re: #46 austin_blue

Agreed, and in addition, the other surface reservoir, Lake Meredith on the Canadian River, is basically unusable. The combination of fracking water, irrigation, and climate change drought is turning West Texas into a human desert (it has been an actual desert for quite a while, but reservoirs and groundwater has made it habitable). The crisis is upon all of that population whether they realize it or not.

They may not believe in climate change, but Mother Nature doesn’t give a fuck. All of their investments in their homes, communities, infrastructure, industry, and cities isn’t worth a rat’s ass without potable water.

They’re fucked, and they are going to have to abandon all of it.

I got while the gettin’ was good. Btw, Lubbock has not had measurable precipitation since November 8, 89 days ago. The longest such spell in history was 98 days in 2005-2006.