Seven Feet Of Snow In Northern California Puts Screeching Halt To State’s Drought

dalilycallwe.xom ^ | 3/2/2018 | Chris White

[21twelve]

Our pastor just last week was recounting some story (to lead into the sermon somehow) about when he lived down in California and there was a drought. It went on for a long time, restricted showers, etc. Years perhaps.

Up at the reservoir there was a picnic area and beach. As the water receded they brought the picnic tables closer and closer to the beach. After a period of time they were hundreds of feet from the normal spot.

Then the rains came - thank GOD! No more 2 minute showers, etc.

A government worker figured he should rescue the picnic tables as the water came up in the reservoir.
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So he released the spillway - therefore saving the tables!!

(Of course for the life of me I don't recall how it related to the sermon!)

[semantic]

The 2nd best thing about living in Calif is needling those who don't.

I've been fortunate to have lived/traveled to many places, most considered prime, desirable regions (eg Tuscany, Med, HI, et al). I can assure anyone who might be interested that there is simply no comparison. Not even a close second.

For non-natives or recent arrivals, it takes awhile to understand what the so-called "average rain fall" actually measures. No, it does not - and has never - rained approx 14-15 inches a year. Rather, we get under 10" for around 5 years, and then in the 6th we get 35"+.

Also, Calif wouldn't even exist at all (as we currently know it) if it wasn't for the Sierra. Except for possibly the far northern reaches of the state - the upper boundary of Jefferson - no place in the state derives sufficient rainfall.

It didn't long after the Gold rush for leaders and engineers to realize they needed to capture these periodic snowfall dumps. And, so here we are today, still living and experiencing weather patterns that have existed for thousands of years.

[Wuli]

It will be much more of a water aid to Northern California than to southern California.

Yes, some of the northern California water does get to the south, through the California Aqueduct system; but that does not change the rate of precipitation in Southern California, which is by natural history a semi-arid region, with lots of patches of deserts. In my life time some parts of southern California have seen a general increase in how dry they remain from year to year.

[Yaelle]

Riiiiiight. They just let the melted snow run off into the ocean to preserve the habitat of the 2” schmuckfish. How does snow end the drought if you don’t keep the water from it?

[rktman]

I think they dehydrate it. 👹🍿🍻🇺🇸

[missthethunder]

“How does snow end the drought if you don’t keep the water from it?”

“I think they dehydrate it.”

That’s funny. Thank you.

It’s amazing how fast things dry out here.

[dragnet2]

A disaster? When it melts it goes into the aquifers, water tables, lakes etc. Loosing a few homes in a mud slide is nothing compared to what a prolonged drought can do.