That's a satisfying explanation. I want to tack on the projected water shortage in Yakima due to reduced snow pack on the northern Cascades. Some of this could

That's a satisfying explanation. I want to tack on the projected water shortage in Yakima due to reduced snow pack on the northern Cascades. Some of this could be "awareness bias" where people are more likely to be aware of information that's similar to other information they've received recently. Are we focusing more on apparent water shortages because of California? Yes, the water is somewhere. Just so long as it's somewhere terrestrial, and not escaping into space like happened to Mars and Venus.