Posted on 02/22/2017 3:20:54 PM PST by keat
The lake is now less than 8" from the crest of the emergency weir which, I don't believe has ever been topped.
The Tuolumne river is above flood stage in several downstream locations in the valley and the dam operator appears to be trying to limit releases. They have the the option of opening the gates more and causing flooding or letting the lake spill with unpredictable results.
I don't see much reporting on this.
Yes. Anything Dam or drought related out of California has suddenly gone dark. They post the drought status every week. Well after the big drench last Friday and onward, there are NO updated status maps ANYWHERE OR any news. Suddenly all’s so very quiet. One has to ask why. But not really. At this point the state has to declare the drought over and that’s going to drive all those making money or increased power and control off of it crazy as they aren’t going to give up a damn dime of one ounce of control or manipulation. And as far as flooding. Well. Suddenly not much news at all.
This summer will be either; the hotttest on record, the longest on record, the coldest on record, the driest on record, the wettest on record, the sunniest on record, the cloudiest on record, the most stagnant on record, the windiest on record. Anything but average. AND 100% they WILL NOT roll back irrigation restrictions. They will use the aquifer as an excuse. Since they grabbed the power and raised water rates they don’t dare loosen the grip.
From the California water reporting page of several days ago, this was one of the dams whose intake greatly exceeded the outflow while being close to capacity.
This link,
http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/Home/RegionalDroughtMonitor.aspx?west
Has data up to Feb14.
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An interconnected pipeline would help out.
I doubt that Californicates water over abundance would hurt Lake Mead much.
From the Cal Dept of Water Resources website. Data as of midnight last night.
Current Storage: 2,022,273 AF
•100% of Total Capacity
•142% of Historical Avg. For This Date
•(Total Capacity: 2,030,000 AF)
•(Avg. Storage for Feb 21: 1,429,106 AF)
Is the drought over yet?
Or do they still need more rain to get even.
Post # 7 - that was data for the Don Pedro reservoir....
All the data reporting is still on-line for anyone to see. Fish around in the links and this site and you will find all the specifics you need. It may take some study on your first visits but it is not too technical.
https://cdec.water.ca.gov/reservoir.html
THAT sounds crazy. I suggest that all irrigation water be free until the end of the rainy season. Replenish the aquifers, ease the flow in the rivers/channels/streams/etc..
[The Tuolumne river is above flood stage in several downstream locations in the valley and the dam operator appears to be trying to limit releases.]
Is the dam operator doing a good job or not on this damn problem.?
I know you know that the owner of FR lives in CA. Many other conservatives on this forum live in CA, too. Seems like you could find a nicer term when referring to Californians on this forum. The objects of you ire aren't reading your post.
Tell ‘em what they won Don...
Sounds similar to the lack of Reporting on Anderson Lake and Coyote Creek in the San Jose area. Using 6th grade math last week, I was noting that with any more rain in the catchment area of the lake, there could be flooding.
Well,it happened last night and this morning.
50,000 Urged to Evacuate from Flooding in San Jose, California; Mayor Admits Failures in Flood Evacuation Order
Evacuation orders remain in effect in numerous northern California counties.
Some 50,000 residents have been urged to leave their homes in San Jose as northern California continues to deal with record flooding.
The mayor of the city came forward Wednesday and acknowledged that residents were not properly notified to evacuate during the emergency.
“If the first time a resident is aware that they need to get out of their home is when they see a firefighter in a boat, that’s a failure,” Mayor Sam Liccardo said at a news conference. “We are assessing what happened in that failure.”
“We’ve got to address the needs of the families who have been displaced first,” he added. “We’ll have a lot of time to analyze what went wrong.”
Resident Sandy Moll said she had prepared for about a foot of water, but the flooding spilled over sandbags stacked 3 feet high and broke down her back door. Moll told the Mercury News that she was angry at the lack of warning.
“I’m seething,” she said. “It’s the lack of information and forewarning when they had to have known. They never even said you need to prepare for a major flood.”
https://weather.com/news/weather/news/california-flooding-impacts
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It’s been a term used abundantly on FR for years.
I realized that CALIFORNIA has an over abundance of snowflakes, but I didn’t know that any were on FR.
It pokes its head up occasionally.
Check northern California news stations, they’re well covering these dams and rivers.
FYI, we’re not even close to the 1997 floods; this particular river would have to nearly double in volume to reach those stages. And it is quite likely that we will reach those flood stages throughout the state; we’re not even close to finished with our rainy season, and still have a considerable amount of Sierra snowmelt to go (snow is still accumulating in the Sierra Nevadas right now.)
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