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DinosaurDied t1_j2mz6qv wrote

Well farmers are taking about 80% of our water to farm in a desert and are incentivized to waste as much as possible. Pretty safe to say when push comes to shove, water rights will change and the salt lake will fill back up again.

Also its looking like climate change is making winter storms more extreme which makes the high desert a winner since our water is reliant on big winter dumps rather than year round consistency. A lot of unknowns, but I would rather still have a winter than be riding in the rain like ya'll right now.

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[deleted] t1_j2murou wrote

I’m as blackpilled on climate change as anyone but this current shitshow has more to do with La Niña than anything IMO. Third one in a row. Look at the snow stake data the last time it was this persistent: 98-01. Also last year. Early winter is rotten as the jetstream dips and dumps out west. Then the trend flips, west enters a drought, and the Mansfield snow stake is deep AF come spring.

This warm spell is over mid-week and Wednesday is looking like freezing rain instead of more pissing hot rain. Monkey’s paw curls… be careful what you wish for. You’re gonna be sick of winter when a storm dumps 3 feet in March again. I guarantee it.

The intensity of these warm spells, and the increasing instability of the jetstream, is absolutely due to climate change, mind you. But what we’re experiencing right now is weather, not climate.

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SlytherinTargaryen t1_j2mpb9z wrote

It’s all these lazy locals who don‘t want to work anymore who are ruining MY vacations. Six dollars an hour and my five dollar tip is more than enough for them and their pitiful 2k one-bedroom apartments.

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