Note - The following material seems to have originally
surfaced in 2003. It was very portentous then and came to pass not
in 2025 but in 2013.
For the Full Article - Click on this Link - http://owlfoundation.net/WarmWarnings.html
Excerpt from above Link:
Sonoma and Marin Counties are clearly identified as having a "dark yellow"
status for conflict. The Department of the Interior interprets this risk
as "substantial". In fact, not only is there a "substantial risk for conflict"
the risk is calculated as being the SAME as Klamath County. Conflict has
already commenced in Klamath County and people have been "shot" and shot
at.
Conflict is no joke and the warning does not come from overly cautious
environmentalists. The warning comes from one of the most conservative
bastions of the Bush Administration. The Department of the Interior has
no qualms about pumping oil in Alaska but at the same time sees that some
Americans have a high potential to engage in water wars.
Sonoma County has received numerous warnings that
we are BOTH running out of water and that future temperatures will, on
average, rise. We know, right now, that reduced water levels and rising
temperatures means that the present water crisis is about to get much
worse; this is guaranteed. What we have to do is prepare for this looming
crisis today.
The American West is facing a serious crisis. In the long
run, we will not have enough water to meet the fast-growing needs of city
residents, farmers, ranchers, Native Americans, and wildlife. The demand
is increasing; the supply is not. It is time for Americans to become proactive
in our efforts to resolve the problem. Crisis management is not a long-term
solution.
- U.S. Dept of Interior, 2003
The warning, the result of a study called:
Water 2025: Preventing Crisis and Conflict in the West, Included maps
that predicted areas of conflict over water resources by 2025 if nothing
is done now to prevent those conflicts. |