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Brown lawns, fallow fields and higher water bills are all the predictable outcomes of the California drought.
The Golden State is in the midst of its driest period on record. But all that warm, dry weather affects more than just lake levels and snowpack — it has some downright weird effects, too. From pipe-eating poop to more roadkill, here are some of the strangest results of the California drought.
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1. Pipe-eating poopPeople are still pooping as much, so each flush contains more waste with less water to flush it through the system. The waste that is broken down creates hydrogen sulfide, which eats through the concrete in the pipes
2. More roadkill
Since the drought means less greenery and animal food, animals must take bigger risks to reach food and water sources — even when that means crossing dangerous roads and highways. As a result, roadkill incidence may be increasing in the Golden State
3. Send in the snakes
With fewer water sources away from homes, rodents are likelier to venture into peoples' homes. Rattlesnakes then follow, lured by their main prey
4. Kitten bonanza!
cats react to warm weather just as people on a Hawaii vacation might — by getting busy
5. Pest growth
pests such as scorpions and spiders reproduce like crazy in the dry, warm conditions
What's the weirdest thing about the drought for you, ye Californian Soylentils?
Original Submission
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Ethanol-fueled on Thursday July 16 2015, @05:13PM
I haven't noticed a damn thing locally, but that's probably because where I live they've been raising water and utility rates (a for-profit utility, yeah, that's fucking fair) for no good reason except to squeeze more money out of the population year after year and they will continue to do so regardless of water and power availability. A few people here and there are tearing up their lawns and landscaping Arizona-style with rocks, sand, and succulent plants.
The drought has been an inconvenience because I had planned a whitewater kayaking trip that had to be cancelled because the river flow was a teensy-tiny fraction of what it should be.
This should be a wake-up call to property developers and illegal immigrant lovers -- both of whom want to give California the population density of Tokyo and the quality of life of Delhi slums, all while driving up property costs and driving down wages in exchange for a million Democrat votes.
What California should do is deport all illegals, stop all property development, then form a partnership with all southern border states to station their national guards at the Southern border and shoot anybody who tries to cross illegally.
Fuck off, we're full!
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 16 2015, @06:29PM
I wish I could agree with you, but the rest of the states in the West are how they are because we got Californicated! Now we have to deal with the same shit. My dad, a truck driver, won't be able to go to cali soon thanks to CARB, and I know a lot of other drivers who refuse to go along with that bullshit and just drop their loads in a border state and let some cali company come get it.
So my message: you can keep them--we didn't want them then and we sure as hell don't want them now! Oh, yeah, and quit stealing our water! We haven't forgiven you guys for Mono Lake and the Owens Valley (which used to be green and now is total desert).