☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to US News@lemmygrad.mlEnglish · 2 days agoNew York City officials have urged city residents to conserve "every drop" of water amid record-breaking drought in Octoberwww.nyc.govexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up148arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up148arrow-down1external-linkNew York City officials have urged city residents to conserve "every drop" of water amid record-breaking drought in Octoberwww.nyc.gov☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to US News@lemmygrad.mlEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square23fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square-6-6-6-@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·edit-22 days agoWhen did NYC start having droughts? I lived there 2 years and never heard of this lmao
minus-squareMarxMadness@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoI think Philadelphia is in the middle of a notably long time (possibly a record) without rain, too.
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 days agoI get the impression people tend to underestimate just how bad climate change is going to be for the global north in the coming years.
minus-squareEmDash@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 days agoNew Jersey just had a record dry September and October: https://www.northjersey.com/story/weather/2024/11/01/2024-nj-driest-september-october-recorded-history-rain/75992861007/ Plenty of places had no measurable rainfall.
minus-squareRedWizard [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-22 days agoI guess we can scrap the plans for that sea wall!
minus-squareAdkml [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 days agoWater water everywhere and not a drop to drink.
minus-squareafters [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agocrazy flooding the past 3 years and now this is nuts
minus-squarefreagle@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoNYC water supply is an hour north in Westchester and 2 hours north in the Catskills. They don’t drink ground water from their locale.
When did NYC start having droughts? I lived there 2 years and never heard of this lmao
welcome to the new normal
I think Philadelphia is in the middle of a notably long time (possibly a record) without rain, too.
I get the impression people tend to underestimate just how bad climate change is going to be for the global north in the coming years.
New Jersey just had a record dry September and October: https://www.northjersey.com/story/weather/2024/11/01/2024-nj-driest-september-october-recorded-history-rain/75992861007/
Plenty of places had no measurable rainfall.
I guess we can scrap the plans for that sea wall!
Water water everywhere and not a drop to drink.
crazy flooding the past 3 years and now this is nuts
NYC water supply is an hour north in Westchester and 2 hours north in the Catskills. They don’t drink ground water from their locale.