There is a
drought in California and almost all Californians know it by now. We have to
expect more of such natural phenomena in coming years as global warning, which
has been repeatedly hollered since late 1970s, is still ignored by policy
makers as a scientific hoax. The problem with lack of attention to and
acknowledgement of human-caused tragedies is that, the same catastrophes are
bound to be repeated and even exasperated. The positive aspect of paying
attention to warnings and acknowledging the cause of a cataclysm is preventive
measures that the government could take, or at least it could ease the complexities.
Although generally speaking, governments have been in the pocket of the big
business who only considers present benefits and ignores future damages as a
result of their environmental destruction. For example, if governments (city,
state, federal) paid more attention to scientists’ forewarning of global warming, they would have thought of a method to increase the amount of water
without relying merely on annual rainfall, and/or would have increased water storage
in the years when there was excess water. In fact, some municipalities were
more thoughtful and they had adopted a water conservation policy as an ongoing
remedy in order to expand their water storage. Educating the public in water
conservation would be another tactic. However, as it always happens,
resolutions to solve a problem are mandated when the catastrophe has already occurred,
and as it is the recurring instance, it falls on the public to foot the bill.
