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kinther@lemmy.worldM to Pacific Northwest - OR,WA,BC@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 days ago

Cascade snowpack lagging at 50% of normal as unusual warm weather stretches on

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Cascade snowpack lagging at 50% of normal as unusual warm weather stretches on

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kinther@lemmy.worldM to Pacific Northwest - OR,WA,BC@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 days ago
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Long stretches of sunny weather don’t come often during the winter in western Washington.While the January sunshine is great for being outdoors, we don’t want
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  • satanmat@lemmy.world
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    23 days ago

    We’re toast this summer… crap

    • kinther@lemmy.worldOPM
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      23 days ago

      Not looking good for anyone who relies on snowpack for drinking/cleaning water, that’s for sure.

      • SacralPlexus@lemmy.world
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        22 days ago

        Also, the fires will be worse.

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        22 days ago

        That would be everyone?

        The PNW doesn’t really build artificial human-made drinking water reservoirs in most places. The typical water system depends on mountain snow slowly melting and sending water downhill where it flows into rivers and is sent through hydro turbines, irrigates crops and is tapped for drinking water. But the reservoir for summer water (when it doesn’t rain) is natural mountain snow melting.

        Also, wells are going dry in the pnw in summer.

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          20 days ago

          It was tongue in cheek - not good for anyone, you’re right

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    23 days ago

    That article is so wishy washy I could use it to wash my car.

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      22 days ago

      Komo is a Sinclair rag. They have to toe the line, so they can’t explicitly talk about how climate change is fucking us.

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    21 days ago

    Just move the cascades to Iowa. That shit isnt going to go above 0F all weekend.

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    BC is at 50% https://www.onthesnow.com/british-columbia/skireport

    Washington is at 35% https://www.onthesnow.com/washington/skireport

    Oregon is at 41% https://www.onthesnow.com/oregon/skireport

    California is at 39% https://www.onthesnow.com/california/skireport

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      20 days ago

      We need those water catchers from Dune ASAP

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        18 days ago

        On planet earth, we could start by planting more trees. Trees release organic compounds into the air that seed clouds and increase rain. The clouds they make cool the climate.

        Trees make about 40% of the rain over land.

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          17 days ago

          TIL. Thanks for the link!

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