Editorial: The drought isn t coming, California. It s already here
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Dry hills sit above homes and businesses seen from Shelvin Drive in El Cerrito, September 25, 2020.Jessica Christian / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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A depth gauge stands partially exposed at Briones Reservoir in Orinda, Feb. 28, 2021.Stephen Lam/The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
Longtime Bay Area residents are all too familiar with ground-parching droughts, those years when our hills are late turning green and early turning brown. Now it looks like we’ve entered another dry patch barely four years after emerging from the last one an ominous sign that our meteorological cycles of boom and bust are picking up speed.
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For the first time ever, Clements said, his team had found no new growth sprouting on the shrubs that cover the chaparral landscape in the Santa Cruz Mountains, where the researchers usually collect clippings to test fuel-moisture content.
April is typically when the live chaparral has the highest moisture content. With levels so low, they are far more prone to burning and will dry or die much earlier in the season.
âI am not totally freaking out,â Clements said. âBut it could be bad. It depends on how hot the summer is, but the drought is really going to be playing a role with these fuels.â
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