The Great California Drought – Before and After (2011-2015)

California governor Jerry Brown has ordered an historic 25% cut back in water usage throughout the State,  The drought has been deemed “catastrophic.” One water irrigation district has sued the State of California for state action which will ruin entire agricultural industries.  Calfornia produces over 90% of the Nation’s strawberries, brocolli, walnuts, and plums. The photographs below depict the topography of the land at Enterprise Bridge over Lake Oroville in 2011 and again, recently.  A San Francisco resident reports that he and his neighbors have taken out bank loans to drill 2,000 feet for water.  NASA predicts that California will be compleletly out of water by next year.

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