[SierraWasp]

Plus, the American River watershed is very wide spread with three forks all three of which are very steep and short compared to typical rivers around the world. The surge, even with multiple hydro-electric dams come up really fast and that is why it's still such a threat to Sacramento's and the Bay Delta's levees.

In the control room at Folsom Dam you can see the schematic for the whole watershed and notice the Auburn Dam above Folsom that was stopped by liberals when it was 2/3rds completed in 1977. It's now just a monument to stupidity of militant activist EnvironMentalists!!!

Carry_Okie's comment on the timing is precisely correct because it really isn't a true "Pineapple Express" until there's a massive snow pack being drenched with a warm river of rain falling on that Sierra Cement, making it race to the bottom...

[BooBoo1000]

I wonder what Donnor Pass looks like...Hang On.

[Carry_Okie]

Carry_Okie's comment on the timing is precisely correct because it really isn't a true "Pineapple Express" until there's a massive snow pack being drenched with a warm river of rain falling on that Sierra Cement, making it race to the bottom...

Which renders the article another error-riddled piece of grant-mongering screaming "CLIMATE CHANGE" on the heels of Sandy. IOW the content is more appropriate for a carnival barker than the "Scientific" American.