I may be over-simplifying this but (re: Water Shortages)

[jwirr]

15. No one is disputing what a marvelous thing they did but the climate has changed all across the

country. The SE including California now have a drought problem and they are not even getting the water in the Sierra Nevada Mountains anymore. The arid regions are also becoming larger and here in MN we often see less snow than they get in the east. We are going to have to find ways to adjust.

I was told by South Dakota natives that their land was never suitable for farming in the first place. Running a herd of cattle maybe but corn farming - not. They based this on the climate patterns that have existed in that area for centuries. There are periotic droughts that make permanent farming an economic gamble every year. Today that drought has been around for quite a while and shows no sign of leaving.

As to the food on our table from California. Yes, unfortunately we have allowed them to put all of our eggs in one basket. Unless we start to produce more locally grown food we are all going to be hurt (by shortages and higher prices).