Recently, people have been hating on the west coast (ahem, California, in particular) for normally being much warmer than other states during the winter. Hate all they want, but we now have a reason to be concerned: the little snow left in California’s Echo Summit (near Lake Tahoe) is rapidly disappearing. Not only does this spell disaster for tourism, which is what this region largely relies on for income, but it could mean possible droughts throughout the upcoming year. Thankfully, the fall’s record-high rain levels have replenished the water supplies for the state.
Now, you might be asking why this matters to those outside (or, hey, even inside) California. For those of you who are skeptics of global warming, I don’t care if you keep covering your ears every time those words come up — you can’t refute the fact that many states like California are losing their amounts of snow this winter due to warmer weather. You can ignore climate change, but you can’t ignore your kids when they complain that your packaging-peanuts rendition of snowfall isn’t as realistic when you have to resort to it because ski resorts’ snow is thinning.
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