☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to US News@lemmygrad.mlEnglish · 8 months agoNew York City officials have urged city residents to conserve "every drop" of water amid record-breaking drought in Octoberwww.nyc.govexternal-linkmessage-square22linkfedilinkarrow-up148arrow-down10cross-posted to: usa@lemmy.ml
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 · 8 months agomessage-square22linkfedilinkcross-posted to: usa@lemmy.ml
minus-square-6-6-6-@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-28 months agoWhen did NYC start having droughts? I lived there 2 years and never heard of this lmao
minus-squareMarxMadness@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 months agoI think Philadelphia is in the middle of a notably long time (possibly a record) without rain, too.
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·8 months 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-squareRedWizard [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-28 months agoI guess we can scrap the plans for that sea wall!
minus-squareAdkml [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·8 months agoWater water everywhere and not a drop to drink.
minus-squarefreagle@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 months 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.
minus-squareEmDash@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 months 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.
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.
I guess we can scrap the plans for that sea wall!
Water water everywhere and not a drop to drink.
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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.
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.