Posted on 03/28/2023 11:08:26 AM PDT by nickcarraway
long-lost lake in California may reappear after heavy rains in the state.
Tulare Lake, a freshwater dry lake in the southern San Joaquin Valley, dried up about 80 years ago. It shrank when the land was developed for agriculture and rivers were diverted elsewhere. It became farmland in the middle of the 20th century.
It has flooded occasionally since then, but this year is looking to be the wettest yet. California has been hit by severe storms in recent days, as well as throughout much of winter.
Forecasters have estimated there will be 4 inches of rain and 4 feet of snow falling on the state in coming days.
The wet weather is due to the influx of atmospheric rivers descending on the state. The state is receiving so much water that officials need to divert water to Tulare Lake in the form of flood releases.
This means the lake is set to come back from the dead. It may become so full this time that it stays that way for a long while. The lake last appeared in 1983 after a particularly wet season, before disappearing again.
While environmentalists see this as a rare opportunity to restore the lake, the wet weather is causing serious problems for people living in the area.
The rain is not the only thing causing issues—at the beginning of spring, snowmelt runs down from the Sierra Nevada. Snowpack this year has been at record levels due to the aforementioned cold and wet winter in the state.
Evacuation warnings are in place for the nearby communities Allensworth and Alpaugh as floods worsen.
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They should just remove all of the dams like they are doing on the Klamath. Tulare lake would then be full for all to enjoy (as would the central valley). Tear down the levees too.
Supposedly Mammoth Lake Ski Resort will be open till the 4th of July weekend for skiing. Maybe all year if the snow keeps coming.
Meh.
Hope it’s not a return of the Tully Fog during next winter.
Visibility less than 100 yards for days on end, less than a mile for the entire winter. Periods where you cant see the nose of your car from the drivers seat for days.
Suicide rates go way up. Vehicular deaths go way up.
A whole lot of not fun.
You probably went to Searsville Lake, too. It’s sad it got closed off as some sort of environmental study area. And they ruined all the wonderful hiking trails around The Dish when they paved the main trail and made everybody stay on it.
Isn’t that the truth? Plus, those were the days before all the social ills we are suffering from today.
California mismanagers will find a way to screw it up.
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