Opinion: California has gone from drought to deluge, but our woes aren’t over yet
To the editor: California’s current bountiful rainfall is a welcome but uncertain reprieve.
Weather is becoming less predictable and more disruptive all around the world, validating the warnings of climate scientists. It’s basic physics, they explain: more atmospheric CO2 means a warmer planet. These and other disturbances from global warming can no longer be ignored.
( “State’s water situation: Here’s the half of it,” Jan. 13 )
We must prepare our infrastructure and our mindset for a “new normal.” More fundamentally, we need a policy that ends our reliance on fossil fuels.
Grace Bertalot, Anaheim
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To the editor: Apparently Los Angeles County’s rain has been back-ordered for six years, and is now being delivered all at once.
Oh well, at least I don’t have to feel guilty about flushing my toilet.
Ken Moreno, Pasadena
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