Drought Conditions Emerge – DEP On The Sidelines
Yikes- The Superbowl Is At Risk!!!
Will Past Be Prologue?
It is no secret that Gov. Christie actually bragged about not having been briefed on the impacts of climate change, sea level rise, extreme weather, and NJ’s coastal vulnerability:
“I know there are some folks at Rutgers who are looking at whether climate caused all this, but I certainly haven’t been briefed in the last year, year-and-a-half on this,” Christie told WNYC’s Bob Hennelly last month – WNYC, December 7, 2012 – listen)
Seems like NJ Transit Executive Director Weinstein and NJ DEP Commissioner Bob Martin were not briefed either, creating what has been called “The Deafness Before The Storm”.
It also is no secret that the DEP is literally decades behind in updating the NJ Water Supply Master Plan – could that be another critical issue that the Gov. has not been briefed about? – we do know that DEP is ignoring Rutgers warnings.
So, if past not be prologue, Gov. Christie, we urge you to take a look at this data and ask DEP Commissioner Martin about it and the status of the NJ Water Supply Master Plan – if for no other reason than those fans at the Superbowl will need lots of water!
Maybe some legislator with oversight authority or an intrepid reporter might want to hit the links and ask a few questions too – if only that a repeat of the Monmouth County pipeline break could cripple the Superbowl!
Ah, but what could go wrong?
Data sources (in order of charts below) – hit links to access:
Despite record high summer rainfalls to fill reservoirs, the reservoir levels are below normal and heading in the wrong direction:
