California snowpack survey finds 'no snow whatsoever'

[Robert]

The governor of California has ordered unprecedented and mandatory water restrictions in the state as officials conducted a regular measurement of the Sierra Nevada snowpack and found “no snow whatsoever” amid the state’s ongoing drought.

“This was the first time in 75 years of early-April measurements at the Phillips snow course that no snow was found there,” the California Department of WaterResources said in a statement on Wednesday

 

[FluffyMcDeath]

I'm no expert but that doesn't sound good.

 

[cecilia]

yup, no snow, no runoff

CA is mostly farmland. no water = no crops

CA is screwed

 

[cecilia]

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