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To: tejek who wrote (847870)	4/5/2015 5:32:12 PM
From: miraje	1 Recommendation Recommended By FJB Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576400

The state does not have an 'arid desert climate'. Many parts of CA do indeed. But to the point, blaming human induced "global warming" for CA's current drought is ludicrous. The San Jose Mercury News published an article a couple of months ago that ought to scare the pants off of any CA resident. Here are a few excerpts with a link to the full article below.. mercurynews.com California's current drought is being billed as the driest period in the state's recorded rainfall history. But scientists who study the West's long-term climate patterns say the state has been parched for much longer stretches before that 163-year historical period began... ...researchers have documented multiple droughts in California that lasted 10 or 20 years in a row during the past 1,000 years -- compared to the mere three-year duration of the current dry spell. The two most severe megadroughts make the Dust Bowl of the 1930s look tame: a 240-year-long drought that started in 850 and, 50 years after the conclusion of that one, another that stretched at least 180 years... .."We continue to run California as if the longest drought we are ever going to encounter is about seven years," said Scott Stine, a professor of geography and environmental studies at Cal State East Bay. "We're living in a dream world."... ...the past century has been among the wettest of the last 7,000 years (and now it's reverting to the drier norm)... ...Bill Patzert, a research scientist and oceanographer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, says that the West is in a 20-year drought that began in 2000. He cites the fact that a phenomenon known as a "negative Pacific decadal oscillation" is underway -- and that historically has been linked to extreme high-pressure ridges that block storms. Such events, which cause pools of warm water in the North Pacific Ocean and cool water along the California coast, are not the result of global warming, Patzert said...

To: tejek who wrote (847870)	4/5/2015 6:29:59 PM
From: i-node	2 Recommendations Recommended By FJB mel221 Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576400

>> The state does not have an 'arid desert climate'. Its has a Mediterranean climate. Big difference.

To: tejek who wrote (847870)	4/5/2015 6:58:10 PM
From: locogringo	2 Recommendations Recommended By Honey_Bee mel221 Respond to of 1576400

The state does not have an 'arid desert climate'. Its has a Mediterranean climate. Uhhhh........OK, if you say so.