But now the mighty lake — a linchpin in a system of aqueducts and reservoirs in the arid U.S. West that makes California possible — is shrinking with surprising speed amid a severe drought, with state officials predicting it will reach a record low later this summer.
Monday, June 07, 2021
California’s Reservoirs Ravaged By Drought Ahead Of Hot Summer
OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Each year, Lake Oroville helps water a quarter of the nation’s crops, sustain endangered salmon beneath its massive earthen dam and anchor the tourism economy of a Northern California county that must rebuild seemingly every year after unrelenting wildfires.
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Hopefully the 10.9 on the Richter scale event will soon step up to the plate and prevent the threat of a severe drought devistating the state.
ReplyDeleteIt's almost like California regularly has droughts and we should have been building out water and power infrastructure over the last 40 years instead kowtowing to the "greens".
ReplyDeleteWater and power are solvable problems in California as long as we recognize nothing comes without some costs. Some wild river areas and snail darters would have to go. We could invest in safe nuclear power or allow more gas-powered plants powered by more energy production in the state. But none of this is going to happen because our politicians keep saying we can have our cake... and eat it too. Then they act shocked and clamp down on watering your lawn or using your AC while charging you more taxes on both!
Californians should run the current crop of politicians out of office... but we get the politicians we asked for.
So not too many CA fishing licenses being sold either, eh?
ReplyDeleteI am sure a massive tax increase will fix the problem.
ReplyDeletethe only solution is more swimming pools in souther ca.
ReplyDeleteI've lived in Northern CA for 60 years. 90% of normal precipitation for a year is not a drought. The last real drought we had was back in the late 70's. The problem is that the population has increased 50% in the last 35 years and the water storage has not increased at all.
ReplyDeleteA socialist co-worker from out of state bought a home here recently. He said it was stupid that we have lawns in CA, because there isn't enough water. There was plenty of water before mfers like him showed up.
Perhaps a more robust network for storing water would be in order and, you know, stop letting it flow to the sea for some stupid invisible fish that contributes nothing to the economy of the Bay or the State.
ReplyDeletegolly gee whiz... feb. of 2017 this same reservoir over flowed and caused millions in damage to the outlet. should be a great time to fix that damage, and maybe do some upgrades on the rest of the structure. might also want to think about doing some shore line and boat ramp improvements as they are high and dry right now.
ReplyDeleteI read a piece a couple years ago that stated that the last 150 years or so of "wet" weather in CA was an anomaly. Tree ring data analysis indicates that normal CA weather, even in the North, is abnormally dry compared to other areas of the country.The last 20 years or so of low rainfall/snowfall, hence less water flowing into reservoirs, is more like the historical average over the last 5000 years.
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See!!! See!!!! We told you climate change was real!!!!
Delete- Watermelons everywhere
Chinatown. I'd bet real money it's deliberate.
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