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Chart Shows How California Reservoir Changed After Winter Storms
Newsweek ^ | December 29, 2023 | Anna Skinner

Posted on 12/29/2023 6:11:40 PM PST by DennisR

Lake Shasta's months-long decline has started to level off thanks to several rainstorms that soaked northern California this month.

The lake, which is California's largest reservoir, reached nearly 100 percent capacity in May after its water levels were in a dire state since 2019 due to a prolonged drought in the state.

Levels leapt 60 feet in January as an abnormally wet winter accompanied by more than a dozen atmospheric rivers soaked the Golden State, and the levels continued to rise until they reached 1,064 feet in late May, just 3 feet short of full pool. The levels have steadily been declining since then, but a slew of December rainstorms have slightly improved them, according to a chart by lakesonline.com.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...


TOPICS: Science; Society; Weather
KEYWORDS: california; climatechange
This is great news for folks living in CA but bad news for those unscientific types - like Newsance in CA and Dimslee in WA - who were probably hopeful and excited that Shasta Lake would completely dry up so their moronic words and actions could be justified. Good luck with that. As usual, weather is essentially impossible to predict, but the powers that be are too dim to understand that.
1 posted on 12/29/2023 6:11:40 PM PST by DennisR
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To: DennisR

They will dump the water to improve the habitat of some snail.


2 posted on 12/29/2023 6:15:39 PM PST by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: monkeyshine

Unfortunately, you are probably correct. Thank to the Demonrats!


3 posted on 12/29/2023 6:18:08 PM PST by DennisR (Look around - God gives countless clues that He does, indeed, exist .)
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Honestly had someone tell me the rain was bad as it would make things grow which would add to the chance of wildfire.

You can never win with libs on climate change. They can never be wrong.

4 posted on 12/29/2023 6:18:43 PM PST by ealgeone
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To: ealgeone

When will voters awake from their deep coma and realize they have been electing dimwits to represent them? Not holding my breath.


5 posted on 12/29/2023 6:57:21 PM PST by DennisR (Look around - God gives countless clues that He does, indeed, exist .)
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To: ealgeone
You can never win with libs on climate change. They can never be wrong.

Sorta like this:


6 posted on 12/29/2023 6:57:33 PM PST by null and void (I identify as a conspiracy theorist. My personal pronouns are told/you/so.)
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To: null and void

Good one.


7 posted on 12/29/2023 7:02:37 PM PST by ealgeone
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To: DennisR

The same happened in early 1993. After a years-long drought, Lake Shasta refilled in one wet season.


8 posted on 12/29/2023 7:06:28 PM PST by jimtorr
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To: ealgeone; pookie18

I stole it from Pookie fair and square...


9 posted on 12/29/2023 7:22:30 PM PST by null and void (I identify as a conspiracy theorist. My personal pronouns are told/you/so.)
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To: jimtorr

Seems like it happened in the mid-70s also. Seems like some kind of a pattern!


10 posted on 12/29/2023 7:42:27 PM PST by DennisR (Look around - God gives countless clues that He does, indeed, exist .)
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To: DennisR

It repeats about every 11 years. Strangely enough, the sun’s sunspot cycle is about 11 years, too.

I lived in CA 50 years starting in ‘73. I’ve seen the cycle repeat many times.

All the people wailing about “worst drought in 10,000 years” haven’t even lived in the state long enough to have seen a single full cycle.


11 posted on 12/29/2023 7:49:03 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
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To: DennisR

Daily Report
https://cdec.water.ca.gov/reportapp/javareports?name=RESSW.pdf


12 posted on 12/30/2023 3:36:00 AM PST by Haddit
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The spring water coming out of Mt Shasta that make the Sacramento River is the best water I have ever drank at the source.
Hetch Hetchy that feeds San Francisco their water is 2nd.


13 posted on 12/30/2023 4:33:38 AM PST by Jolla
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I put a lot of Pookie’s stuff out on other sites...it’s like a meme goldmine that needs to be shared.


14 posted on 12/30/2023 5:28:49 AM PST by trebb (So many fools - so little time...)
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