Originally Posted by ThunderBalls

Gee, I see you learned something in 3rd grade. The fact is the majority of drinking water in the western US originates from snow in the Rocky Mountains. When there was little snowfall 5 years ago it had an effect from California to Nebraska. There is not enough water in the water tables to supply everyone with water in those areas for any extended period of time, nor would rainfall. The fact is if the Rocky Mountains stopped getting snow the whole western US would turn to desert.