An interconnected pipeline would help out.
I doubt that Californicates water over abundance would hurt Lake Mead much.
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.
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.
An interconnected pipeline would help out.
I doubt that Californicates water over abundance would hurt Lake Mead much.
Is the drought over yet?
Or do they still need more rain to get even.
[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.?
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
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.)