(Newswire.net — April 10, 2015) — In an interview with USA Today reporter Doyle Rice, Californian governor Jerry Brown said, he expects water shortages and great fires rising in California at the summer.
Brown called the drought “unprecedented in recorded history” and claims that the lack of precipitation lately is evidence of a changing climate, USA Today reported.
Last week, governor Brown called for the state’s first mandatory water restrictions. He ordered the cutbacks due to lack of snow in the Sierra Mountains, one of the state’s primary sources of water.
“We’re in for tough times,” Brown said, admitting that it might take a while for the enormity of the drought to sink in for many of his state’s 38 million residents, however, “there’s been fairly inadequate conservation so far,” he said.
Governor Brown said he hopes the drought will bring Californians together, urging them to use water “in the wisest way possible.”
Brown remembers the drought in 1970s, when he was governor for the first time. He claims this time, the drought is worse by far, because temperatures are higher and the lack of water (rain and snow) is more pronounced.
Governor Brown told the USA Today that man-made global warming from the burning of fossil fuels is responsible for California’s worst drought ever.
According to the US Drought Monitor’s weekly summary, the drought in California is worsening every week.
The only part of California that isn’t stroked with drought is a tiny corner of San Bernardino County, according to the drought report.
The Climate Prediction Center predicted that after some rain and snow in Northern California this week, there are warm and dry weeks ahead.