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OK, Chelsea, generally, we don't get too involved in the chit show that is the political world.

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I found a story.

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Now, with everything Trump is doing, I felt like it would be impossible to say there's a fringe topic in here

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because everything's front and center.

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I think this one's swept by and I think it is important for people to know.

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So. OK, I'm scared.

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Yeah, this one is scary.

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So. Oh, no, I don't need something else to worry about.

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So this comes from the website, Alternat.

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I've seen it multiple places.

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This one is importantly not paywalled, so we're going to be reading it written by Carl Gibson on February 1st.

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Article title, very dangerous.

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Trump dumps billions of gallons of water.

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Farmers were counting on for summer.

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We're just talking about this today.

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So President Donald Trump recently ordered the release of massive amounts of water from two California dams.

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And now local farmers are scrambling to preserve precious, fresh water resources needed for dry summer months.

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Los Angeles Times reported Friday that the US Army Corps of Engineers acting on Trump's orders

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released water from Terminus Dam at Lake Kawiya and Schaefer Dam at Lake Success,

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which are both in Tulare County in the San Joaquin Valley.

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Whereas water was originally flowing from the Terminus Dam at 57 cubic feet per second,

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it's now reportedly flowing at more than 1500 cubic feet per second.

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The flow from Lake Success went from 105 to 990 as of Friday morning.

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In opposed to his official X account, which is Twitter account, Trump tweeted,

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I love that they still say tweeted, quote, a photo of beautiful water flow that I just opened in California.

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Today, 1.6 billion gallons and in three days, it will be 5.2 billion gallons.

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End quote.

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He suggests that the water release will help officials in the Golden State fight wildfires in Southern California.

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Quote, everybody should be happy about this long fought victory.

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I only wish they listened to me six years ago.

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There would have been no fire.

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End quote.

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He tweeted in response to an inquiry from the Los Angeles Times, US Army Corps of Engineers spokesperson,

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Jean Pollack, confirmed the release of the water from the dams was done, quote,

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to ensure California has water available to respond to the wildfires and that the water release is consistent

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with the direction of Trump's January 24th executive order announcing emergency measures to provide water resources in California.

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End quote.

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However, water manager in Tulare County told Bakersfield, California based newspaper, SJV Water,

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which covers water issues in the San Joaquin Valley, that there are multiple physical and legal barriers

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to prevent the valley's water from getting to Southern California.

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SJV Water reported that the water would have to be pumped at great expense across the valley to the California Aqueduct,

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where it would still need to travel hundreds of miles to make it to Los Angeles area.

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Quote, every job belongs to someone.

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The reservoir may belong to the federal government, but the water is ours.

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If someone's playing political games with this water, it's wrong.

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End quote.

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Saquoya River Watermaster, Victor Hernandez told SJW Water.

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The two dams are considered important reservoirs of water for farmers in San Joaquin Valley,

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which is known for its citrus belt that produces more than four million tons of citrus fruit,

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particularly mandarin, navel and Valencia oranges, along with grapefruits and lemons.

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In the 2020 to 21 season alone, Tiller County water manager Dan Vink said the release of water from the dams could make irrigation difficult.

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Quote, a decision to take summer water from local farmers and dump it out of these reservoirs shows a complete lack of understanding

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of how the system works and such a very dangerous precedent.

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This decision was clearly made by someone with no understanding of the systems or the impacts that some come from major political actions.

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End quote.

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Vink said.

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Climate scientist Peter Glick, who specializes in water issues, lamented on Blue Sky that water resources farmers have been relying on were effectively thrown away by Trump's administration

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all for the sale of a photo op and a bragging media post.

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Quote, this water will not be captured, will not be useful for cities or farms or firefighting.

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It is now lost.

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End quote.

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Glick wrote.

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That appears to be the end of the article.

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So there is likely going to be water shortages for California's farmers come summer.

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And that is where a lot of farms are like a lot of food gets going in California.

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Here was what I came up against today says directly in the article that it isn't benefiting the fires.

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No. And in fact, it was it almost flooded a lot of places killing people.

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That's the thing about that.

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I don't know what he's thinking.

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Yeah.

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Or why he would say they need water, give them water, this won't help them.

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Yeah.

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And he's just creating further devastation.

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I yeah, I just didn't want this one to get missed because I think it's going to have an impact on everybody come the summer and fall.

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It's going to have a huge impact.

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Yeah, like we're just going to be out of certain products in a lot of places because of it.

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I mean, for an issue for us, maybe given the current state of events are going.

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Yeah.

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Well, Canada, unfortunately, can't get away.

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We don't we can't grow citrus fruit in Canada.

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So like we do have to rely on other places.

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And because of that, that's why places end up with highly specialized crops like that.

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Yeah, that can grow it.

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I mean, even if it was here, it probably be very, very unimaginable, but huge impact all around either way.

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Yeah, that's definitely something I've been wondering about what's going to be going on in the news.

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That's going to slip under the radar.

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And this is probably one of them.

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I'm sure there's going to be more.

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Yeah, it's yeah, it's really just a deluge of like so much going on that every now and then there's something I don't.

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I feel like we can't mess because it'll be fringy.

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And this is one of them.

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Yeah, I agree.

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And with that, you guys got 48 hours.

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Maybe preserve some oranges.

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Maybe make some nice marmalade.

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I don't know.

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You got 48 hours.

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You do something with oranges.

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I don't bake that much.

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Bye.

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Bye.