1. Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text
says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining
where the text leaves matters uncertain.
How bad is the drought?
- 82 percent of the Golden State
- California's lakes and streams shriveled up
- Wildfires raged across the state
- Towns without water
- California farmers have been forced to rip out their plants
Whats causing the drought?
- Sierra Nevada
- Mass of high-pressure air has blocked pacific wintwer storms from reaching those mountains
- Rainfall has been just 42 to 75 percent of normal since 2011
- Global warming maybe exacerbating the drought
- First half of 2014 was the hottest on claifornia record, 9average 4.6 degreess Farenheit)
How are Californians coping?
- people get fines
- Los Angeles limits lawn watering
- Farmers ripping out their tomato crops
How does that process work?
- Farmers race to drill wells into the central valley;s aquifer's and access the undergoing water reserves
What is being discussed?
- Voters will decide whether to aprrove propl, an emergency 7.5 billion water bond that would expand the state's reservoirs
- Jerry Brown was largley supported by states urban residents
Whenwill the crisis be over?
- Drought could represent the beginning of a historic megadrought
- 20 to 50 percent chance of a 35 year megadrought by the cetury's end
- California's population is expected to grow to 50 million by 2050, making the effects of the potential water crisis even more severe.
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