 |
03-05-2023, 04:47 PM
|
 |
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Calgary Perchdance
Posts: 18,874
|
|
California drought conditions improving a lot this year
__________________
It is not the most intellectual of the species that survives; it is not the strongest that survives; but the species that survives is the one that is able best to adapt and adjust to the changing environment in which it finds itself. Charles Darwin
|
03-06-2023, 09:25 AM
|
 |
Moderator
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: A bit North o' Center...
Posts: 11,149
|
|
Well, that's pretty cool to see!
|
03-06-2023, 09:39 AM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 555
|
|
The Sierra Mountains in Tahoe have over 500 inches of snow this year and more coming daily
Can you say flood
|
03-06-2023, 10:31 AM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 3,948
|
|
I am in So Cal right now. We were at Claremont north of LA and Mount Baldy has snow to the 2000 foot elevation and more coming down each and every day.
San Bernardino had 8 foot of snow and roofs where collapsing, and as strange as it sounds, gas meters were freezing and leaking causing house fires that could not be fought. The fire hydrants were under 8 foot of snow where the fire trucks could even operate.
The irony is that the excess run off COULD be stored for future use beyond reservoirs that evaporate all summer long.
But this is California so don't expect alot of quality analysis with this bunch.
The ground water from the San Joaquim valley has been pumped for so long that the elevation has dropped 30 feet (imagine a telephone pole).
Imagine if California drilled a series of wells for ground water recharge from water run off? They could use that water all summer long, kind of like what San Antonio Texas does.
By golly, they could have water stored for 50 years or more if they restored their water table. But then again it is easier to take everything over the mountains from the Colorado river water diversion.
Drewski
|
03-06-2023, 11:59 AM
|
 |
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2009
Posts: 8,493
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by gordfishing
The Sierra Mountains in Tahoe have over 500 inches of snow this year and more coming daily
Can you say flood
|
Childhood buddy from WPG lives near Stateline NV up Daggett Pass. Better check on him 
__________________
You're only as good as your last haircut
Last edited by omega50; 03-06-2023 at 12:06 PM.
|
03-06-2023, 02:00 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: At the lake
Posts: 2,514
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Drewski Canuck
I am in So Cal right now. We were at Claremont north of LA and Mount Baldy has snow to the 2000 foot elevation and more coming down each and every day.
San Bernardino had 8 foot of snow and roofs where collapsing, and as strange as it sounds, gas meters were freezing and leaking causing house fires that could not be fought. The fire hydrants were under 8 foot of snow where the fire trucks could even operate.
The irony is that the excess run off COULD be stored for future use beyond reservoirs that evaporate all summer long.
But this is California so don't expect alot of quality analysis with this bunch.
The ground water from the San Joaquim valley has been pumped for so long that the elevation has dropped 30 feet (imagine a telephone pole).
Imagine if California drilled a series of wells for ground water recharge from water run off? They could use that water all summer long, kind of like what San Antonio Texas does.
By golly, they could have water stored for 50 years or more if they restored their water table. But then again it is easier to take everything over the mountains from the Colorado river water diversion.
Drewski
|
I just got back from a long trip through California with an eye out for just that type of project. I noticed a few "flood water aquifer recharge" pits spotted around, a vast improvement, but nowhere near enough. As you said they should have put them in 50 years ago. They do have one big project that spreads out flood water, the "Sacramento Yolo bypass" and it had tons of water, as well as thousands of waterfowl. I didn't see any examples of them flooding their orchards for infiltration however. The water the state is getting is setting up for a pretty major superbloom of flowers however, and we caught the begining of some impressive show of wild flowers.
|
03-06-2023, 02:02 PM
|
 |
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Battle River
Posts: 877
|
|
__________________
A golf course is a sad misuse of a perfectly good rifle range.
|
03-07-2023, 09:30 PM
|
 |
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Edmonton
Posts: 11,858
|
|
Good news for drought, if it doesn't melt all at once and cause floods and over run containment - but hopefully some stays where it's needed in reservoirs and in the water table to help them poor buggers out.
Somehow I believe God hates California, and this will be followed by massive floods until the state breaks off and floats into Ocean. 
Our branch is toward San Bernardino (Fontana on the far east side of greater LA) and it's dry in the valley - most all of this snow you are seeing is way up high at altitude.
Some of the dry containment creeks (been dry for years) are starting to show some water coming down now.
|
03-09-2023, 08:37 AM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 1,044
|
|
EZM it's like you have s crystal ball or something...
https://ca.yahoo.com/news/another-at...170430837.html
Quote:
|
Up to 8 inches of rain are possible in the coastal foothills from Morro Bay north, while the rest of San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties could see up to 4 inches. In Ventura County, rainfall amounts of up to 2 inches are possible, while the Los Angeles metropolitan area could get up to 1.5 inches
|
|
03-09-2023, 08:46 AM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 1,044
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by EZM
Somehow I believe God hates California, and this will be followed by massive floods until the state breaks off and floats into Ocean. |
I feel if i was asked to find the place for Sodom and Gomorrah in the modern world, i would probably place them in California... 😀😀😀
|
03-09-2023, 09:00 AM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2021
Posts: 3,770
|
|
We've got about 50 cm of snow here, so far, as well and it's still coming down, has to be good for our drought situation as well.
Grizz
__________________
Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there is no place, that they be alone in the midst of the Earth.
Isaiah 5:8
|
03-14-2023, 11:42 PM
|
 |
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2016
Posts: 3,411
|
|
While this moisture is topping up the small reservoirs in California, it is not reaching the big reservoirs (Lake Mead and Lake Powell) on the Columbia River system.
Some good information in this 9:10 video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKupKoci1_Y
__________________
“One of the sad signs of our times is that we have demonized those who produce, subsidized those who refuse to produce, and canonized those who complain.” - Thomas Sowell
“We seem to be getting closer and closer to a situation where nobody is responsible for what they did but we are all responsible for what somebody else did.”- Thomas Sowell
|
03-15-2023, 11:06 AM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 6,261
|
|
Just letting most of this water flow into the ocean is such a waste. They need to learn from Beavers (Not the Saturday night kind) Multi dams much like those on the Kootenay River in BC built probably in the 50's hold a lot of water for your future needs. PS They also can help control flooding and even produce Green power.
|
03-15-2023, 11:19 AM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2021
Location: Strathmore
Posts: 1,390
|
|
Their so busy banning gas golf carts and other gas engines.........saving the planet , they can't see the forest for the tree's. You do not have water , you have nothing. Tru Dork would fit in California perfectly.
|
03-15-2023, 12:53 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Calgary Perchdance
Posts: 18,874
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by urban rednek
While this moisture is topping up the small reservoirs in California, it is not reaching the big reservoirs (Lake Mead and Lake Powell) on the Columbia River system.
Some good information in this 9:10 video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKupKoci1_Y |
Interesting video. Makes sense from a water management perspective that the moisture hasn’t made it to the Colorado river to the extent necessary to offset the extreme demand.
Reminds me of a study a while back exploring global warming and effects on the Great Salt Lake. Study showed precipitation has remained constant but water withdrawal has shot up through the roof.
Lake Mead looks bleak.
https://www.usbr.gov/uc/water/crsp/s...Elevations.pdf
__________________
It is not the most intellectual of the species that survives; it is not the strongest that survives; but the species that survives is the one that is able best to adapt and adjust to the changing environment in which it finds itself. Charles Darwin
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT -6. The time now is 10:33 PM.
|
Linear Mode
