Address both climate change and water storage
What a relief it is to see and feel rain falling again!
To see our dry, damaged hills and Valley finally start to heal, sprout green and reveal the verdant natural landscapes of our home is truly a blessing.
Although drought is a natural fact of the West, this drought that we still endure is the worst that California has experienced in the last 500 to 1,200 years.
I agree with The Bee Editorial Board, and most Valley residents, that we need more water-storage capacity. But to focus on the symptom alone is akin to a smoker who develops lung cancer, and treats his cancer with chemotherapy, and all the while continues to smoke.
The same can be said of increased water storage. We simultaneously need to treat the symptom (lack of water), but also address a key cause, man-made climate change. The answers are contentious and political in nature, but to deny the problem and fail to address it is as pitiful as the lung-cancer victim who won’t stop smoking.
Pete Moe, Clovis
This story was originally published January 15, 2016 at 5:31 AM with the headline "Address both climate change and water storage."