I agree with David Sedlak’s message, “4 Ways we can Avoid a Catastrophic Drought,” because it was not only what he said but also the way he presented it. He used things like examples and graphs during his presentation. The four ways that he came up with were so well thought out that it would be hard to not understand what he wanted to do. Now I am not really sure if his plans will work but the facts that were presented by him were so full proof to me that it kind of takes the thought of “if it will work” away. The only thing that I did not hear him talk about was the way he was going to carry out the plans he had; I am not sure if I just did not hear it or read it
Farmers who had enough of it moved to california, but many of them could not afford homes. They could barely afford food and had to work extremely hard to make sure their family wouldn’t starve. Californians weren’t very welcoming to the migrants, they would spread rumors about them and call them mean names. Although eventually things turned around for the migrants, the drought had ended and they could begin
The Farmers Alliance was formed by Texas farmers in the 1870s. This organization was mainly made to try to lower prices for supplies. The farmers alliance connected the south and the west. The movement included several parallel but independent political organizations — the National Farmers' Alliance and Industrial Union among the white farmers of the South. The Farmers' Alliance did not admit African Americans, but a separate Colored Farmers' Alliance was formed in Texas in 1886.
We typically do not give much thought to what we call “home”. We perceive home as somewhere we go after a long day, somewhere we can enjoy the simpler pleasures in life away from the restlessness of work. However in The Droughtlanders by Carrie Mac, it challenges our general notion of home for an unorthodox one—a notion that a home goes outside of comfort zones, rather than inside them. At face value, the Keys have everything: it is rich, secure, and organized. But by glimpsing outside its walls, we discover that those qualities can bring more problems than we see at first glance.
In addition, Nash continues his article by giving facts about the water in Texas being glutted with “run-off from centers of population, factories and farms that all alter the chemical constitution of water” (3) creating a deeper predicament for the people in Texas. He also gives the specific dilemma that
The water change may have also caused an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in the county. Legionnaires’ disease has killed about ten people, and has affected seventy-seven more. Many lawsuits have been filed towards the government officials because of this issue. Jurgis and his family are having a tough
This is happening because the water that usually flows into the Salton Sea is being diverted away and being sent to big cities for usage. Farmers are using less water which means less water is being drained into the sea. This is causing the dry up.
In Charles Fishman’s this chapter of the book, “The Big Thirst,” he says that on average five thousand kids die a day because of the lack of clean water. This means that over five hundred kids in an elementary school in ten elementary schools are dying each day. In Orma, Tennessee the town ran out of water and had to have volunteer fire fighters drive to a nearby city every couple days ten times just so that the town could have water for three hours each day. The forty families that lived in the town ran out of water and was only allowed water for three hours each day. As Fishman says “water can’t be used up”.
The first reason why I believe we should regulate groundwater is that many people can’t shower. On page three the first paragraph stated, “ For Angelica Gallegos the worst part has been going without a shower for five months.” I believe that if we would regulate the groundwater she would be able to shower again. I also think that she may not be the only person that has a problem with this.
California needs to listen to the people in this town and find another way to preserve this water . Our state is putting these people through a horrible time and this town may not even be suitable for living and people who have lived there for almost 50 to 60 years will have to move out of the house they most likely we would want to be deceased in . They are putting little children trough things adults can 't even handle for a day ! Farming will become obsolete and this town will have to receive packages from other cities or towns just for food or vegetables . In conclusion this is horrible and California should not revoke our privileges and preserve their water a totally
The California Drought: From December 2011 to March 2017, the state of California experienced one of the worst droughts to occur in the region on record. The period between late 2011 and 2014 was the driest in California history since record-keeping began. 102 million trees died in total due Researchers said farmers have followed 78,780 acres this year because of water shortages. That compares with an estimated 500,000 acres last year.
Great Plains Daily Locust Attack: As harvest time is coming close, many farmers are preparing for it, drying out wheat and preparing cattle to be transferred. Everything was going well for the farmers of the Great Plains, they might even have a good season. Then, a large dark cloud appeared, covering the sun, locusts. Some say you could hear them before you saw them, their loud screeches being heard. Something wrong was going to happen, we just didn’t know it yet.
This has resulted in the increase of water costs, reduced surface water supplies, and land subsidence. In the 1860’s, California was a fabulous place for agriculture; in addition to its ideal
California gets the majority of their water from the rains in the northern part of the state. Now that northern California doesn't see as much rain as it used to, it is causing problems for the people and animals that live there. If I take a look at California’s history I will find a substantial amount of evidence proving whether California is or is not in a drought. With this overwhelming evidence we can come together
Did you know we have 100% of drought in california? well yes we do have drought in california and less water.it is all because of the hot and dry sumers we have here , we dont hav very anual rain, and mostly very less winter. Now i will be talking about why we have dry summers , crops are dying and also why we have shortage of water in california. PARAGRAPH 1 California sacramento has really hot and dry summers. All the local governments are really worried of losing water because of the hot weather.
