Snow covers the Sierra Nevada mountain range [between California & Nevada] last year, on the left.
“In the photograph on the right, the lush green space has been turned to dust and there’s little snow to be seen.”
Photo credit: NASA

– “Western U.S. drought puts big strain on reservoirs”
“Satellite photos show the Colorado River, which feeds Nevada’s Lake Mead, is drying up, meaning the lake is rapidly shrinking. The lake provides water for 20 million people in southern Nevada, southern California and Arizona — and it’s lost 4 trillion gallons of water since 2000. Ben Tracy reports,” quoting the CBS Evening News, January 30, 2014.
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and from NBC Nightly News January 31, 2014
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– UPDATE: February 5, 2014
“California’s Drought in Two Terrifying Charts”
By Karen Weise and Toph Tuckerin BusinessWeek.
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– UPDATE: March 23, 2014
“Desalination plants help Israel reduce chronic water scarcity”
“Israel’s experience with desalinating seawater might offer important lessons, or at least contrast, for states like California, now gripped by drought. But environmental experts caution that desalination has its costs,” quoting Joel Greenberg, McClatchy newspapers.
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– UPDATE: March 24, 2014
“Global warming not stopped, will go on for centuries: WMO”
Read more from Robert Evans in Reuters.

– UPDATE: May 5, 2014
“Drought-Stricken Texas Town Turns To Toilets For Water”
By NPR’s Shelley Kofler about Wichita Falls, TX.
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– UPDATE: May 12, 2014
“Arizona town near Grand Canyon runs low on water”
From the AP.
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– UPDATE: May 16, 2014
“Drought creates tinderbox for wildfires in southwest USA”
By Rick Jervis and William M. Welch, USA TODAY
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– Ramtha has stated frequently about the value of water.
– Ramtha: water will become more valuable than gold
1. “Water, water, water — it will become more valuable than gold. I asked you to put up three great commodities: land, gold, and water. I also asked you to put up food because at the time it remained untainted. Once upon a time, a great chicken stew preserved would be healthy in times ahead. Now it is poisonous, riddled with bacteria and supergerms.”
– Ramtha
Yelm, WA
From Ramtha Afternoon – October 9, 2010.

2. “Never curse the rain. There will be a day from whence you have come that you will open your mouth and beg for it, for water will become more valuable than gold.”
— Ramtha
Yelm, WA
Excerpt from: Ramtha – February 20, 2007.

3. Ramtha’s Recommendations for Sovereignty – for everyone
Include water storage
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