Posted on 02/13/2017 10:31:37 PM PST by nickcarraway
Just 18 months after many California lakes were nearly dried up, the state now has too much of a good thing. California has now seen more moisture in the last 8 weeks than it typically does in an entire year. Parts of the Sierra Mountain range have received more than 400” of snow already this season with some coastal and foothills locations pulling in over 2 feet of rain… and their typical wet season has nearly 2 months to go. San Francisco, Sacramento, Los Angeles, and several other cities have recorded one of their wettest Januarys on record and an incredibly wet 8 weeks overall. Thankfully, the moisture has stopped for now but the damage has been done.
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They consider that an investment in the future.
How many times can a dam vote for a liberal?
I guess this is from GloBULL Warming...to much rain...then again, if it was a drought, they would say the same...
Aren’t you happy you invested in 2 billion worth of desalination plants that will be shut for years.
People shouldn’t live in the desert.
Time to get the movie “Chinatown” and watch it again. Jack was at his best and the whole thing revolved around storing/ditching the water in L.A.
A very good movie.
Maybe the state should shame folks into irrigating their lawns 24/7 until the crisis is avoided.
Now is the time to ditch the low flow toilets for the good of the state
Let the EPA fix the dam and the spillways.
They worked wonders at the Gold King Mine and Animas River in Colorado.
californicate should learn not to store their water in only one bucket (lake)
Flush a few environmentalists and start building dams.
I am listening to Scott Cahill who is explaining why this dam is failing and reasons why it is occurring.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rl7Sm15unPQ&feature=youtu.be
found on the other thread- the one that has 750+ posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3524221/posts?q=1&;page=761
The podcast is long but very informative
And males over 50 drink more.....since PSA tests are prohibited it might mitigate Prostate issues.
Now the delta smelt are drowning!
American labor can fix the dam by filling the spillways with precious metals and gems for what it cost us to keep the damn illegals here . We don't need their 'help' - send them home.
I would think the massive release of the water might hurt the snail darter....
BUMP.
Hopefully, all those little snail darter bassturds got washed out to sea.
CA has to learn to go with the flow.
They can use Jerry Brown’s Delta pipelines to move the water and his high speed rail to get everyone out of Dodge if the dam breaks. Win win.
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