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Category 5 Atmospheric River Event in California Would Wipe out 25% of US Food Production


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California’s Central Valley is as important to eaters as Hollywood is to moviegoers and Silicon Valley is to smartphone users. This jewel of the USA farm system produces almost all US almonds, walnuts, and pistachios; over 90% of broccoli, carrots, garlic, celery, grapes, ...

...tangerines, and artichokes; over 75% of cauliflower, apricots, lemons, strawberries, and raspberries; over 40% of lettuce, cabbage, oranges, peaches, and peppers; as well as more than 20% of milk production.

Comprising only 1% of all US farmland, the Central Valley supplies over 25% of total US farm production. A Category 5 Atmospheric River event in California would essentially inundate the Central Valley and wipe out this food supply for years.

Even Californians are not aware of risks higher than a major earthquake.

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