The California Drought an Opportunity in disguise!
There has been a great deal of talk about this Epic Drought in California. Almost every California resident has been affected by it in some form or another. Most people have been focusing on the lakes, rivers and of course every home owner has been focusing on their own front and back yards. This Drought clearly has had a large impact on the California economy as well.
The small California farmers have been impacted a great deal and needless to say some have even reached out to “water witches” also known as “Dowsers” to help them find water. This type of concept dates back to ancient times as far as back as the 1400’s or 1500’s when people using sticks and rods searched for underground water. Some scholars even point to Biblical Times that this technique was used and site Moses as an example using a Rod to find water.
The California Wine Industry depends on water as well, without water the grapes don’t grow and the severe drought effects production and ultimately the costs of the finished product on our tables. Needless to say if you have time read up on Marc Mondavi of the Mondavi winery family fame at the enclosed link. He not only believes in finding water with sticks, but has a proven track history. Keep in mind it is expensive to drill and if you are wrong, then you just spent a great deal of money for a futile effort. Now if you drill and find it then you are a hero.
(http://www.mutineermagazine.com/blog/2014/10/marc-mondavi-is-napa-valleys-very-own-witch )
There are some other businesses that have been negatively impacted as well. The everyday gardeners that keep the lawns beautiful for the homeowners have lost a great many clients, due to the severe drought. The car wash industry has had a noticeable drop in their business as well. Anyway you get the idea.
There are many people who just complain and others who wish or hope for solutions. Then there are others who see new opportunities.
I noticed as I walk in my neighborhood in Westchester, CA the number of drought tolerant front yards that have cropped up in the past twelve months. Some of these drought tolerant gardens were subsidized by the Los Angeles City coffers others were just done by the home owners at their own expense. Needless to say in the long run this will be beneficial to water conservation.
Being a Greater Los Angeles Realtor as I drive around, I see that there is now a Drought Tolerant Garden Industry which has caught on across the board in Los Angeles. The Drought Tolerant Garden Industry is booming in the form of landscape design, plants, flowers, trees and Garden Stores.
Developers who are in the process of bringing new construction homes on the market in the Greater Los Angeles area are embracing this idea as well. Instead of rolling down a carpet of green grass they are using landscape architects and designing some great drought tolerant yards.
So I have been thinking and wondering about our advanced technology and things that our scientists are able to determine such as water on terrestrial planets like Mars & Venus, but then why can’t we identify the same on planet earth i.e.: where there is water or not? Also did you know that this brutal winter on the East Coast has generated so much snow that just as an example in Boston, MA the snow pile was 75 foot high and it finally melted this July 7th, 2015? (Check out this link http://time.com/3957842/boston-last-snow-melt I am not making this up) Why can we not figure out a way to transport this excess snow and convert it to water and bring it to areas that are in desperate need of water? So why couldn’t we have a way of transferring this to the drought stricken areas like California as an example? Anyway I am just a Realtor in the Greater Los Angeles area and one thing I know is how to help you sell or buy properties. If you need help please reach out to me directly.
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