Water is the most precious resource to mankind. Every living substance needs water, from humans to plants and animals. It is the one thing no living creature can survive without. The prospect of losing or even just having restricted access to water is a very frightening one. Water shortages not only pose an epic threat for the understandable reason, our fear of dehydration and our need to drink, but also to the lives of our friends, family, or beloved pets. With little or no water people would have to make very difficult decisions like letting an animal dehydrate so they can have enough water for their families to survive, or who they should ration the water to and how much to ration to save as many people as possible. In the state of California,
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Regis T. O’Neil, a professor at ECTC with a master’s degree in Human Resources Science, states in regards to a question about water becoming more scare in the world, “…Water is used in the manufacturing, agriculture, construction, textile, medical, services, and the many other types of industry, all which provide life support needs, wants, and services” (2016). This quote shows just how valuable water truly is besides just the basic need in life. If there were to be a severe drought in the eastern United States, we would see a total economic break down. The professions of agriculture and manufacturing are a major portion of the economy, and in such states as Kentucky, there would be multiple communities that rely on surviving on the crops grown year by year. These communities would go from living comfortably to struggling to …show more content…
One of the largest, as well as the easiest, would be to just let the drought work itself out. A common saying is “What comes around goes around”. When this saying is applied to the mid-west drought, it would be like saying that water will eventually come whether it is through rain or snow. A good example of this would-be Godzilla’ El Niño. Godzilla’ El Niño is a conveyor belt type of storm. The storm is a series of storms that comes one after the other. Having one of these “conveyer belt storms” would make a huge dent in California and the Midwest’s drought (Patzert.,2016). Godzilla’ El Niño would put a large dent into the drought with the large amounts of water it would bring. While the outlook on Godzilla’ El Niño was hopeful, things just did not turn out how people wanted it to. Godzilla’ El Niño did not live up to its hype. Instead of the torrential rains it was supposed to bring, it brought well below average precipitation and temperatures remained warm across the United States despite predictions for a cooler than average winter.
Instead of Godzilla’ El Niño becoming the example for a natural solution that everyone hoped it to be, it instead became a great example of why we should take the matters of the drought into our own hands. Even with such great technology that we possess today, the weather is still unpredictable and cannot be relied upon as a solution for such a great threat. A threat that Americans
Regis T. O’Neil, a professor at ECTC with a master’s degree in Human Resources Science, states in regards to a question about water becoming more scare in the world, “…Water is used in the manufacturing, agriculture, construction, textile, medical, services, and the many other types of industry, all which provide life support needs, wants, and services” (2016). This quote shows just how valuable water truly is besides just the basic need in life. If there were to be a severe drought in the eastern United States, we would see a total economic break down. The professions of agriculture and manufacturing are a major portion of the economy, and in such states as Kentucky, there would be multiple communities that rely on surviving on the crops grown year by year. These communities would go from living comfortably to struggling to …show more content…
One of the largest, as well as the easiest, would be to just let the drought work itself out. A common saying is “What comes around goes around”. When this saying is applied to the mid-west drought, it would be like saying that water will eventually come whether it is through rain or snow. A good example of this would-be Godzilla’ El Niño. Godzilla’ El Niño is a conveyor belt type of storm. The storm is a series of storms that comes one after the other. Having one of these “conveyer belt storms” would make a huge dent in California and the Midwest’s drought (Patzert.,2016). Godzilla’ El Niño would put a large dent into the drought with the large amounts of water it would bring. While the outlook on Godzilla’ El Niño was hopeful, things just did not turn out how people wanted it to. Godzilla’ El Niño did not live up to its hype. Instead of the torrential rains it was supposed to bring, it brought well below average precipitation and temperatures remained warm across the United States despite predictions for a cooler than average winter.
Instead of Godzilla’ El Niño becoming the example for a natural solution that everyone hoped it to be, it instead became a great example of why we should take the matters of the drought into our own hands. Even with such great technology that we possess today, the weather is still unpredictable and cannot be relied upon as a solution for such a great threat. A threat that Americans