Tag: The West Without Water: What Past Floods, Droughts, and other Climatic Clues Tell Us About Tomorrow

The rains had been heavy on and off for weeks, soaking the ground, washing away the soil and undercutting our yard and those of our neighbors. This happened 45 years ago, when we lived on a steep mountain ridge in the Santa Ynez Mountains of Santa Barbara, about 100 miles northwest of Los Angeles. Where […]