05/26/2026
The mid 1600s seen a 21 year drought here in Klamath. In the 1840s there was an 8 year drought similar to these present years. What do our records say about the 1870s? 1877 specificly?
Without immediate policy change by October, there will not be any water to replace the water that would have went to Lower Klamath Lake and UKL will be drained to historical lows with the imbalance and excessive, above Nattural, River flows this summer and fall.
Scientists are warning that a potential Super El Niño could strike later this year and some fear it may become the most dangerous one seen since the 1800s
NOAA now says there’s a 65% chance El Niño conditions turn strong or very strong between October 2026 and February 2027
Some researchers believe it could rival the catastrophic 1877 El Niño an event linked to drought, crop collapse, famine, and more than 50 MILLION deaths worldwide
And this time, the planet is already hotter than ever before
El Niño begins when abnormally warm waters spread across the tropical Pacific Ocean. But the consequences ripple across the globe:
• Extreme heatwaves
• Historic flooding
• Severe droughts
• Crop failures
• Wildfires
• Fisheries collapse
• Stronger climate disasters worldwide
The last major El Niño (2023–2024) pushed global temperatures to record highs. Scientists warn the next one could hit an already overheated climate system making the impacts even more extreme
What’s different now is that our atmosphere and oceans are much warmer than in the 1870s, climate scientist Deepti Singh told The Washington Post
Past Super El Niño events caused tens of billions in economic damage and triggered worldwide humanitarian crises
Now experts fear rising food prices, water shortages, instability, and simultaneous extreme weather across multiple continents
