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inhabit | One week ago, 36% of California was in a state of exceptional drought. Just seven days later, that number has jumped to 58%. Lynn Wilson,
academic chair at Kaplan University, warns that the situation is
reaching a point where we may have to put migration out of California on
the table. He says that it wouldn’t be the first time in history that
people have left an area because of drought, and if current water-saving
measures don’t work, it may be the best option to help alleviate water
shortages.
The drought has cost the state billions of dollars
and at least 17,000 jobs and with some scientists expecting the drought
to last 100 years, it could be just the tip of the melting iceberg.
Obviously other options like importing water and desalinization should
be exhausted before moving some people out of the area, but as surface
water quickly vanishes from the state, sometimes the best option is to
just admit that some places aren’t meant to hold a lot of people.
