Droughts in the west can last a hundred years or more

May 2, 2022
11:00:21am

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California appears to have very long cycles of wet/dry periods:

California drought: Past dry periods have lasted more than 200 years, scientists say

https://www.mercurynews.com/2014/01/25/california-drought-past-dry-periods-have-lasted-more-than-200-years-scientists-say/

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I can't believe we've been in a drought since the year 2000, and it may last

Windward_Coug

5/2/22 10:57am

Droughts in the west can last a hundred years or more

HuskerFan2

5/2/22 11:00am

Casinos make to much off of drunks to go dry.

hydrocoug

5/2/22 11:09am

2011 was really wet and probably eased the pain a lot.

SnickSnack

5/2/22 11:14am

2019 also

SingleStrapBackpack

5/2/22 11:20am

In the article they mentioned in 2019 the researchers were hoping that wet

Windward_Coug

5/2/22 11:23am

Yep. 2019 was fantastic. Great winter and a cool spring. But 2020 was historically terrible and 2021 was bad, too.

SingleStrapBackpack

5/2/22 11:26am

Glad I got to see Powell when it still existed.

Pro Logic

5/2/22 11:15am

I thought I read that Colorado and Utah have got enough water that Powell will

BYUheaven

5/2/22 11:32am

A good portion of the Colorado River comes from the Green, too, and its snowpack (western WY) is looking a lot better

SingleStrapBackpack

5/2/22 12:16pm

How many new houses (population) downstream since 2000? Do we consider this?

flyzag

5/2/22 1:46pm

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