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Jonas Brothers Summer Rain 480
This is a video that the Jonas Brothers made for their TV series Jonas L.A. The show obviously took place on the sunny beaches of L.A. In the video however, they show L.A. with a much more tropical climate. The sudden summer downpour portrayed in the video is highly inaccurate. I only wish that summer rains would fall on Cali.
This is a post from my neighborhood’s Facebook page. People get excited for rain.
On January 17th 2014 governor Jerry Brown finally declared a drought emergency in California. Although, the actions did come a bit late, California is happy to finally have the government take action. Good job Jerry Brown, even though you should probably not promote the ALS challenge anymore.
College Athletes Contribute to Drought
College athletes are paid too much to come to schools. California has some of the top schools that produce pro athletes, including Stanford, Cal and UCLA. Colleges paying athletes to play for them in California adds to the population in a state where the water cannot support them. The population in California is already high and does not need to be increased by college athletes. The athletes differ from other college students because they require more water daily. This water is not something that California is prepared to provide.
Why do you think people who don't live in California don't understand how severe this drought is? do you feel like the rest of the country is wasting water? How do you feel about that campaign to put bricks in your toilet?
I think that people who are not in California don’t understand the severity of the drought because they haven’t experienced it. This goes for people on the west coast as well. We don’t understand the severity of snow storms because we haven’t experienced it.
I feel that the population as a whole is wasting water. Putting it in bottles and forcing it into pipes just takes it out of the ecosystem.
Putting bricks in toilets does reducing the amount of water per flush. This has not been a big thing in my city, but there are special water saving toilet handles that do the same thing, but better.
Context
My town in California, well it's a city, but my town is too hipster to call itself a city. That would be too mainstream. Most people who are from California are proud to be. This helped to pick my topic. I wanted to educate the East Coasters on what Cali is going through. There are so many problems in Cali that are not common here. For example, droughts, gangs, immigration, education (yeah we just adopted the common core standards) etc. As a Cali girl I am all about educating everyone on how great my state is (it is the golden state after all) and making sure there is a Starbucks at every street corner. Starbucks can't survive in a drought so, we have to do something to save our Light Decaf Soy Coffee Frappucchino.
Remix
My parent’s room was the center of life in my house. As a child, I would get up and walk to that room in the middle of the night. I knew the way by heart. Once I stepped through that door, my toes were greeted by a soft plush carpet. It contrasted the feeling of the rest of the house where all the floors were wood. The first family computer was in that room. The only game on it was solitaire. I would mindlessly click the cards because I had no understanding of the game. The room was not big with the majority of it taken up by a large bed. I would lie for hours on that bed looking up at the skylight. I saw two shooting stars through that skylight and made a wish on both of them. This room had two windows that where very creaky and they would stick when one tried to open them. These windows did not have a screen so when they were open one had a perfect view of the garden. I remember the cat fell out of the window once. She was fine, but my dad wanted to put a screen on the window. My mom said it would disturb the flow of the air if there was a screen. The window has remained without a screen. One the shelf there was a lamp and a jewelry box made by my great great uncle. The kids were not allowed to touch them unless my mom was in the room. This room always held comfort and mystery that I found enchanting as a child.
Joe On The California Drought
Me: Have you ever heard of the California drought? If so, where did you hear about it?
Joe: What do you mean the drought? I know you don't have water. Is it going on right now? It is like the depression? Is it happening all at once?
Me: What do you know about the drought?
Joe: Well, you guys don't have water. People feel guilty about taking showers.
Me: Why is it a problem and what are people doing about it?
Joe: It is a problem because they don't have freaking water. They are putting water restrictions into effect to help fix the problem.
People ask why I came to UMASS. This is why. I wanted to experience something different. I still don't understand how people on the East Coast survive in the snow. I will learn sooner than I want to.
Your bottled water habit is sucking California dry
If you’re reading this, chances are very high that your home has at least one — and maybe more! — magic appliance that produces clean water suitable for drinking. That’s one reason to avoid paying for bottled water.
Another reason? There’s a good chance the water you’re buying at the supermarket was bottled in California, a state currently enduring a severe drought.
Turn on the tap instead | Follow micdotcom
(Images via MotherJones)
Think about where you get your water from. Take your bottles somewhere else.
Big Story: Governor Declares Drought Emergency in CA Please watch this news clip from the central coast. This reflects the views that most Californians share. My family also catches water in buckets in the shower so we can have something to water our plants with.
Facepalm Alert! Animals of the World Weigh In on Climate Denying Politicians
via one green planet
It’s a little scary that these are the people we have put in office. There is almost overwhelming evidence that our climate is changing, yet politicians continue to deny it so that natural gas and oil companies can continue to frack and drill without paying for the damage they cause to the environment, both globally and locally.
The climate is changing despite what these politicians say. This connects to the drought because clearly climate change is causing desertification of California.
More Blogs to Follow
http://stencilsagainstfracking.tumblr.com/ This is talking about how fracking in California is hurting the water system. This relates to the drought because with the small amount of water we have, every bit of it needs to remain uncontaminated.
http://americangreenenergysociety.tumblr.com/ This blog talks about how America can move more towards green energy. This include sustainable water resources, which is important to the drought movement.
http://solarpowernow.tumblr.com/ This blog discusses the need to use more solar power. California could use solar power because it is now always sunny since it no longer rains.
This inforgraphic shows the wide disparities in water usage among California communities.
High five to San Francisco! Palm Springs fix yourself! I know that you are full of large resorts, too many golf courses and stuck up rich people, but please.
"Hello, welcome to California, where we are obsessed with this drought, but we still water sidewalks in the middle of the day! #Fail #droughtvoices #fresno #california #fresyes
From the Instagram account of greengopost.
This reminds me of the time I told a girl at camp to not take two showers in one day just for the fun of it because we are in a drought. Her response "my one shower isn't going to make a difference." Haha no but that attitude will. Can you imagine if everyone thought that way?
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Post by Sutter Brown.
Click the box to see the most ridiculous ALS ice bucket challenge that you have seen. This is Jerry Brown's dog (which is absolutely adorable) spreading awareness for ALS. Jerry Brown, the governor of California supports the wasting of our resources. This post is one of the least disturbing because there was only a cup of water. Many times it is gallons that get wasted. Some even claim that the ice bucket challenge added to the drought. Please stop. Remember to try the Not Drinking Challenge instead.
Please Stop
Remember that thing called the ALS ice bucket challenge? You remember. That thing that where people would take gallons of water, add more frozen water, dump it on their head and then tell all their friends to do it. Oh I'm sorry 'challenge' their friends to do it. Oh then at the end of the video they would claim to donate money to a disease that they had never heard of until 10 minutes ago. Well, in California people were getting mad. Why is that? It wasn't because people were giving to charity. It wasn't because people were raising awareness for ALS. It was because people were dumping gallons of precious water onto the concrete. Donate to ALS and don't do the challenge if you live in a place with a severe drought. If you are one of the people who wasted California's water, I have only 1 thing to say to you. Clearly you are not well versed enough in world issues to notice one right in front of you, unless of course it is the trendy thing to spread awareness about. So, let's make our own trend. It's called the Not Drinking Challenge. You go for one week with no water and pay only $10 to a water conservation project or you don't do the challenge (which will totally diminish your social status and everyone will think you live under a rock) and pay $100 to the same conservation effort. Your Choice.
