Drought in CaliforniaThe drought in California has seriously had a negative impact on California and will continue to have a negative impact on California if it continues. Drought in California has always played an important role in California's geography, and without measures to prevent the effects of long-term droughts, California will continue to experience serious negative effects, which may also have serious consequences on the rest of the country. This happened in California before it was even recognized as a state in 1850, but California's current drought has sparked fears it could turn into a "mega-drought." A megadrought is a prolonged drought that lasts two decades or more, and the last megadrought to occur began in 1140 and ended in 1320. Since then, the longest droughts in the last hundred years have occurred between 1987 and 1992 and during the Great Depression of 1928 to 1934. The mega drought of 1140 to 1320 lasted 180 years and the longest recorded mega drought lasted 240 years, from 850 to 1090. The California drought must be blamed on this which is described as “a large area of ​​high pressure”. in the atmosphere off the west coast. (Rogers 2014) Researchers have learned that high pressure prevents all kinds of storms from reaching California and actually travels up to Alaska and British Columbia and even up the East Coast. The wall of pressure has been hovering around California for over a year and no one can say why it is happening (Rogers 2014). According to the San Francisco Chronicle, precipitation levels are down this year in California due to drought, because For example, in San Francisco, the rain level has been about 8.5 inches and the normal precipitation level for this time of year...... middle of paper ...... all foods have already increased largely due to the drought. The prices of meat, eggs, fruits and vegetables and many other food products have skyrocketed. In 2012, drought caused prices to rise, costing the U.S. economy an estimated $30 billion; The only severe weather disaster that had a greater impact was Hurricane Sandy. California's drought, as it stands, does not appear likely to go away anytime soon and it is possible that it will last so long that it could turn into In what is being described as a mega drought, California citizens will need to start taking steps to help soften the blow of drought. There are many ways to prevent drought from having such a devastating impact on the state of California. Some of the very simple things California residents can do to help preserve the water supply are to