reaching out here… i have a very real possible solution, not sure where to go with it. 80% of the water used in California goes to agriculture. The main reason this number is so large is not because the crops hold onto all that water, but because of something called transpiration. This is an essential part of the photosynthetic process, as well as how the plant cools itself. Essentially it is controlled evaporation from the leaf surface through a structure called a stomata. The issue here is that 99-99.5% of the water consumed by the plant is lost by transpiration to the atmosphere, but it doesn't have to be! this water can be recaptured and re-used, effectively reducing agricultural water demands by up to 99.5%!! this one act could reduce California’s water consumption to just over 20% of it’s current level while simultaneously ensuring food security! I am currently using a system in my yard that i put together that does just this. I am not looking to gain anything out of this, but i do feel i can help. However, I live in British Columbia, Canada and as such don’t really know who to turn to. Any suggestions? Cheers!
CANADA! We got more lakes up here than rest of world combined! I believe forget exxon pipeline lets build a water pipeline instead it would make far more sense! And be more safer
And slowly consume the water there? No I think people just need to learn to conserve water and they won't do it unless they suffer. I hate it how some people have grass in their lawns when they live in the fucking desert.
Haha the Texas governor applied for a disaster relief for drought purposes and then less than a year later he is asking for disaster relief for flooding.
A lot of fresh water can actually be saved by reusing waste water for use in agriculture that is one of the main strain on water supplies in a lot of places. Recycling solid waste to burn as fuel in efficient double burners to power desalination plants for those areas close to the sea could also make producing fresh water cheaper while helping clean up the environment. The water pumped through the double burner to produce the steam used to turn the turbines to create the power could also be reused waste water. By collecting the steam in condensers once it has produced the power you will also have ultra clean drinkable water again from the waste.
The earth is constantly going through cycles of warming and cooling. Our drought in Texas has been severe (the lakes in our city were down to a combined level of 20%), but in the last three weeks our lakes have gone over the spillway! I do agree; however, that conserving water should always be a priority. Our city is now using a 50-50 blend of treated wastewater and lake water for its residents. It sounds disgusting, but has been through months of testing and saves millions of gallons of water a day. Hopefully, other cities that are currently experiencing severe droughts will be able to institute this same type of water treatment.
Please re-check your information about MN, WI, SD, and ND, we've had so much rain these past 5 years, grass on the lawns need to be mowed every 4-7 days, before 2009, we mowed it once a month...
Desalination plants are expensive. As is the water they make. But in an extreme drought there's not much else you can do. Seeing as agriculture is the biggest consumer of water, improvements in their efficiency would probably yield the best returns.
Maybe instead of having the government horde and distribute water to farms at low cost, the desert farms should pay normal prices for the water and everyone who wants to live in the desert can pay the actual cost of getting food there. Maybe then people will wisen up and realize living in a desert isn't the best use of resources.
@@evb7373 If your lawn is only dirt, you'll experience dust storms. People will want lawns, and food, and they need to see the real cost of that, so they can make the proper choice. No need to force ideals on people.
I live in Tucson, Arizona, and it actually seems like it has been raining more lately. It has also been windier. Although, the Monsoon season has been a lot more mild in the last 5 years or so.
Same with Collin county and Dallas county. We have been getting a ton of rain and colder weather. I swear, as soon as I moved to Texas, the weather has gotten jacked up. Like I pulled Illinois weather with me.
Georgia has recovered from a bad drought we had a few years ago. The past 2 years we've seen record rainfall. It rained everyday last week. I hope this drought doesn't spread through the southeast.
Sadly, but why are people always so shocked at droughts in desert areas (The west) ? It's a total waste of energy to do so. Even parts of Hawaii only have relatively low amounts of rainfall annually. You put too many people on a desert of course it will amplify an already bad situation.
Maby enough to moisture the top, but the resorviours under ground is still falling, that is your problem, but as simple as most amerikans are, you do not see the problem.
You are realy not that simple are you ? www.water.ca.gov/groundwater/maps_and_reports/MAPS_CHANGE/DOTMAP_S2016-S2006.pdf while the water level deep ground drops, you have a problem, but ofc its best to close the eyes and open for the sprinkler so the roses get red.
Droughts may cause a wildfire. Tropical zones shall not get a drought; there shall be rain at least an hour a day. That how trees are liable for longevity.
Not only in the US, Malaysia too suffered drought and had the water rationed in some part because of El-Nino. However, now we are suffering from the affects of La-Nina which is rainstorm which caused flooding in some areas.
Lol xD It`s sad that so many people fail to see the long-term perspective of things. That we`re so lazy and don`t see the potential of this planet and our community..
How about we all stop pretending that high water consumption lawns are realistic. That goes for all of the U.S.. Unless the water comes via precipitation, we are draining our continent.
Couldn't desalination plants be self sufficient with energy? The process of taking away salt from water involves turning it to steam. This steam could go through a turbine, like for a power plant, before they collect it for drinking use. I'm probably missing a critical detail that makes this all invalid, but wouldn't this make water cheaper?
It would cost too much to make and maintain the glass and the salt in the ocean would wear it away. Plus, how do you get it from the middle ocean to the surface?
I hear people complaining about rain and snow. Even on the east coast, we have water bans in some towns, you can only use outside water for 1-2 days a week.
Tristan Hoekstra I guess it's the middle if you look at it from a "North America as a whole" perspective, and not just The United States. You figure we were still taking land when we gave the name. But Canada had to go take the Northern half x) So now its the Top-mid-west. But when we were expanding from the Colonies from the East, it was the middle of North America, to the west :p
Tristan Hoekstra When North America was initially settled by European settlers they started on the east coast. Land taken west of that was a part of "western expansion" (see the Louisiana purchase here for an example: www.ilibrarian.net/history/louisiana_purchase_map_lg.jpg). That region essentially makes up what we call the mid-west, with the west being the opposite coast.
What can fix the drought? Not sure, but we can focus on water conservation and reclamation. One of the best things this country can do for its future is the implementation of LID, communities focused on public transport, and to treat sewage water and put it back into the municipal drinking water system.
thankfully in north texas we have been getting beaten with storms, had flash floods just yesterday, not sure of how full our lakes are at this point but it's definitely been a really rainy spring here
Solution: Desalination plants. Replace all lake draining and other non-sustainable water gathering methods with those plants. Use the salt for food production, kitchen salt, and for icy roads in the winter. Don't only use the water for home consumption, industry and crop irrigation, but also to spray around in nature like in grass plains and forests. And very important, make them run on 100% sustainable electricity. This might be very expensive at first, but the investment will pay back many times more in the future, both economically and environmentally
Bank filtration: dig long irrigation ditches from the ocean and then dig wells on either side of them. As the water travels inland and through the soil it will become progressively less salty by mixing with other solutes in the soil.
Here's what must end NOW....ALL car washing and lawn watering. All ornamental garden watering. All use of hoses except for food gardens. For men, do not urinate when possible indoors. For people that live alone, consider flushing toilet only after a bowl movement. Wash dishes once a day. PRAY FOR RAIN.
Do an episode about the many types of ways to get water in a dry area (desalination, trucking water in, control over water rights, etc.) and their costs and benefits
In Texas, (where I live) I think the problem is conservation, better agricultural practices, and getting rid of a lot of he invasive cedars, which use a lot of water. We mainly have to use water better though, in 2011 one of the main reasons we lost water in Austin was because rice farmers down the river were allowed to use as much water as they wanted.
The only thing suggested that can really help around here in Texas is the rain brought by a hurricane, but unfortunately South Texas would easily flood.
As for Canada, parts of British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan are at serious risk of facing drought. Where as the Coast of BC (Vancouver/Vancouver Island/areas further north) are at no risk of drought due to their typical maritime climate.
I can feel a little bit of the drought in Tennessee, we haven't had rain in almost two weeks, and I just checked the weather, it doesn't look like we're having any rain any time soon.
West-coasters: Does your state or county actively discourage non-native 'thirstier' plants? Or offer incentives to remove heavy water consuming installations, like your lawn? Just curious, can't seem to find an answer on google.
I feel pretty bad. I live in East Texas and frankly it hasn't stopped raining here since February. Can't even make it to the lake cause all the trails are underwater.
I think you should cool down the oceans, that way we can get the storms. Then, we could build domes and a hatch to catch the storm. ( One per countie )
Rain non stop in Utah right now. Plus my city sealed a deal for a pipeline from Toronto. Ty Canadians for allowing us Desert dwellers to exist. Hugs and kisses, Citizens of Deseret
The past month and a half in Colorado doesn't show any signs of drought. We have had a record hitting wettest spring in history. Flooding is a huge issue here right now. There's water everywhere! Even in my basement.
I'm in the mountains of Montana and the water flows until it freezes. The plant he mentions was only meant to supply a campus near by leave its a school that creates engineers.
Here in Wisconsin we've had an ongoing fire ban recently. Things got so hot in the Green Bay-Oshkosh area that there was a small wild fire actually close to where I live. More were around the state. I'm surprised no mentions of wildfire dangers were in the video, but it's still pretty reasonable not to mention them as some place just naturally don't have large wildfires.
I live in texas and I really don't think we're in a drought. It's been raining almost everyday for three weeks and it's supposed to rain for 10 more days.
I live in central Ohio (for nearly 50 years). It seems that the duration of the spring shower season gets shorter each year. And once summer sets in, the number of summer showers has definitely been decreasing each year. It's routine now that your lawn will be brown by mid summer, unless you water it yourself. And this starts happening earlier each year.
Regardless of what is going on, you can't extract more water than the land can support and something needs to be done now. We have to find another way to get fresh water to the area's that need it.
One way is to replenish the ground water by drilling a hole in the middle of a river down to the aquifer and let it fill up and redistribute itself under the ground.
Water recycling, reduction in household use, stopping water intensive farming in drought prone land. A massive Federal water canal system that would share water resources from the East to the West interconnecting all states similar to what we do with the electrical system. And immediate construction a desalinization plans on all coasts. Charging the actual price of what water cost to constituents.
People can fight all they want about HOW the water that is left gets allocated... but the main problem is .. there is simply not enough water to go around. Droughts suck.
When the land is dry and parched ask God to quench its thirst. When the grass is burnt and brown, thou must pray for rain to be found. For, will it be good for you to gain the sunshine that's another man's pain. If ye bless the farmers with thy prayers then surely in thy time of need God will hear thy cry.
It may or may not be the populations fault about the water shortage...I couldn't say cuz I just don't have all the info...but...I'm on vacation right now in Texas and every time I take a shower I feel like I am wasting water. The pressure I am used to back at home is less than half of what I am getting here. There is an ungodly amount of water pressure. I take a 5 to 10 minute shower at home, I can't get out fast enough here. There is just SO MUCH WATER being used.
I Hear Exactly What You're Saying, Man. I Live In Chicago, & We Got 80 Some Inches Of Snow This Winter, Excluding The Rest Of Illinois (I Don't Know How Much Statewide, Exactly). Plus Spring & Summer Is Wet Season. I Have Very Low Pressure On My Shower Nozzle Here At Home. I Take About 2-3 Minutes. Last Week, I Was Visiting Family In California, & Then I Remembered How High The Pressure Was. I Felt Like I Was Wasting, Too. I Spent Literally 45 - 60 Seconds In The Shower. Luckily, There Was A 5 Hour Rain Last Thursday, So I Felt Better About That.
Modifying all power plants near sea level. Where water from the ocean can be drained inland in a passive manner to be used in the plants. In the case of California there is a large natural desert that's below sea level and is perfect for solar thermal power plants add condensers to the outgoing steam and you can condense the water and generate power at the same time. As well as reducing local fuel usage in the area. P.S. Solar thermal planets can run 24 hours a day as long as there is not excessive cloud cover.
So we have these massive controversies of oil pipelines going all over the country, but we can't build a water pipeline to send water from coast to coast? People are stupid.
Take some rain from England please
It must feel bad it started raining in Oklahoma I finally know what heavy rain feels like
They can take some from Florida, we have water everywhere.
It was supposed to rain here in Nevada yesterday. We'd be MORE than happy to take your rain!
England's rain gosh I can never play footie
Adam Care They can also take some from The Netherlands. It storms every day here!
Yet in NY people complain about the rain, stop complaining people!
i love the rain i realy dont care about getting wet its better then a hot summer
Exactly.
I live in NY I love the rain
Adam Mokbel I'm from Massachusetts and this is so true lol.
Kvin Cast a hot summer is WAY better than a humid summer.
I'm just here on the east coast... having water balloon fights and such.
I just drink my water and laugh at the desert dwellers.
Muriuki I live in Michigan. We're basically flooded.
AceandDuce Haha they may have more entertaining places and technology. but we have water and CookOut sooooo! xD
Muriuki I live in California. You an slowly see the desert creeping closer and closer to our neighborhood.
anoldlady8 THAT BETTER THAN A DROUGHT
reaching out here… i have a very real possible solution, not sure where to go with it. 80% of the water used in California goes to agriculture. The main reason this number is so large is not because the crops hold onto all that water, but because of something called transpiration. This is an essential part of the photosynthetic process, as well as how the plant cools itself. Essentially it is controlled evaporation from the leaf surface through a structure called a stomata. The issue here is that 99-99.5% of the water consumed by the plant is lost by transpiration to the atmosphere, but it doesn't have to be! this water can be recaptured and re-used, effectively reducing agricultural water demands by up to 99.5%!! this one act could reduce California’s water consumption to just over 20% of it’s current level while simultaneously ensuring food security! I am currently using a system in my yard that i put together that does just this. I am not looking to gain anything out of this, but i do feel i can help. However, I live in British Columbia, Canada and as such don’t really know who to turn to. Any suggestions?
Cheers!
CANADA! We got more lakes up here than rest of world combined! I believe forget exxon pipeline lets build a water pipeline instead it would make far more sense! And be more safer
And slowly consume the water there? No I think people just need to learn to conserve water and they won't do it unless they suffer. I hate it how some people have grass in their lawns when they live in the fucking desert.
dmaster225 water cycle.
o Lemurs it doesnt apply here m80.
Skyline711
As I recall one of the things Canada insisted on before signing NAFTA was that Canadian water was off the table.
Skyline711 HOLLAND, we have groundwater here for more than a century!
And over in New Jersey/ New York we're complaining about how often it's raining :3
Haha the Texas governor applied for a disaster relief for drought purposes and then less than a year later he is asking for disaster relief for flooding.
A lot of fresh water can actually be saved by reusing waste water for use in agriculture that is one of the main strain on water supplies in a lot of places. Recycling solid waste to burn as fuel in efficient double burners to power desalination plants for those areas close to the sea could also make producing fresh water cheaper while helping clean up the environment. The water pumped through the double burner to produce the steam used to turn the turbines to create the power could also be reused waste water. By collecting the steam in condensers once it has produced the power you will also have ultra clean drinkable water again from the waste.
Planting trees create microclimates trees create more rain!
So rain gardens? It can prevent floods and droutes can cause floods
The earth is constantly going through cycles of warming and cooling. Our drought in Texas has been severe (the lakes in our city were down to a combined level of 20%), but in the last three weeks our lakes have gone over the spillway! I do agree; however, that conserving water should always be a priority. Our city is now using a 50-50 blend of treated wastewater and lake water for its residents. It sounds disgusting, but has been through months of testing and saves millions of gallons of water a day. Hopefully, other cities that are currently experiencing severe droughts will be able to institute this same type of water treatment.
Please re-check your information about MN, WI, SD, and ND, we've had so much rain these past 5 years, grass on the lawns need to be mowed every 4-7 days, before 2009, we mowed it once a month...
Desalination plants are expensive. As is the water they make. But in an extreme drought there's not much else you can do.
Seeing as agriculture is the biggest consumer of water, improvements in their efficiency would probably yield the best returns.
Just bought a new rain coat for the summer, here in ireland.
Here in Michigan we are getting a lot of rain...
Maybe instead of having the government horde and distribute water to farms at low cost, the desert farms should pay normal prices for the water and everyone who wants to live in the desert can pay the actual cost of getting food there. Maybe then people will wisen up and realize living in a desert isn't the best use of resources.
Or just stop wasting water on useless lawns
@@evb7373 If your lawn is only dirt, you'll experience dust storms. People will want lawns, and food, and they need to see the real cost of that, so they can make the proper choice. No need to force ideals on people.
Stop growing crops in the dessert!
I live in Tucson, Arizona, and it actually seems like it has been raining more lately. It has also been windier. Although, the Monsoon season has been a lot more mild in the last 5 years or so.
Same kn Phoenix except not alot of rain sadly. ): But we are getting some cold weather lately which is unusual.
Same with Collin county and Dallas county. We have been getting a ton of rain and colder weather. I swear, as soon as I moved to Texas, the weather has gotten jacked up. Like I pulled Illinois weather with me.
***** Of course it doesn't. It is mainly desert. I am saying it has been raining in my area relatively often lately.
***** Guess you lived in Southern Arizona.
Archaios Glacies South Phoenix*
Georgia has recovered from a bad drought we had a few years ago. The past 2 years we've seen record rainfall. It rained everyday last week. I hope this drought doesn't spread through the southeast.
Texas is going through major floods and constant rain storms.
Sadly, but why are people always so shocked at droughts in desert areas (The west) ? It's a total waste of energy to do so. Even parts of Hawaii only have relatively low amounts of rainfall annually. You put too many people on a desert of course it will amplify an already bad situation.
Texas has been having record breaking rainfall levels lately.
Maby enough to moisture the top, but the resorviours under ground is still falling, that is your problem, but as simple as most amerikans are, you do not see the problem.
Yes but that isn't the case smart-ass. This video is 2-3 years old, It's outdated.
And California's drought is gone now
You are realy not that simple are you ? www.water.ca.gov/groundwater/maps_and_reports/MAPS_CHANGE/DOTMAP_S2016-S2006.pdf while the water level deep ground drops, you have a problem, but ofc its best to close the eyes and open for the sprinkler so the roses get red.
Desalination plants across California's coast would solve the drought problem and help with the employment problem.
Fawk you mean its been raining all week here in North Texas ..... including tornadoes
We've been swimming in Houston these last few weeks.
Central Texas has been wet this year.
Ikr Dallas especially there's floods
Droughts may cause a wildfire. Tropical zones shall not get a drought; there shall be rain at least an hour a day. That how trees are liable for longevity.
We have too much water here in florida. Its so humid you can see fish in the air
Ben Cadet so ture
Ben Cadet Can you maybe give us.. youknow? Rain?
Not only in the US, Malaysia too suffered drought and had the water rationed in some part because of El-Nino. However, now we are suffering from the affects of La-Nina which is rainstorm which caused flooding in some areas.
Save some water! That`s the first thing to do.
Become Your Strength Yes, but that's probably not gunna happen.
Because people don`t care?
Become Your Strength Because people aren't willing to give up parts of their livestyle up.
Become Your Strength they have to get those 15 minute showers because.... comfort! Gotta be comfortable in a crisis.
Lol xD It`s sad that so many people fail to see the long-term perspective of things. That we`re so lazy and don`t see the potential of this planet and our community..
This makes me even more thankful to live right between the Great Lakes. Water is cheap and plentiful.....
I agree, Cleveland had 2 straight weeks of rain. And, the weather is perfect.
How about we all stop pretending that high water consumption lawns are realistic. That goes for all of the U.S.. Unless the water comes via precipitation, we are draining our continent.
Its been raining hard in Dallas everyday for the past MONTH
Thats not how climate works
The solution to drought is to have water
But Senator Inhofe said that there was snow outside DC during the winter, so there is no Global Warming and Climate Change.
Couldn't desalination plants be self sufficient with energy? The process of taking away salt from water involves turning it to steam. This steam could go through a turbine, like for a power plant, before they collect it for drinking use. I'm probably missing a critical detail that makes this all invalid, but wouldn't this make water cheaper?
Cdw2468 go do it an make money
Yes, after a jump start
You obviously know fucking everything so do you have a better idea?
It would cost too much to make and maintain the glass and the salt in the ocean would wear it away. Plus, how do you get it from the middle ocean to the surface?
Cdw2468 thats why i was so sarcastic, yo geniuses think you are smarter than everyone else, if it were that easy, it would have been done already...
I hear people complaining about rain and snow. Even on the east coast, we have water bans in some towns, you can only use outside water for 1-2 days a week.
Why is the northern part of the US called the midwest...
It'd make more sense if the midwest woud be Utah, Nevada, Arizona, Idaho and Colorado.
Tristan Hoekstra I guess it's the middle if you look at it from a "North America as a whole" perspective, and not just The United States. You figure we were still taking land when we gave the name. But Canada had to go take the Northern half x) So now its the Top-mid-west. But when we were expanding from the Colonies from the East, it was the middle of North America, to the west :p
Ok, that makes sense, ty.
Tristan Hoekstra Of course I could be totally wrong and they were just high \o___o/
lol, ok
Tristan Hoekstra When North America was initially settled by European settlers they started on the east coast. Land taken west of that was a part of "western expansion" (see the Louisiana purchase here for an example: www.ilibrarian.net/history/louisiana_purchase_map_lg.jpg). That region essentially makes up what we call the mid-west, with the west being the opposite coast.
No drought here in Minnesota. Literally all of May has been rain. We are just now having our first rays of sunshine in a month.
Well I'm moist, so?
xNeptune and this is the selfish way of thinking that gets us fucking no where.
Jing Ling I can make you moist if that's your problem.
Where there is no sex there will be no rain Islamic intelligence drought thieves loot Md sam
i have no idea what she said, i was busy undressing her in my head.
oOOpIIIqOOo why would you do that ?
Mmmmmm Juuulliaaaaaaaa mmmmmm
Jackson Kennedy probably he lives in one of the countries where porn sites are banned. Ideal breeding ground for perverts as this.
subh1 hahahahahahahahahahh im fucking crying XD
yes using ocean water is high cost but ca cant keep robbing US water sources. They enjoy living in Ca and need to pay for it and conserve water.
AGREED PAY MORE IS BETTER THAN DROUGHT
Drier than a woman in her 60's
USA household water usage is 400% higher than my county GG
vincent schuurhof Well then your country must be puny... If you're going to post a statistic like this, than convert it into per person!
***** Going off of the guy's profile, Denmark.
Jaquubz In Denmark, where i live to the average dane use about 107 liters a day, but i personally use a lot less.
i said household usage i didnt say PER household are you guys not good at english?
Linsey Redd ............ how old are you? 10? cuz then i would forgive such a retarded comment
That's American pollution for you..
And Chinese, and middle eastern. Hell the only country that can't be blamed is Japan.
Big Boss didn't they spill a bunch of toxic waste in that tsunami?
TheShyRage So everyone is to blame, not just the Americans. Hell, the Chinese is more to blame than us.
Big Boss America use a larger percentage of the world's coal and oil than any other nation, or equal to China at present.
Loovlyjoobly theenergycollective.com/robertwilson190/447121/who-produces-most-fossil-fuels
What can fix the drought? Not sure, but we can focus on water conservation and reclamation. One of the best things this country can do for its future is the implementation of LID, communities focused on public transport, and to treat sewage water and put it back into the municipal drinking water system.
shave Ur mustache please
It's kinda hot.
Last month? More like the past week in Oklahoma! Three days ago we had 4-6 inches of rain depending on your location. The flooding was crazy!
Not so golden now california, huh?
thankfully in north texas we have been getting beaten with storms, had flash floods just yesterday, not sure of how full our lakes are at this point but it's definitely been a really rainy spring here
Solution: Desalination plants.
Replace all lake draining and other non-sustainable water gathering methods with those plants. Use the salt for food production, kitchen salt, and for icy roads in the winter.
Don't only use the water for home consumption, industry and crop irrigation, but also to spray around in nature like in grass plains and forests.
And very important, make them run on 100% sustainable electricity.
This might be very expensive at first, but the investment will pay back many times more in the future, both economically and environmentally
It rained sooo much last night in Oklahoma, and it had been all week if only we could share it with Cali
Bank filtration: dig long irrigation ditches from the ocean and then dig wells on either side of them. As the water travels inland and through the soil it will become progressively less salty by mixing with other solutes in the soil.
Here's what must end NOW....ALL car washing and lawn watering. All ornamental garden watering. All use of hoses except for food gardens. For men, do not urinate when possible indoors. For people that live alone, consider flushing toilet only after a bowl movement. Wash dishes once a day. PRAY FOR RAIN.
Do an episode about the many types of ways to get water in a dry area (desalination, trucking water in, control over water rights, etc.) and their costs and benefits
You should talk about the changes that are happening in the world, not just USA. But great job lightning the way!
I am drowning in Illinois and have for the last few months. What are you talking about?
In Texas, (where I live) I think the problem is conservation, better agricultural practices, and getting rid of a lot of he invasive cedars, which use a lot of water. We mainly have to use water better though, in 2011 one of the main reasons we lost water in Austin was because rice farmers down the river were allowed to use as much water as they wanted.
The only thing suggested that can really help around here in Texas is the rain brought by a hurricane, but unfortunately South Texas would easily flood.
Excellent survey & analysis thank you !!
It's been raining almost non-stop in Colorado this week... Still in a drought apparently.
I live in Texas and although 2011 did seem like a dry year, today it rains 2-3 times a week. No drought here
As for Canada, parts of British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan are at serious risk of facing drought. Where as the Coast of BC (Vancouver/Vancouver Island/areas further north) are at no risk of drought due to their typical maritime climate.
Older maps labelled the great plain as "The Great American Desert". It is a climate cycle, not climate change.
It's been flooding and snowing a lot in Colorado, but most of the states surrounding us are in a drought. How?
Nobody talks about all the water that comes from Colorado. We are bone dry now.
I'm in South Dakota, we're not in a drought anymore. As I'm typing this it's snowing and we're expecting to snow/rain for the next few days.
I can feel a little bit of the drought in Tennessee, we haven't had rain in almost two weeks, and I just checked the weather, it doesn't look like we're having any rain any time soon.
my Filipino friend told me in his childhood when he was 8 he hadn't seen rain in 1 year
For those who didn't get this Please Save Water!
Oklahoma has had a bunch of flash floods this year. A few tornadoes as well. We can basically say now that our drought is almost gone.
West-coasters: Does your state or county actively discourage non-native 'thirstier' plants? Or offer incentives to remove heavy water consuming installations, like your lawn?
Just curious, can't seem to find an answer on google.
Half of Michigan was missing from that map.
Why does it seem like Delaware is getting excessive rainfall while a lot of other States get none?
Meanwhile here on the east coast we are already several inches above the needed water for the year.
I feel pretty bad. I live in East Texas and frankly it hasn't stopped raining here since February. Can't even make it to the lake cause all the trails are underwater.
The water is dirty and polluted, and recycled after we flush. So if all the water went away, would it come back cleaner?
I think you should cool down the oceans, that way we can get the storms. Then, we could build domes and a hatch to catch the storm. ( One per countie )
Rain non stop in Utah right now. Plus my city sealed a deal for a pipeline from Toronto. Ty Canadians for allowing us Desert dwellers to exist.
Hugs and kisses,
Citizens of Deseret
The past month and a half in Colorado doesn't show any signs of drought. We have had a record hitting wettest spring in history. Flooding is a huge issue here right now. There's water everywhere! Even in my basement.
I'm in the mountains of Montana and the water flows until it freezes. The plant he mentions was only meant to supply a campus near by leave its a school that creates engineers.
Has a water pipeline been considered, serving those many states and Canada (or wherever water is abundant)?
Here in Wisconsin we've had an ongoing fire ban recently. Things got so hot in the Green Bay-Oshkosh area that there was a small wild fire actually close to where I live. More were around the state. I'm surprised no mentions of wildfire dangers were in the video, but it's still pretty reasonable not to mention them as some place just naturally don't have large wildfires.
I think we've recovered from the drought here in Texas... Nothing but constant floods all of May
I live in texas and I really don't think we're in a drought. It's been raining almost everyday for three weeks and it's supposed to rain for 10 more days.
Meanwhile in oklahoma, we just had a roughly 30% increase in our lake levels due to the sudden monsoon.
Parts of NY just entered the first stages of drought.
I live in central Ohio (for nearly 50 years). It seems that the duration of the spring shower season gets shorter each year. And once summer sets in, the number of summer showers has definitely been decreasing each year. It's routine now that your lawn will be brown by mid summer, unless you water it yourself. And this starts happening earlier each year.
Regardless of what is going on, you can't extract more water than the land can support and something needs to be done now. We have to find another way to get fresh water to the area's that need it.
One way is to replenish the ground water by drilling a hole in the middle of a river down to the aquifer and let it fill up and redistribute itself under the ground.
condensing vapor from the air might be a course of water.. depending on cost... dehumidifiers condense air vapor to liquid...
Water recycling, reduction in household use, stopping water intensive farming in drought prone land. A massive Federal water canal system that would share water resources from the East to the West interconnecting all states similar to what we do with the electrical system. And immediate construction a desalinization plans on all coasts. Charging the actual price of what water cost to constituents.
Don't know about the rest of Texas but San Antonio has been damp and rainy as I've ever seen her this year :).
When did they record this? North/Central Texas most of the lakes are over capacity..
Was waiting for that obligatory global warming comment, was getting worried that they were actually giving a sane video about the climate.
People can fight all they want about HOW the water that is left gets allocated... but the main problem is .. there is simply not enough water to go around. Droughts suck.
When the land is dry and parched ask God to quench its thirst. When the grass is burnt and brown, thou must pray for rain to be found. For, will it be good for you to gain the sunshine that's another man's pain. If ye bless the farmers with thy prayers then surely in thy time of need God will hear thy cry.
paulwilfridhunt hahahahah.....hahahahahaha
Pretty much everywhere, it's gonna be hot! "Well I guess I don't need a jacket" HEHEHEHEUGH
We take rain here in England for granted...
0:44 Kansas is definitely good for now I can tell you that. Wichita, Ks got 7-9 inches on the 3rd of this month.
I'm not sure how, but I read the title of the video as "How Much of America Is In A Doughnut?" lol I guess I'm hungry
It may or may not be the populations fault about the water shortage...I couldn't say cuz I just don't have all the info...but...I'm on vacation right now in Texas and every time I take a shower I feel like I am wasting water. The pressure I am used to back at home is less than half of what I am getting here. There is an ungodly amount of water pressure. I take a 5 to 10 minute shower at home, I can't get out fast enough here. There is just SO MUCH WATER being used.
I know what ya mean. I got used to low pressure water and then rented a hotel room and about got knocked over from how much water hit me.
I Hear Exactly What You're Saying, Man. I Live In Chicago, & We Got 80 Some Inches Of Snow This Winter, Excluding The Rest Of Illinois (I Don't Know How Much Statewide, Exactly). Plus Spring & Summer Is Wet Season. I Have Very Low Pressure On My Shower Nozzle Here At Home. I Take About 2-3 Minutes. Last Week, I Was Visiting Family In California, & Then I Remembered How High The Pressure Was. I Felt Like I Was Wasting, Too. I Spent Literally 45 - 60 Seconds In The Shower. Luckily, There Was A 5 Hour Rain Last Thursday, So I Felt Better About That.
Modifying all power plants near sea level. Where water from the ocean can be drained inland in a passive manner to be used in the plants. In the case of California there is a large natural desert that's below sea level and is perfect for solar thermal power plants add condensers to the outgoing steam and you can condense the water and generate power at the same time. As well as reducing local fuel usage in the area. P.S. Solar thermal planets can run 24 hours a day as long as there is not excessive cloud cover.
So we have these massive controversies of oil pipelines going all over the country, but we can't build a water pipeline to send water from coast to coast?
People are stupid.
1. Build swales to catch rainwater in order to refill our water aquifers. 2. Reuse our waste and storm water.