Trump Tells California 'There Is No Drought'

[Crick]

I love trump

He certainly knows how to get under their skin..... Using fact based data..

Pray tell, what is "fact-based data"?

 

[ClosedCaption]

I love trump

He certainly knows how to get under their skin..... Using fact based data..

Pray tell, what is "fact-based data"?

Trump saying so.

 

[RollingThunder]

The delusional dimwit Trump tells California: "There is no drought"...

The United States Geological Survey says:

California Drought Facts

* California's currently in its fifth year of severe drought.

* California's 2015 and 2014 Water Years, which ended September 30, 2015 were the warmest years on record.

* 2014 was the third driest year on record.

* On January 17, 2014 California State Governor, Jerry Brown, declared a drought state of emergency.

Snowpack Status

* Although water year 2016's snowpack started off at 136 percent of normal as measured on December 30, 2015, as of March 1, 2016, the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) measured the statewide snowpack to be at 83 percent of normal for this date, the result of moderate precipitation and relatively warm temperatures.

* On April 1, 2015, DWR measured the statewide water content of Sierra snowpack at five percent of average for April 1st. These levels are lower than any year in records going back to 1950. The April 1st snowpack measurement is crucial because this is when the snowpack is normally at its peak and begins to melt into streams and reservoirs. Snowpack, through runoff, provides about one-third of the water used by California's cities and farms.

How much rain do deserts get?

How much blood does your brain get, JustCrazy? You are obviously experiencing a prolonged and severe shortage! A 'drought'!

California receives over 22 inches of rain per year on average....which is about the same as Alaska and Nebraska, and just a bit less than Oregon, Kansas and Minnesota.....it is way more than the average rainfall in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming.

Are ALL of those states also "deserts" In your private little addlepated delusional world?

Average Annual Precipitation by State

Well then how is there a drought?

All of the cheeseburgers and other greasy crap you eat have caused a blockage in your carotid arteries, cutting off the flow of blood to your brain, causing a severe degradation of your mental faculties....which obviously weren't very sharp to begin with.....

Or...if you are asking about California...droughts in places like California result from several possible factors:
1. Less than average rainfall for several years.
2. Temperatures so high that the snowpack in the Sierras melts in the Spring, leaving no water to feed the streams and rivers in the summer.

As is happening now....

Although water year 2016's snowpack started off at 136 percent of normal as measured on December 30, 2015...
On April 1, 2015, DWR measured the statewide water content of Sierra snowpack at five percent of average for April 1st. These levels are lower than any year in records going back to 1950. The April 1st snowpack measurement is crucial because this is when the snowpack is normally at its peak and begins to melt into streams and reservoirs. Snowpack, through runoff, provides about one-third of the water used by California's cities and farms.

I doubt you have the mental capacity to comprehend that.

 

[depotoo]

No, you haven't a clue
California's Drought Emergency Is Over, State Water Districts Say!

Trump Tells California 'There Is No Drought'

Trump Tells California 'There Is No Drought'

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump told California voters Friday that he can solve their water crisis, declaring, "There is no drought."

Speaking at a rally in Fresno, Calif., Trump accused state officials of denying water to Central Valley farmers so they can send it out to sea "to protect a certain kind of three-inch fish

Goddamn this guy hasn't a goddamn clue. The most extreme drought in califorina recorded history isn't a drought? He doesn't know what he is talking about and needs the services of a meteorologist. jesus fuck.

N

 

[RollingThunder]

Trump Tells California 'There Is No Drought'
Goddamn this guy hasn't a goddamn clue. The most extreme drought in califorina recorded history isn't a drought? He doesn't know what he is talking about and needs the services of a meteorologist. jesus fuck.

No, you haven't a clue
California's Drought Emergency Is Over, State Water Districts Say!

Denying that California has been and is still experiencing a drought is beyond stupid, deportedbrain, even though there has been somewhat more rain this year than in the previous several years. As of April, the snowpack has fallen to low levels compared to previously normal years due to the rising temperatures, which will leave a lot less water in the summer to feed the rivers and streams, irrigate the crops, maintain the natural environment, and for human uses like drinking and washing.

The drought persists, but in some places in the State, the "drought emergency" has eased up a bit. Too bad you're too stupid to understand the difference, numbnuts.

In the real world...

Spring Storms Help Snowpack As California Drought Persists
CAP NEWS
Ed Joyce
April 28, 2016
(excerpts)
There was no change in drought conditions last week in California and Nevada, but spring storms added snow to the northern Sierra Nevada. The U.S. Drought Monitor released April 28 shows that slightly more than 4 percent of California, in the northwest part of the state, is not in drought. But, unlike the previous update, which showed extreme and exceptional drought had eased in the state, there were no changes in this week’s report (which has a cutoff day of Tuesday).

"In northern California, 1-3 inches of precipitation fell along the northern Sierra, which translates to well above normal, but normals are lower this time of year and the amounts are small compared to the multi-year deficits, so no change was made to the depiction in California and Nevada," according to the Drought Monitor. The Drought Monitor intensity levels are Abnormally Dry, Moderate, Severe, Extreme and Exceptional drought. The report shows extreme drought covers 49 percent of California and exceptional drought now covers 21 percent of the state. Moderate drought covers 90 percent of the state, with 74 percent in severe drought. The U.S. Seasonal Drought Outlook (released April 21 by the National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center) shows that drought persists through much of California and western Nevada through July 31, 2016.

Excerpts only - Read more on website.

 

[Vandalshandle]

I find it amusing that Trump promises that, as the President of the US, he will void California state laws and give the farmers water, which is absurd, since he would have no such power, but that nobody in his audience noticed that little detail.

 

[flacaltenn]

To Funny:

Left wing nut jobs cant even look at the historical record to see that this is well within natural variation and not unusual.. The failure to plan and left wing stupidity is what is causing the water shortages. Trump is right on all points...

The man said there is no drought. That is a lie by any standards.

Why you refuse to acknowledge reality and instead go for whatever he says is true, doesn't make sense.

He's winging it. The correct observation would have been -- California doesn't have a water shortage. And let the problems get solved from there. What they GOT is a Snail Darter, poor planning, and a high speed train to nowhere. Good thing the train doesn't run on water.

 

[Ravi]

I find it amusing that Trump promises that, as the President of the US, he will void California state laws and give the farmers water, which is absurd, since he would have no such power, but that nobody in his audience noticed that little detail.

What is more absurd is that they will vote for him anyway when they realize he aims to disregard states rights. And these are teapartiers.

 

[RollingThunder]

I find it amusing that Trump promises that, as the President of the US, he will void California state laws and give the farmers water, which is absurd, since he would have no such power, but that nobody in his audience noticed that little detail.

What is more absurd is that they will vote for him anyway when they realize he aims to disregard states rights. And these are teapartiers.

Well, consistency isn't really a part of that astroturfed pseudo-Party farce......and you have to remember, most of these bamboozled, very gullible 'teapartiers' manifest an intelligence level so low that retarded dogs could cheat them at cards....

 

[RollingThunder]

The man said there is no drought. That is a lie by any standards.

Why you refuse to acknowledge reality and instead go for whatever he says is true, doesn't make sense.

He's winging it. The correct observation would have been -- California doesn't have a water shortage.

And ol' fecalhead once again denies reality so he can stay true to the Party dogmas, like a good little rightwingnut troll.

In the real world....as has already been cited and ignored by trolls like fecalhead.....

The U.S. Drought Monitor released April 28 shows that slightly more than 4 percent of California, in the northwest part of the state, is NOT in drought.

The Drought Monitor intensity levels are Abnormally Dry, Moderate, Severe, Extreme and Exceptional drought.
The report shows extreme drought covers 49 percent of California and exceptional drought now covers 21 percent of the state. Moderate drought covers 90 percent of the state, with 74 percent in severe drought.

The United States Geological Survey says:

California Drought Facts

California's currently in its fifth year of severe drought.

2014 was the third driest year on record.

On April 1, 2015, DWR measured the statewide water content of Sierra snowpack at five percent of average for April 1st. These levels are lower than any year in records going back to 1950. The April 1st snowpack measurement is crucial because this is when the snowpack is normally at its peak and begins to melt into streams and reservoirs. Snowpack, through runoff, provides about one-third of the water used by California's cities and farms.

 

[Ravi]

Damn, we get 22 inches in an easy month.

 

[miketx]

If you guys want to tell the whole story, (Which of course you don't), Trump stated there is no drought, but he added that someone or some entity in California is withholding the water needed to solve the problem where the lack of water is.

That's what I read anyway.

 

[ClosedCaption]

If you guys want to tell the whole story, (Which of course you don't), Trump stated there is no drought, but he added that someone or some entity in California is withholding the water needed to solve the problem where the lack of water is.

That's what I read anyway.

I know and those 2 things have shit to do with each other. Good job repeating info that was in the OP and whining that it wasn't given

 

[Old Rocks]

Blarf coogle squat poof blow.

It's what you do.

Amazing how informative the posts of 'Conservatives' are. Totally demonstrates why they support Trump.

 

[ScienceRocks]

Blarf coogle squat poof blow.

It's what you do.

Amazing how informative the posts of 'Conservatives' are. Totally demonstrates why they support Trump.

The guy really doesn't have more then a second grade understanding of science and that is why these people hate science so much. Our educational system has truly failed if someone like trump can win based on out right lies.

 

[Old Rocks]

And this has to do with Trump's statements, how?

 

[ScienceRocks]

I'll take the reality that califorina's rainfall is way below normal and agree with the noaa that they're having a drought. This is getting really fucking stupid that idiots are attacking the nws with outright bullshit and can't even have the slightest grasp of science. You're a real piece of shit. The republican party is shit and I hope it is defeated in the senate, house and the presidency.

 

[Old Rocks]

OK, miketx, so you are unable to post links to anything that supports your idiocy, and are only capable of flap yap. We understand you. There are many utter idiots on this board. One more won't make a bit of differance.

And will not change that fact that there is major drought in California, and that Trump has been spouting total foolishness.

 

[RollingThunder]

Smoke snark gargle gargle swallow deflect lie, pooop.

And another completely brain-dead, totally ignorant denier cult imbecile pops up with more unbelievably retarded twaddle (although this one does describe his own deranged posts very well indeed).

Do the Koch brothers grow these guys like mushrooms somewhere in Texas or something?....you know, kept in the dark and fed bullshit.

 

[flacaltenn]

The man said there is no drought. That is a lie by any standards.

Why you refuse to acknowledge reality and instead go for whatever he says is true, doesn't make sense.

He's winging it. The correct observation would have been -- California doesn't have a water shortage.

And ol' fecalhead once again denies reality so he can stay true to the Party dogmas, like a good little rightwingnut troll.

In the real world....as has already been cited and ignored by trolls like fecalhead.....

The U.S. Drought Monitor released April 28 shows that slightly more than 4 percent of California, in the northwest part of the state, is NOT in drought.

The Drought Monitor intensity levels are Abnormally Dry, Moderate, Severe, Extreme and Exceptional drought.
The report shows extreme drought covers 49 percent of California and exceptional drought now covers 21 percent of the state. Moderate drought covers 90 percent of the state, with 74 percent in severe drought.

The United States Geological Survey says:

California Drought Facts

California's currently in its fifth year of severe drought.

2014 was the third driest year on record.

On April 1, 2015, DWR measured the statewide water content of Sierra snowpack at five percent of average for April 1st. These levels are lower than any year in records going back to 1950. The April 1st snowpack measurement is crucial because this is when the snowpack is normally at its peak and begins to melt into streams and reservoirs. Snowpack, through runoff, provides about one-third of the water used by California's cities and farms.

Drought "Deficits" are not what determines if the state is short of water. If you get a couple normal (or above normal) years of precipt --- you get a reprieve. Even if the long term bookkeeping does not balance. But as math challenged and OPTICALLY handicapped as you are -- that never would occur to you until you lit up the entire page with your gay colored #6 font. Eh TinkerBelle???