[phaster]

about a week ago was invited to a UCSD econ roundtable (figured it was worth attending because among other things I'd get a free breakfast), the topic was about water or the lack thereof

http://economics.ucsd.edu/roundtable/2016/email2.html

its a subject I've been following for a while (since my undergrad days as a matter of fact)

lots of the people there were business types wanting to find out about the three billion CapEx spent on the diversity of storage and supply of water

after the speakers presentation there was a Q&A session

my question to the speaker was given in the past 1200 years the western region of the USA has had two mega drought(s), how prepaired are we and the short answer is we are not

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2 ... 151505.htm

noticed a few dropped jaws on peoples faces (in the audience) when I asked my questions and mentioned its not unheard of for the region to have drought event(s) that last a hundred years...