Ngokungathi kukubuyekeza imbalela eyimbali, iCalifornia igutyungelwa ngamazwi okwaneliseka okubuhlungu kangangokuba ekugqibeleni ifumana ukuvela kwayo ngenxa yezono ezisingqongileyo. Isigwebo sakhawuleza kakhulu emva kokuba uRhuluneli waseCalifornia uJerry Brown ebeke ukucuthwa kokusetyenziswa kwamanzi ngeepesenti ezingama-25 kwiindawo zasezidolophini. Amajelo eendaba abuze ukuba oku "Sisiphelo seCalifornia?", kunye nokubhengeza "Ixesha elide, California," kunye "noDust Bowl 2.0." Omnye umbhali-mbali waseKhalifoniya waxelela i<em>New York Times oku, “UMama Wendalo wayengenanjongo yokuba abantu abazizigidi ezingama-40 bahlale apha.
Ukuzingca yindalo yohlwaya uluntu ngohlobo lwentlekele ebangelwa kukutshintsha kwemozulu. Ngaphandle kokuba utshintsho lwemozulu alubonakali njengoyena nobangela wembalela enzima yaseCalifornia kule minyaka iyi-1,200 idlulileyo. Izazinzulu zithi imvula “ingaphantsi ngendlela engaqhelekanga—kodwa ayikafane ibonwe ngaphambili.” Eyona nto yenza imbalela ibe rhabaxa ngokukhethekileyo kukufudumala kweplanethi, eyomisa umhlaba. Nangona kunjalo, utshintsho lwemozulu aluyiyo indlela enye kunye nesiphumo. Umzekelo, uMzantsi-ntshona uphela uya kuthwaxwa yimbalela ethe rhoqo, emandla nehlala ixesha elide, kodwa indawo yamanzi yaseCalifornia yaseSierra Nevada “inokuba manzi kwaye … ingafane ibenembalela” ekuhambeni kwexesha.
Njengemozulu, utshintsho lwemozulu aluyihloniphi imida. Ingxaki isenokubonakala kakhulu eCarlifonia njengoko amadama engumphunga kwaye ingca ibe mdaka, kodwa, njengoko abanye besitsho, “le mbalela yeyaseMelika.” Ke ngoko, utyekelo lokugweba iCalifornia isixelela ngakumbi ngoluntu lwase-US kunelizwe lendalo. Ukukholelwa imiqondiso yembalela enkulu yokuphela kweCalifornia luhlobo lwamaxesha okuphela kwelizwe.
Amajelo eendaba aphambili, ngelixa evuselela umdla, alinganiswe ngakumbi kunoqikelelo olungaqhelekanga olufunyenwe kwiikona ze-Intanethi: "Ukutya kwaseCalifornia kuya kuwa," "Uqoqosho lwaseCalifornia lusemngciphekweni wokuwa," "ukuwa kwezindlu, ukubhanga kukamasipala kunye nokuphuma kwabantu abaninzi. yeembacu zemozulu.”
Uninzi lwempendulo yi-mishmash yobuKristu kunye nenkcubeko ye-pop ecacileyo yaseMelika. Kukho ukungavunyelwa kwe-puritanical kwe-hedonism yaseCalifornia. Umbono wokugqabhuka kwentlekele utsalwa kakhulu eHollywood njengoko usuka kwingcinga yezenkolo nezopolitiko. Abanye bakholelwa ukuba kuya kubakho iimbandezelo, isiseko seentshumayelo zangeCawe kunye neentsomi zenzululwazi ngokufanayo: Wonke umntu owayezonwabele iziqhamo zase-Edeni zaseCarlifonia uya kuphoswa kwindawo eyinkxwaleko yasemva kweapocalyptic, kwaye usindiso lwethu lulele ekubuyeleni kwiingcambu zethu ze-eco-communal.
Ingxaki ngale ndlela yokucinga kukucinga ukuba i-apocalypse ibe sisiganeko esisodwa kunokuba ibe yinkqubo. I-apocalypse sele iphezu kwethu; asiyiqapheli loo nto kubomi bethu bamalungelo. Impembelelo yemozulu embi kakhulu ithobeke kwilizwekazi elizizigidi ezingama-319. Ingxelo yezikhukula, iinkanyamba, nemililo yasendle ibangelwa kakhulu kukulahleka kwendawo yokuhlala, ukutyhutyha, nokuphathwa kakubi kwemekobume kanye njengemozulu engazinzanga. Yongeza kwiintlobo ezihlaselayo, ungcoliseko, kunye nokugawulwa kwamahlathi, kwaye oku kuchaza ukuba kutheni ukutshabalala okukhulu kwesithandathu kwimbali yoMhlaba kuyaqhubeka. Kodwa ngenxa yokuba umhlaba wendalo esixhomekeke kuwo uhlala usenziwa kwaye ulawulwa, asifumani le lahleko kubomi bethu bemihla ngemihla. Kwaye nokuba siye sahlanganisa umzamo wokucofa ubushushu behlabathi, kukho ubuncinci ezinye iintlekele ezisixhenxe zendalo ezonakalisa i-biosphere.
Abantu abaninzi baseCarlifonia bachatshazelwa kukunqongophala kwezindlu kunye nemivuzo ephantsi kunokucuthwa kwamanzi. Kude kube nokuwohloka, inani labantu baseCalifornia liyanda kwaye intengiso yezindlu nezindlu ukusuka eLos Angeles ukuya eSan Francisco “ihamba phambili”. Ukucuthwa kwamanzi kungafaka imvakalelo yoxanduva ekwabelwana ngalo kodwa yithiyetha yezopolitiko ngakumbi kunolondolozo ukuza kuthi ga ngoku. Ukushiya ecaleni inyani yokuba iipesenti ezingama-80 zokusetyenziswa kwamanzi ngabantu eCarlifonia ngawezolimo, unciphiso luyahluzwa kwintengiso. Kunyaka ophelileyo ezinye iindawo ezityebileyo zasebenzisa amanzi amaninzi angaphezu kwe-10 ngomntu ngamnye-ukugcina amachibi abo okubhukuda egcwele kunye nengca eluhlaza ye-emerald-kuneendawo ezinengeniso ephantsi apho abahlali baye bathatha ukunqumla imvula kunye nokutya kwiipleyiti zamaphepha ukuze babambe amatyala anyukayo amanzi.
ICalifornia iye yanciphisa ukusetyenziswa kwamanzi iminyaka ngenxa yembalela eqhubekayo. NgoFebruwari abahlali bakarhulumente abazizigidi ezingama-39 basebenzise umyinge weelitha ezingama-76.7 ngosuku, enye yezona ndlela zisezantsi zokusetyenziswa kwamanzi elizweni. Nangona kunjalo iAmsterdam isebenzisa isiqingatha seso sixa samanzi ngomntu ngamnye, iilitha ezingama-38.3 ngosuku. ICalifornia isenokugcina isixa esikhulu samanzi kwezolimo, kumashishini, nakumacandelo okuhlala ngaphandle kokuchaphazela umgangatho wobomi.
Kukwanjalo nakwi-United States, ethi ngobutyebi bayo kunye nendawo yayo ikwazi ukuziqhelanisa nokutshintsha kwemozulu lula kakhulu kunamazwe asezantsi njenge-Bangladesh, imimandla yase-Andean exhomekeke kwipaki yekhephu ekhawulezayo yokunyamalala ukuze kufumaneke amanzi acocekileyo, kunye nemimandla ye-ikhweyitha e-Afrika enokungahlali mntu njengoko. amaqondo obushushu anda. Ezi ndawo ziwele umda we-post-apocalyptic, kodwa nalapho iziphumo azilingani ngokusekwe ekufikeleleni kwizixhobo kunye nobutyebi.
Ukukholelwa kwindalo kuya kumisela isisombululo kuphosakele ngokwezopolitiko. Isusa iimpembelelo zentlalo ezahlukeneyo kunye nokukhetha okungabalekiyo okwenziwayo ukuqhubeleka kunye nokwenza inzuzo kwintlekele. Ingqondo ye-apocalyptic nayo iyayigatya isenzo sezopolitiko. Asiyi kuguqulwa sonke sibe ngamaJoad anamhlanje abaleka imihlaba efileyo esiya kumadlelo aluhlaza. Ukutshintsha kwemozulu kunokukhawuleziswa kumlinganiselo wejoloji, kodwa kubantu abaninzi iapocalypse iya kuba yinto eqhelekileyo njengokutshintsha kancinci kancinci. Iziganeko zemozulu kungakhathaliseki ukuba ziyingozi kangakanani na ziya kusetyenziswa njengamathuba okuqokelela inkunzi, njengeNkanyamba uKatrina okanye iTsunami ka-2004.
Izisombululo zohlaziyo zibalulekile ekucutheni utshintsho lwemozulu kumashumi eminyaka ezayo kuba iintshukumo zentlalo nezopolitiko ziya kufuna amashumi eminyaka phantsi kwezona meko zinika ithemba ukwakha amandla okwenza uqoqosho oluzinzileyo nolunobulungisa lwehlabathi. Ke ukunciphisa igesi yegreenhouse kuya kwenzeka ngeendlela zentengiso ezinje ngenkxaso-mali yamandla ohlaza, iikhredithi, iikepusi zekhabhoni, urhwebo, kunye neerhafu, njengokucuthwa kwamanzi eCalifornia. Iindleko ziya kunyanzeliswa kwabo banoxanduva oluncinci lokutshintsha kwemozulu kunye nobuchule obuncinci bokukwazi ukuzihlawulela, nokuba kuseSan Francisco okanye kwi-Afrika engaphantsi kweSahara.
Imbalela yaseCarlifonia lithuba lokwakha amandla amabini anokuthi ajongele phantsi ulawulo lwamazwe ongxowankulu phezu kwemveliso yobutyebi, ukuhanjiswa, kunye nokusetyenziswa. Kuya kubakho iintlekele ezininzi zemozulu ezizayo, kwaye nganye kuzo kufuneka ibonwe njengesiqalo sethuba, hayi isiphelo sehlabathi.
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Njengoko uRichard Alley esitsho, kukho ithuba lokuba izinto zibe mandundu ngokukhawuleza. Ukuba oku kunjalo, sineminyaka emi-5 ukuya kweli-10 ukuya kwi-zero ekhutshwayo (kwaye siqalise ukutsala iigesi zendlu eluhlaza). Ukuxhomekeka kwiimarike ukwenza oku kukuphambana, ukuba sifuna ukuba kwicala elikhuselekileyo. Kodwa, abantu bezoshishino banothando lokungcakaza, kwaye kuyabonakala ukuba abo bazalayo abanangxaki yokubeka esichengeni ikamva lenzala yabo. Ingaqhelekanga kakhulu.