{"id":8079,"date":"2015-05-13T06:36:18","date_gmt":"2015-05-13T11:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=8079"},"modified":"2015-05-13T06:36:18","modified_gmt":"2015-05-13T11:36:18","slug":"the-greatest-water-crisis-in-the-history-of-the-united-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=8079","title":{"rendered":"The Greatest Water Crisis In The History Of The United States"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/theeconomiccollapseblog.com\/archives\/the-greatest-water-crisis-in-the-history-of-the-united-states\" target=\"_blank\">The Greatest Water Crisis In The History Of The United States<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prophecyclubresources.com\/MICHAEL-SNYDER-GIFT-OFFER\/productinfo\/MS-BUNDLE\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8713\" src=\"http:\/\/theeconomiccollapseblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/US-Drought-Monitor-May-5-2015-460x355.png\" alt=\"US Drought Monitor May 5 2015\" width=\"460\" height=\"355\" \/><\/a>What are we going to do once all the water is gone?\u00a0 Thanks to the worst drought in more than 1,000 years, the western third of the country is facing the greatest water crisis that the United States has ever seen.\u00a0 Lake Mead is now the lowest that it has ever been since the Hoover Dam was finished in the 1930s, mandatory water restrictions have already been implemented\u00a0<a title=\"in the state of California\" href=\"http:\/\/theeconomiccollapseblog.com\/archives\/another-reason-to-move-away-from-california-conditions-are-like-a-third-world-country\">in the state of California<\/a>, and there are already widespread reports of people stealing water in some of the worst hit areas.\u00a0 But this is just the beginning.\u00a0 Right now, in a desperate attempt to maintain somewhat \u201cnormal\u201d levels of activity, water is being pumped out of the ground in the western half of the nation at an absolutely staggering pace.\u00a0 Once that irreplaceable groundwater is gone, that is when the real crisis will begin.\u00a0 If this multi-year drought stretches on and becomes the \u201cmegadrought\u201d that a lot of scientists are now warning about, life as we know it in much of the country is going to be fundamentally transformed and millions of Americans may be forced\u00a0<a title=\"to find somewhere else to live\" href=\"http:\/\/theeconomiccollapseblog.com\/archives\/how-many-people-will-have-to-migrate-out-of-california-when-all-the-water-disappears\">to find somewhere else to live<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Simply put, this is not a normal drought.\u00a0 What the western half of the nation is experiencing right now is highly unusual.\u00a0 In fact, scientists tell us that California has not seen anything quite like this\u00a0<a title=\"in at least 1,200 years\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/drought\/ci_27070897\/california-drought-worst-1-200-years-new-study\" target=\"_blank\">in at least 1,200 years<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Analyzing tree rings that date back to 800 A.D. \u2014 a time when Vikings were marauding Europe and the Chinese were inventing gunpowder \u2014 there is no three-year period when California\u2019s rainfall has been as low and its temperatures as hot as they have been from 2012 to 2014, the researchers found.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Greatest Water Crisis In The History Of The United States What are we going to do once all the water is gone?\u00a0 Thanks to the worst drought in more than 1,000 years, the western third of the country is facing the greatest water crisis that the United States has ever seen.\u00a0 Lake Mead is 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