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Tuesday, April 27, 2021

If California is Facing a Rare Mega-Drought, Why is the State Releasing Water from Reservoirs?

Last week, when California Gov. Gavin Newsom was in Oroville, with a 60% empty Oroville Dam Reservoir as his backdrop, he said he is not ready to declare an official drought emergency. “Instead, he promised he can manage the situation without resorting to an emergency declaration, which could help his administration clamp down on water use,” the San Francisco Chronicle reported. They also reported that the threat of a recall election could be at the root of his decision. 

Maybe someone can ask the governor why in the last two weeks, 91% of Delta inflow went to the sea. State pumps are at -97%, federal pumps at -85%. Outflows show 6,060,828,600 gallons. While he still has his emergency powers, can’t the governor order stoppage of this outflow if California really is on the precipice of severe water shortages and a “rare mega drought?”
-Elmo

9 comments:

  1. Sorry, no sympathy for Commiefornia. They must learn to embrace the suck. No moving to Texas either. Don't Commiefornia my Texas with Commiefornia refugees.

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    1. Amen to that - BillyBob; are you anywhere near san antone?

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  2. They have to release that water.
    Environmentalists made them pass a law saw that the frogs downstream would have wetlands.

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  3. The answer is simple. The powers that be want a disaster. Disasters are great opportunities for tyrants.

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  4. California having a mega-drought........like every year for the past 20+years or is this the "real one "????

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  5. Gabbling Nuisance leaving scorched earth behind him for the new Governor to fix. But yeah,fuck the farmers; let's make sure some minnows in the delta don't go thirsty.

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  6. Not releasing the water would be smart.

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  7. That way next year CA can claim they are in drought and try to grab more of the Colorado river water.

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  8. Fished Oroville the other day. In a few weeks, I can go back and get my lure I snagged on that damn rock. This place should be a mud hole by June. Sure glad I didn't buy a season pass.

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