[HN Gopher] Californians voted to spend billions on water storag...
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       Californians voted to spend billions on water storage but state
       sitting on cash
        
       Author : olivermarks
       Score  : 5 points
       Date   : 2023-01-15 21:57 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.latimes.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.latimes.com)
        
       | kbos87 wrote:
       | Personal take - the way that the issue currently facing
       | California always seems to be referred to as a "prolonged
       | drought" undermines the seriousness of the situation. A drought
       | sounds unfortunate, but normal and temporary. Isn't the reality
       | closer to something like "we're at the beginning of the permanent
       | end of abundant water in the west?" In situations like this where
       | the reality is dire and most people would rather put on rose
       | colored glasses, I think the language really matters.
        
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