Tweets Analysis - Keyword: @lesommer
Overview
Total number of tweets analysed
28
Earliest tweet was on
2023-03-23
Latest tweet was on
2023-03-28
Tweets covering
5 days
Average age of authors' accounts
9 years
Summarization
Despite the wet winter, California's drought is not over due to long-term depletion of groundwater reservoirs, less water from an overdrawn Colorado River, and the trend towards hotter and drier climates due to climate change. There are economic, social, and environmental impacts that are still very real. Building infrastructure to move water to recharge underground aquifers is not simple or widespread, and deforestation of tropical rainforests is causing droughts. There are ongoing lawsuits between states over the water, and there is a lack of improvement in water storage.
Topic Modeling
- California drought and water management
- Groundwater depletion and its impacts
- Climate change and its effect on water resources
- Infrastructure for water management
- Deforestation and its impact on droughts
Emotional Analysis
The tweets express a range of emotions regarding the state of California's drought and water management. Some express frustration and concern that the drought is not over, despite recent rains and groundwater depletion. Others emphasize the need for better planning and infrastructure to deal with the changing climate and ongoing water shortages. There are also some references to deforestation and air pollution, as well as criticism of media coverage and government responses to the crisis. Overall, the tweets convey a mix of anxiety, urgency, and skepticism about the future of water resources in California.
Trend Analysis
- California's drought is not really over
- Groundwater depletion and its impact
- The need for better water planning
- The effects of climate change on drought
- Infrastructure and legal issues with moving water to recharge aquifers
Types of Tweets
Number of Retweets
8
Percentage of total tweets
28%
Number of Original tweets
4
Percentage of total tweets
14%
Number of tweets that contain Mentions
28
Percentage of total tweets
100%
Number of tweets that were Replies
14
Percentage of total tweets
50%
Number of tweets that were Quotes
3
Percentage of total tweets
10%
Number of tweets that contain Hashtags
6
Percentage of total tweets
21%
Top 5 devices used to tweet
| Source | Count |
|---|---|
| Twitter Web App | 14 |
| Twitter for iPhone | 7 |
| Twitter for Android | 3 |
| Semrush Social Media Tool | 2 |
| Sprout Social | 1 |
What devices were used to tweet
Top 10 accounts with highest followers count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| natlawreview | National Law Review | Each month over 2 million legal & business professionals read the National #Law Review. Breaking #news added hourly. Visit us at https://t.co/pVt5M0tYzR | 39,693 |
| ezraromero | Ezra David Romero | Climate Reporter @KQED @KQEDscience. Previous: @CapRadioNews @KVPR @AJEnglish ππ₯π²βοΈπ³οΈβπ(he/him) Contact: eromero@kqed.org | 11,235 |
| WaterEdFdn | Water Education Foundation | Impartial nonprofit raising awareness of water resources in California & the West, one tour, one lecture, one article, one tweet at a time. #45YearsStrong | 6,910 |
| yowei_shaw | yowei shaw ι΅ ε θ | as in NO way with a Y // co-host @nprinvisibilia // (she/her) // only occasionally here // you know i'm always looking for those tips: shaw.yr@gmail.com | 5,861 |
| TheGuy870 | TFG87 | Oil & Gas production, construction, maintenance & environmental consulting. Texas Oil & Gas Producer. #OFS #EFT #OOIL #FatBoyOilCo | 3,650 |
| charles97564117 | Prof Emeritus C Omowale Simmons | BlK Workers; African Unity; Honest Media; Human Rights; Blacks4Peace;Peoples' & Earth democracy; Langston; Howard; Columbia; Georgetown; EMICH;CSULA; NCBL | 2,345 |
| DanBacher | Dan Bacher | Investigative journalist focusing on fish, water and environmental issues. Conservation Editor, Fish Sniffer magazine | 2,157 |
| Opinionatedhjby | Opinionated Hijabi | Feminist. She/ΩΩ. I β€οΈmyπfam. BLM. Save the Earth, itβs the only planet with cupcakes. News, science, & history addict. ππβοΈ | 2,013 |
| UCANRpam | Pam Kan-Rice π | News & Information Outreach for @ucanr. We've got UC experts on agriculture, food, drought, wildfire π₯ and coyotes. I can't resist cute animals. | 1,975 |
| rbalesuc | Roger Bales | Distinguished Professor of Engineering. Hydrology, climate, water resources. (also on https://t.co/6NGFpZliYR & https://t.co/is1yRrOXF4) | 1,894 |
Top 10 accounts with highest friends count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| ezraromero | Ezra David Romero | Climate Reporter @KQED @KQEDscience. Previous: @CapRadioNews @KVPR @AJEnglish ππ₯π²βοΈπ³οΈβπ(he/him) Contact: eromero@kqed.org | 10,334 |
| charles97564117 | Prof Emeritus C Omowale Simmons | BlK Workers; African Unity; Honest Media; Human Rights; Blacks4Peace;Peoples' & Earth democracy; Langston; Howard; Columbia; Georgetown; EMICH;CSULA; NCBL | 5,010 |
| natlawreview | National Law Review | Each month over 2 million legal & business professionals read the National #Law Review. Breaking #news added hourly. Visit us at https://t.co/pVt5M0tYzR | 3,664 |
| TweetleDee2b | Tweetledee | Just a flower waiting to bloom. If you understand the mixed metaphor, then you know why I am TwittleThumbs https://t.co/EmvUXapeFZ Mastadon https://t.co/FJIQPpUDaL | 3,394 |
| DanielPWWood | Daniel Wood | Maps/Code/Design/Reporting @npr. Former @urbaninstitute, @energy. Christian. Philly native. Not often here. | 1,738 |
| Opinionatedhjby | Opinionated Hijabi | Feminist. She/ΩΩ. I β€οΈmyπfam. BLM. Save the Earth, itβs the only planet with cupcakes. News, science, & history addict. ππβοΈ | 1,621 |
| Will_S_Houston | Will Houston | @marinij's environment, water, transportation, West Marin & Novato reporter; formerly @eurekaTS; occasional music photographer; prefers crunchy peanut butter. | 1,529 |
| TheGuy870 | TFG87 | Oil & Gas production, construction, maintenance & environmental consulting. Texas Oil & Gas Producer. #OFS #EFT #OOIL #FatBoyOilCo | 1,499 |
| WaterEdFdn | Water Education Foundation | Impartial nonprofit raising awareness of water resources in California & the West, one tour, one lecture, one article, one tweet at a time. #45YearsStrong | 1,371 |
| yowei_shaw | yowei shaw ι΅ ε θ | as in NO way with a Y // co-host @nprinvisibilia // (she/her) // only occasionally here // you know i'm always looking for those tips: shaw.yr@gmail.com | 1,270 |
Most active users
| Username | Bio | Number of tweets |
|---|---|---|
| yowei_shaw | as in NO way with a Y // co-host @nprinvisibilia // (she/her) // only occasionally here // you know i'm always looking for those tips: shaw.yr@gmail.com | 2 |
| GuyHeights | Husband, father, former water guy, 70s Dodgers/80s Lakers and Tom Petty fan, somewhat of a tech geek⦠be kind, enjoy life. | 2 |
| natlawreview | Each month over 2 million legal & business professionals read the National #Law Review. Breaking #news added hourly. Visit us at https://t.co/pVt5M0tYzR | 2 |
| WaterEdFdn | Impartial nonprofit raising awareness of water resources in California & the West, one tour, one lecture, one article, one tweet at a time. #45YearsStrong | 1 |
| water_hub | Making water communications more accessible & activism more effective, so the people most impacted by water challenges have greater power to set the solutions. | 1 |
| scraigtucker | We all need clean water. | 1 |
| rbalesuc | Distinguished Professor of Engineering. Hydrology, climate, water resources. (also on https://t.co/6NGFpZliYR & https://t.co/is1yRrOXF4) | 1 |
| passer0Diana | Love is an encounter that cannot wait and cannot be prepared. | 1 |
| ezraromero | Climate Reporter @KQED @KQEDscience. Previous: @CapRadioNews @KVPR @AJEnglish ππ₯π²βοΈπ³οΈβπ(he/him) Contact: eromero@kqed.org | 1 |
| earthlingayesha | human. woman. muslim. also Phd student EMW CDR @ yale earth and planetary sciences Random observations of life & hereafter β professional account. | 1 |
Tweets per day
Top 10 tweets with highest Retweet count
| ID | Text | Retweet count |
|---|---|---|
| 1638963366806036480 | 3 Reasons Why California's Drought Isn't Really Over, Despite All the Rain "Groundwater is the dark matter of the hydrologic cycle," says Graham Fogg, professor emeritus of hydrogeology at the University of California Davis @lesommer @NPR https://t.co/SjFbO7ywoS | 25 |
| 1639358678074806272 | NPR's @lesommer breaks down why the wet winter isn't a game changer for #CAwater (but should spark better planning!) π§ Decades of depleting groundwater reservoirs π§ Less water from the overdrawn #CORiver π§ #ClimateChange = trend to hotter, drier climate https://t.co/s1rJDHqJwq | 2 |
| 1639022622708224002 | @ezraromero @lesommer @NPR Itβs not over because itβs a drought, itβs a changed climate. | 1 |
| 1640700267367677958 | #EPA Good Neighbor Plan to Reduce Interstate #AirPollution!! #GoGreen @lesommer https://t.co/f49RTzrjID | 0 |
| 1639041192234188800 | @Logrus_Ghost @ezraromero @lesommer @NPR Itβs built out enough actuallyβ¦ longstanding connections to any @mwdh2o member agency with conjunctive use programs, all of which have thirsty basins. Possible to move to some ag agencies in central Valley as well. This is not a big leap. | 0 |
| 1638936908171718656 | @lesommer I wish I could download @MorningEdition so I could use VLC to speed thru and keep me from spacing out during the pregnant pauses and slow speech. Radio article was so slow that I could multitask typing while listening. Not enuf coverage of building cisterns. https://t.co/b7yjeHRy2k | 0 |
| 1638941954607292417 | Today's top Aquafornia stories are from @NPR's @lesommer & @KCRW's @cgrey307. See our full #cawater & #ColoradoRiver rundown at https://t.co/Z2lEiVT6JQ https://t.co/pekNgQw0EP | 0 |
| 1638965815939846144 | @ezraromero @lesommer @NPR Thatβs a cool quote. And yeah, itβll be the last thing to fall into place - we need more wet. | 0 |
| 1638981597650370560 | @ezraromero @lesommer @NPR Which is *precisely* why πππ is so infuriating! In light of "wetter wets and drier dries", we need to replenish groundwater with surface runoff WHENEVER we can. MOVE THE WATER! https://t.co/5GmCKOxqmz | 0 |
| 1639022232059121664 | @GuyHeights @ezraromero @lesommer @NPR Sounds simple but it's not. The infrastructure to move water so it can recharge underground aquifers is not built in most places yet. | 0 |
Top 10 tweets with highest Like count
| ID | Text | Like count |
|---|---|---|
| 1638963366806036480 | 3 Reasons Why California's Drought Isn't Really Over, Despite All the Rain "Groundwater is the dark matter of the hydrologic cycle," says Graham Fogg, professor emeritus of hydrogeology at the University of California Davis @lesommer @NPR https://t.co/SjFbO7ywoS | 79 |
| 1639358678074806272 | NPR's @lesommer breaks down why the wet winter isn't a game changer for #CAwater (but should spark better planning!) π§ Decades of depleting groundwater reservoirs π§ Less water from the overdrawn #CORiver π§ #ClimateChange = trend to hotter, drier climate https://t.co/s1rJDHqJwq | 3 |
| 1639284250888339456 | Thanks to @lesommer for raising these 3 points. There are so many reasons to avoid the term "over" when referring to #drought in Calif. While precipitation metrics may signal a pause in the meteorological drought, the economic, social & environmental impacts are still very real. https://t.co/nXxGALmeL7 | 3 |
| 1639032029445754880 | "Over the years, pretty consistently, California has been using a lot more water than its surface water and groundwater system can supply," @gefogg tells @lesommer https://t.co/UcIYmKsYkX | 2 |
| 1638981597650370560 | @ezraromero @lesommer @NPR Which is *precisely* why πππ is so infuriating! In light of "wetter wets and drier dries", we need to replenish groundwater with surface runoff WHENEVER we can. MOVE THE WATER! https://t.co/5GmCKOxqmz | 2 |
| 1638965815939846144 | @ezraromero @lesommer @NPR Thatβs a cool quote. And yeah, itβll be the last thing to fall into place - we need more wet. | 1 |
| 1639022622708224002 | @ezraromero @lesommer @NPR Itβs not over because itβs a drought, itβs a changed climate. | 1 |
| 1640700267367677958 | #EPA Good Neighbor Plan to Reduce Interstate #AirPollution!! #GoGreen @lesommer https://t.co/f49RTzrjID | 0 |
| 1638936908171718656 | @lesommer I wish I could download @MorningEdition so I could use VLC to speed thru and keep me from spacing out during the pregnant pauses and slow speech. Radio article was so slow that I could multitask typing while listening. Not enuf coverage of building cisterns. https://t.co/b7yjeHRy2k | 0 |
| 1638941954607292417 | Today's top Aquafornia stories are from @NPR's @lesommer & @KCRW's @cgrey307. See our full #cawater & #ColoradoRiver rundown at https://t.co/Z2lEiVT6JQ https://t.co/pekNgQw0EP | 0 |
Top 3 Languages Used In Tweets
Top 10 Hashtags used
| Hashtag | Count |
|---|---|
| #cawater | 3 |
| #coriver | 2 |
| #climatechange | 2 |
| #epa | 1 |
| #airpollution | 1 |
| #gogreen | 1 |
| #drought | 1 |
| #coloradoriver | 1 |
| #texas | 1 |
| #environment | 1 |
Top 10 Hashtags Used In Tweets
Top 10 mentions
| Mention | Count |
|---|---|
| @lesommer | 28 |
| @npr | 13 |
| @ezraromero | 10 |
| @cagovernor | 3 |
| @nprinvisibilia | 2 |
| @morningedition | 2 |
| @npratc | 1 |
| @water_hub | 1 |
| @yowei_shaw | 1 |
| @logrus_ghost | 1 |
Top 10 mentions
Wordcloud of Tweets
Emojis
Average number of emojis used per tweet
35
Emojis used in tweets
| Emoji | Count | Emoji Text |
|---|---|---|
| π§ | 6 | droplet |
| π | 3 | backhand_index_pointing_down |
| π | 1 | green_heart |
Emojis groups
| Emoji Group | Count |
|---|---|
| Travel & Places | 6 |
| People & Body | 3 |
| Smileys & Emotion | 1 |