• Crismus@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I just really noticed how mild and wet this summer has been in Colorado Springs. As expensive as it is to live here, we’re not roasting to death like the Southeast.

    Plus we keep getting all of the regional fast food in one location.

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      1 year ago

      It used to be that summer afternoons on the Front Range of Colorado frequently featured thunderstorms, but then a long-term drought took hold, the summer storms became much rarer, and Colorado became frighteningly dry for approximately the first two decades of the 21st century. Yes this has been a wet year, and a welcome return to the old normal, but will that persist in the face of climate change or are we just seeing a brief respite before the “new normal” of warmer, drier weather returns? Plus many areas along the Front Range are depleting their aquifers at an unsustainable rate, drought or not.

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        1 year ago

        According to the people on my local (Colorado) Nextdoor, our water company should drop their new drought fee because this year has been pretty wet 🙄