That, in your own backyard there, is the scariest place after New Orleans.” — Geologist Nicholas Pinder’s description of the precarious situation in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta after the hurricane Katrina disaster. Imagine the devastating flooding of Hurricane Katrina multiplied by epic sandstorms, drought and economic collapse of the Dust Bowl…
Read more...The Looming Water Disaster That Could Destroy California, and Enrich Its Billionaire Farmers
Outlet: AlterNet
March 23, 2010