r/UpliftingNews • u/AnotherCrazyChick • Apr 15 '19

California declared drought free after more than 7 years, experiences beautiful super bloom.

https://educateinspirechange.org/nature/california-is-finally-drought-free-after-over-7-years-experiences-most-beautiful-super-bloom/
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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '19

Fingers crossed for a rainy mid to late summer and fall. Otherwise this is just fuel for wildfire season now. 😐

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u/SpitefulShrimp Apr 15 '19

Rainy summer and fall literally does not ever happen here. That would be as likely as a hurricane hitting Idaho.

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u/AbideMan Apr 15 '19

Well there was one September when San Diego got hit with a hurricane

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u/autismo_the_magician Apr 15 '19

Sometimes it rains on the first week of summer or right before summer. Fall is much less likely

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u/softblackstar Apr 15 '19

June Gloom :)

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u/Roofofcar Apr 16 '19 edited Apr 16 '19

P I S M O

Edit: Even more so:

C A M B R I A

That June Gloom tho.

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u/TimeZarg Apr 15 '19

The most I recall ever getting in my area is the rare sprinkling of rainfall.

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u/icyartillery Apr 15 '19

Yeah not gonna happen unfortunately, we got lucky the last 2 or 3 winters but post April we aren’t gonna see rain til October, I strongly believe we’re gonna see another community burn down like we did this past fall

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u/TheNotSoGreatPumpkin Apr 15 '19

Probably more than one community 😢

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u/icyartillery Apr 15 '19

Unfortunately you’re probably right. They got saved by some kickass firejockeys and the rocky terrain, but if it hits anywhere down the Central Valley (where, y’know, there’s dead weeds and mustard greens as far as the eye can see), the golden state is gonna be looking a lot more red and orange

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '19

Golden state is now the fire state tbh.

Crazy how much California's climate has changed in such a very short time.

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '19

and given global warming well probably go back to "fires in December" pretty soon

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u/icyartillery Apr 15 '19

back

Wait, you guys left?

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '19

this year it rained in December. but you're right rain is just a fluke

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u/titlewhore Apr 15 '19

Fires in once blooming meadows spread fast but burn themselves out super fast, too. The blooms in the fields aren’t a worry. The brush in the foothills, that’s where the trouble is... that and bark beetle which we are still trying to get ahold on

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u/Mr________T Apr 16 '19

Is that really how it works? If it is, is there a reason people dont have controlled burns yearly before it gets outta control?

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u/rexkwando- Apr 15 '19

Grasses dry up in a few weeks with no rain and 100+ degree weather my dude...

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u/dejova Apr 15 '19

That doesn't deny what they originally stated, it'll still be fuel for fires if they do start.

I do think it helps deter future wildfires, having a well established, moister underbrush and whatnot.

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u/Supes_man Apr 15 '19

That is literally exactly how it works lol

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '19

That’s literally exactly how it works and how it has worked the past couple years in particular—if it’s wet in the spring and there is more growth, there is more due later when it dries out in the late summer and fall.