California: from Mega-Drought to “The Big Melt”
22 hours ago Kip Hansen 66 Comments
Opinion by Kip Hansen – 2 May 2023
California, the state of my birth, childhood and my familiar stomping ground throughout my university years – just a year ago claiming itself engulfed by a millennial-scale mega-drought — is now worried about too much water:
The Mega-Drought Is Over But California Faces a New Threat: Floods
Of course, because the topic is weather – which nearly everyone in California thinks equals Climate which equals Climate Change which equals Climate Crisis which equals Climate Catastrophe — this weather phenomenon must be a threat.
The latest version of this new threat is “The Big Melt” – cheerfully promoted and megaphoned by – well, nearly every news outlet in California and is echoed in the national press:
NBCNews: “The big melt is now here”: California braces for floods”
USA Today: ‘The Big Melt’: California braces for flooding as heat wave takes aim at state
Yale Climate Connections: “California’s Big Melt kicks off, likely to cause floods”
Sky News: “The big melt: Crushed houses, trapped cars and the threat of floods”
And then, of course, the re-birth of Tulare Lake:
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/05/02/california-from-mega-drought-to-the-big-melt/
