Comments on: congress created dust bowl

By: Magnolia

Magnolia — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 14:57:48 +0000

WOW!! I’ve arriving in California yesterday, driving from Oklahoma, & saw the same signs on I-5. I was also interested in the comment “Congress Created the Dust Bowl”.

I guess I’ll be checking this out over the weekend being some of my relatives moved from Oklahoma to California during the dust bowl.

By: Wii Fan

Wii Fan — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:53:49 +0000

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By: Kevin

Kevin — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:20:33 +0000

Hi Sam,

Thanks for the comment. Yeah, what if the migration of the 1930s dust bowl era from the mid-west to CA were reversed. I can’t see those farmers being to accommodating to a huge influx of CA farmers. Prior to water management projects, the CA central valley was a dusty dry place for most of the year. Shut the water off and it quickly stops being an oasis.

Desalinization is a tricky dilemma. I’m going to post on that some time soon. There have been some advances in technology that make it more affordable, but it’s not there yet.

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:56:56 +0000

They will keep messing around wasting water until they do create another dust bowl. The next dust bowl doesn’t have to be in the high plains again. Wouldn’t it be ironic if the California farmers had to leave their land and they were turned away at the Oklahoma border.

California seems to be always either be in a drought and or running out of water. Why don’t they figure out a way to desalinate water and use that.

By: the valley Hannity forgot « threadpost

the valley Hannity forgot « threadpost — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:31:42 +0000

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