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anonymous says

Coming soon to other areas of the Southwest, Texas, and more.

Or not.

Straw Man says

anonymous says

Coming soon to other areas of the Southwest, Texas, and more.

Or not.

ya it's really California.

AZ would have ZERO water problems if it didn't sell to CA.

California is unsustainable in every way imaginable.

Ok, I agree there is a serious drought, but the pic is not that dramatic when ou think it is only about 3 feet deep in that spot.

The Original Bankster says

Straw Man says

anonymous says

Coming soon to other areas of the Southwest, Texas, and more.

Or not.

ya it's really California.

AZ would have ZERO water problems if it didn't sell to CA.

California is unsustainable in every way imaginable.

Yes, it's California. No, it's not necessary "coming to" wherever it was "coming to". One good El Nino year and we're back in black.

Denial is not a river in Egypt, nor is it in California or any source of fresh water for that matter.

The Original Bankster says

AZ would have ZERO water problems if it didn't sell to CA

we were here first.

1912 election:

677,944 CA
23,722 AZ

shows CA was ~30X the size of AZ in socio-political terms when AZ achieved statehood

In 2013 CA had 10X the crop value of AZ:

$26.6B vs $2.4B

http://usda01.library.cornell.edu/usda/current/CropValuSu/CropValuSu-02-14-2014.pdf

You want to live in a desert, fine, but don't mess with our water!

(j/k, riparian law is screwed up and we need to figure out how to work together to maximize what resources we have, and with $30B of annual crop value on the line we should have the capital to add sufficient desalinization facilities)

"California is unsustainable in every way imaginable."

don't let your politics overly color your mindset, LOL

California is a freak of geography and that gives it actual "comparative advantage" in so many areas.

The coastal strip from SF to SD is incredibly livable, in the scenic and temperate sense. The bay area had first-mover advantage in tech thanks to its early investments in UCB and Stanford. San Diego is the logical place for our navy presence on the west coast -- good luck basing a navy in AZ!

We've got the young Sierra range to catch what pacific storms do come our way, and this region is also chock full of world-class eco-tourist destinations (as is the coastal range belt from San Simeon to the Oregon border)

And the great interior valley has an embarrassingly rich amount of sedimentary soil thanks to the countless millennia of Sierra runoff and repeated inundations -- bedrock ranges from 10 MILES DOWN at Sacramento to 6 miles down by Bakersfield.

http://pubs.usgs.gov/ha/ha730/ch_b/B-text3.html

At least California is so freaky, you won't have trouble finding someone who is willing to drink your urine to recycle.

The Original Bankster says

Straw Man says

anonymous says

Coming soon to other areas of the Southwest, Texas, and more.

Or not.

ya it's really California.

AZ would have ZERO water problems if it didn't sell to CA.

California is unsustainable in every way imaginable.

If Arizona did not sell it, we would steal it.
The silver lining is desalinization plants will now see major innovations. Anything good that happens in California, does not stay in California.

The Original Bankster says

Denial is not a river in Egypt, nor is it in California or any source of fresh water for that matter.

Peak oil! Peak water! Robots will take our jobs! We've become a police state! We're all priced out of housing market! Rents will take 100% of our incomes!

Have I left anything out?

Straw Man says

The Original Bankster says

Denial is not a river in Egypt, nor is it in California or any source of fresh water for that matter.

Peak oil! Peak water! Robots will take our jobs! We've become a police state! We're all priced out of housing market! Rents will take 100% of our incomes!

Have I left anything out?

ISIS.

Flash floods overwhelm homes in Phoenix near South Mountain

http://ktar.com/22/1758263/Flash-floods-overwhelm-homes-in-Phoenix-near-South-Mountain

Strategist says

Straw Man says

The Original Bankster says

Denial is not a river in Egypt, nor is it in California or any source of fresh water for that matter.

Peak oil! Peak water! Robots will take our jobs! We've become a police state! We're all priced out of housing market! Rents will take 100% of our incomes!

Have I left anything out?

ISIS.

Yes, ISIS! Thank you!

Every SUV is SHINY, and every lawn is GREEN. This "drought" you are talking about is just another Lefty Myth like Global Warming.

The drought, earthquakes, and fires can only make prices of houses go up!

RE agents can hardly wait for the Four Horseman of the ApocalypseFuck!

anonymous says

Coming soon to other areas of the Southwest, Texas, and more.

Naw, we had our drought about 3 years ago, we've almost moved back to normal. Texas is fine for a while.

anonymous says

This data graph from 08-14-14 sure doesn't confirm Texas is out of woods

We used to be in the red column, we feel better now.

anonymous says

This data graph from 08-14-14 sure doesn't confirm Texas is out of woods nor for that matter large portions of the west. Flash flooding from monsoon rains will do little to nothing to replenish ground water supplies. Who owns and controls the water rights in a lot of states are banks, hedge funds, oil companies so get ready to pay a lot more and its not just for water anymore.

If my wife's crotch were on this map, it'd be dark green.

Around here it looked like this a few days ago, and that was after the water receded almost a foot:

That was an airport parking lot.

Call it Crazy says

OK, we know how that happens..

Nope, my neighbors run their sprinklers middle of the day. No need to paint. Most people aren't even particularly careful about targetting and if 20% or so of the water is on the street so what?

Local golf courses look pretty healthy too.

It's all Obama's fault!!!

If he hadn't let in so many immigrants, there would be more water for legal citizens!