Food for thought:
> Paleoclimatological studies indicate that the last 150 years of California's history have been unusually wet compared to the previous 2000 years.
> Paleoclimatological studies indicate that the last 150 years of California's history have been unusually wet compared to the previous 2000 years.
I'm not denying the seriousness of AGW, I just don't think it's the reason my clothes are wrinkled or my dog ran away.
The standard CA marketing package doesn't really talk about our normal climatic variations. I think newcomers to the state are surprised at some of the slightly unusual but not unheard of weather and disasters and seek to blame some new, ominous force.
People thing AWG is just carbon reduction, but it will demand far more change than that.
Yet when the topic turns to historical California, I'm surprised there isn't more acknowledgement of just how much of the California ecosystem has changed in the last couple hundred years, making comparisons not quite as apt. Invasive grasses, as just one example, have completely changed the landscape.