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Trump is Correct about the California Drought
americanthinker.com ^ | June 6, 2016 | Wayne Lusvardi

Posted on 06/06/2016 6:39:10 AM PDT by rktman

On Friday, May 27, the prospective Republican candidate for president Donald Trump went to the city of Fresno, the capital of California’s farming community, and declared: “there is no drought!”

This seemingly brash statement was met with ridicule and scorn across the blogosphere -- how could anyone make such a so-called “stupid” statement when everyone knows that California has experienced a historically high dry spell since 2013? But was Trump right? Arguably yes. Here’s why.

Historically, California has a mega Wet Year once about every ten years with mini Wet Years in between. So four out of five years, or as much as eight out of every ten years, are Dry Years where reservoirs aren’t filling up enough and groundwater basins aren’t being recharged enough, except by the runoff from farmer’s fields and by recycling in urban areas. The mega Wet Years are those when California refills its reservoirs and groundwater basins to be drawn down over the next five or ten years depending on the rainfall and snowfall cycle. It is normal for reservoir levels to be dropping and for groundwater basins to be “overdrafted” until they are replenished by a deluge and floods.

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TOPICS: Editorial; US: California
KEYWORDS: droughtstricken; masaqua
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Well, and we over here just to the east keep stealing the water destined for California. Well, maybe no so much. Glad to see the Truckee River flowing nicely so far this year and there appears to be some snow left to melt off in the mountains.
1 posted on 06/06/2016 6:39:10 AM PDT by rktman
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To: Mariner

Told ya.


2 posted on 06/06/2016 6:46:00 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (MAGA! Make America Great Again)
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To: rktman
Glad to see the Truckee River flowing nicely

Truckee, Yuba, Bear, American rivers. Some of the prettiest scenery on the planet.

3 posted on 06/06/2016 6:46:52 AM PDT by showme_the_Glory ((ILLEGAL: prohibited by law. ALIEN: Owing political allegiance to another country or government))
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To: rktman

Trump, telling the truth to Californians.


4 posted on 06/06/2016 6:47:10 AM PDT by jch10 (Hillary in the Big House, not the White House .)
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To: rktman

From the article...

Trump is vindicated. California allows one third of its system water to escape to the ocean to protect fish.

Everyone in California knows this. The rest of the country only knows what the media tell them.


5 posted on 06/06/2016 6:49:55 AM PDT by weston (As far as I'm concerned, it's Christ or nothing!)
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To: jch10

LOL! They can’t handle the truth.


6 posted on 06/06/2016 6:50:56 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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Of the 1/3 of water that flows to the ocean, 20% is required to keep the rivers alive.

As to the author's contention that what we have experienced since 2012 is normal...well, that's just plain BS.

I was born and raised in this Valley and I can tell you it's not normal. And, the historical data does not support that contention.

7 posted on 06/06/2016 6:51:28 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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Well, I did read it on the internet so it must be true. So, how dry is the Klamath Falls area these days? The latest can be found here.

http://www.klamathbasincrisis.org/


8 posted on 06/06/2016 6:54:40 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: rktman

For decades the Feds have created a drought in the Central Valley. Too bad DiFi and Babs couldn’t bring themselves to correct the situation


9 posted on 06/06/2016 6:56:20 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: rktman

Delta smelt pos fish


10 posted on 06/06/2016 6:56:35 AM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom yes I know john 3:16)
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To: Nifster

CA hasn’t built a new reservoir since 1975. Just think what the population has done since then.


11 posted on 06/06/2016 7:07:27 AM PDT by Oldexpat
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That was a good link.
This video from the link was especially informative. It made me remember Sec of Interior Babbitt who wanted to remove every dam in America. The Interior Dept
continues to remove dams to this day and as in this video they skew and lie about the science to accomplish their goals.

https://youtu.be/Edwm3YFGO-4


12 posted on 06/06/2016 7:17:45 AM PDT by weston (As far as I'm concerned, it's Christ or nothing!)
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Yeah, there’s a lot on the site and it takes some navigating to find specifics. I remember the “Bucket Brigade” when the whole thing started. Sad the way the feds screwed people over an insignificant fish. Maybe it’s “time” was up in the overall scheme of things.


13 posted on 06/06/2016 7:27:03 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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In 2009, on a drive from SF to LA, we noticed many small yellow signs proclaiming ‘Congress Created Drought’ in the Central Valley. Are they still there? Are the farmers still not getting water? Our friends in SoCal, where we used to live, have been so successful in lowering their water usage that the water company is raising rates to survive. In what state does this make sense? Oh right, only in Socialist/Communist California.


14 posted on 06/06/2016 7:31:51 AM PDT by originalbuckeye ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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We (Colorado) are sending California a lot of snowmelt this year. Hope they don't spend it all watering lawns in the desert.


15 posted on 06/06/2016 7:42:35 AM PDT by snarkpup (Socialism causes the worst people to become in charge - if they aren't already.)
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Well, somebody must be stealing it before it get to Hoover dam. Lake Mead is LOW. On the other hand, it appears that Lake Tahoe is at or slightly above it’s natural rim. Well, natural for the time being.


16 posted on 06/06/2016 7:45:06 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_Valley_Lake

Construction of the three dams was completed in 1999


17 posted on 06/06/2016 7:51:07 AM PDT by ThomasThomas (Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions.)
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Well, somebody must be stealing it before it get to Hoover dam.

Here's one of the things that's stealing it:

Tamarisk, the Infamous Weed of the West

Mature trees along riverbanks are said to consume about 200 gallons per day (per tree).There is a huge project in progress to try to control it. But one of the people at the local insectary (where they breed critters for bio-control) told me that environmentalists are trying to stop the tamarisk removal because they found a bird nesting in it. (This is also mentioned in the article cited.)

18 posted on 06/06/2016 8:01:02 AM PDT by snarkpup (Socialism causes the worst people to become in charge - if they aren't already.)
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No doubt they’ll find some “fabulous” form of critter to stop the eradication of these thirsty rascals. Envirowackos, what don’t they know?


19 posted on 06/06/2016 8:07:37 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: Oldexpat

Just think what the population has done since then?

Added ~ 11 million more illegal aliens to it’s population. California’s water supply system was built for a native level of population. Now a high percentage of Mexico and Central America lives in the LA basin which is essentially a desert......


20 posted on 06/06/2016 8:28:27 AM PDT by Forty-Niner (The barely bare, berry Bear formily known as Ursus Arctos Horrilibis (or U.A. Californicus))
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