‘Drought & Flood’ – Mike Hoover’s new history of South Coast water predicts drought in Santa Barbara and beyond
Mike Hoover, a Santa Barbara geologist, wants to remind us of the Medieval Drought, the epic dry period that held California and the West in its grip for 400 years, beginning in 950 CE…. It was so bad, he said, that it may have led to malnutrition and warfare among the prehistoric Chumash.