Overdevelopment causes flooding issues.
Are poppies bring grown in these areas?
They destroy important soil properties that allow for efficient drainage.
Poppies are poison to soil.
Poppies produce not only poison at the roots but bees are being exposed to a fungus from toxic pollen produced by plants.
Some truth to the headline and first sentence
More a problem is SOIL EROSION in poorly planned or neglected areas or over-off road vehicle landscape
because then mud rushes faster into rivers and more quickly settles at the bottom of lakes- causing more flood, or goes into the sea causing further sea rise.
The epidemic of trees dying in dry California will only spur MORE soil erosion because the root systems don't hold the mud in place
soil erosion is enhanced in areas with a lack of growth which is enhanced by long term inland drought brought about by Global Warming and the vicious cycle just revs up further over car racing time.
The Oklahoma Dust Bowl in the 30's was largely spurred by over-plowing and soil erosion.
So California now has rain- AND severe erosion and mudslide problems.
Well water runoff may be more manageable after it has flattened itself all out a bit- lived there many years.
and if it doesn't quake the Salton sea as the "new" Santa Monica first!
Actually Take it out to Pomona is CLEARLY the next Catalina level.
No sense
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