Record. 2014 was the warmest year on record. Here we were already two years into drought. Any residual moisture just gets baked out of the soil by that excess heat and sucked up by the plants and its gone. Setting the stage for worst wildfires, tougher to grow things, all these drought impacts become that much worse in that situation. In reporting in the past, ive tried to ask the question, yeah, but how much worse does this actually make the drought . Nobody really had an answer. They say it makes it worse how . Theres less water in the ground and all that. But does it make the drought longer, does it make the temperatures how is it worse . Its sort of a vicious cycle. Like hotter means drier. And then it just gets cranked up, you know. But theyre not saying that Climate Change caused the drought . Or are they . No, theyre not saying that. In fact, this same group came out with a study awhile ago specifically saying, we dont think it was the primary cause of the drought, that natural
Record. 2014 was the warmest year on record. Here we were already two years into drought. Any residual moisture just gets baked out of the soil by that excess heat and sucked up by the plants and its gone. Setting the stage for worst wildfires, tougher to grow things, all these drought impacts become that much worse in that situation. In reporting in the past, ive tried to ask the question, yeah, but how much worse does this actually make the drought . Nobody really had an answer. They say it makes it worse how . Theres less water in the ground and all that. But does it make the drought longer, does it make the temperatures how is it worse . Its sort of a vicious cycle. Like hotter means drier. And then it just gets cranked up, you know. But theyre not saying that Climate Change caused the drought . Or are they . No, theyre not saying that. In fact, this same group came out with a study awhile ago specifically saying, we dont think it was the primary cause of the drought, that natural
2013 was the driest year on record. 2014 was the warmest year on record. Here we were already two years into drought. Any residual moisture just gets baked out of the soil by that excess heat and sucked up by the plants and its gone. Setting the stage for worst wildfires, tougher to grow things, all these drought impacts become that much worse in that situation. In reporting in the past, ive tried to ask the question, yeah, but how much worse does this actually make the drought . Nobody really had an answer. They say it makes it worse how . Theres less water in the ground and all that. But does it make the drought longer, does it make the temperatures how is it worse . Its sort of a vicious cycle. Like hotter means drier. And then it just gets cranked up, you know. But theyre not saying that Climate Change caused the drought . Or are they . No, theyre not saying that. In fact, this same group came out with a study awhile ago specifically saying, we dont think it was the primary cause o
America tonight michael okwu traveled had to find out. Dominated by a huge agricultural business, 25 of all fruits and vegetables consumeconsumed in america grow. What happens when the towns run dry . Five miles north of l. A. , we enter fermi, we asked thelma about the drought. In the seven or eight years since youve been here have you noticed this used to be green. Now its so dry. Warm up your water before you wash the dishes, make sure you have enough to flush, water for the cooler, you dont just do the regular routine. The fact that you dont have water. No water. When did you know that that was happening . Did you get a warning . Opened the tap and that was it. Thelma has gone without Running Water for five years. As the drought got worse her well water started shrinking. Her new neighbor the Almond Orchard sucked up whats left. The fact that this is brown and decaying, was the farmers were able to drill much further than she was essentially getting all that groundwater. They are d
Drought, a kind of situation that faces many of our communities throughout the country. El nino has brought some relief, unheard of rains and flooding in some areas. But will it be enough to stave off californias thirst . America tonight michael okwu traveled had to find out. Dominated by a huge agricultural business, 25 of all fruits and vegetables consumeconsumed in america grow. What happens when the towns run dry . Five miles north of l. A. , we enter fermi, we asked thelma about the drought. In the seven or eight years since youve been here have you noticed this used to be green. Now its so dry. Warm up your water before you wash the dishes, make sure you have enough to flush, water for the cooler, you dont just do the regular routine. The fact that you dont have water. No water. When did you know that that was happening . Did you get a warning . Opened the tap and that was it. Thelma has gone without Running Water for five years. As the drought got worse her well water started sh