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Jan 17, 2023
6:45:56am

ImuaKahuku All-American

This is exactly the problem. Idiots in charge.

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ImuaKahuku

Bio page: ImuaKahuku
Joined: Feb 27, 2016
Last login: Apr 26, 2024
Total posts: 2,771 (2 FO)

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A lot of water has fallen in CA this month. Reservoirs are finally starting to show it. Oroville is now at the

cheezedawg Saucy

1/17/23 12:25am

One other stat- we are now above average for the whole season snow pack, meaning that if we didn’t get another snowflake

cheezedawg

1/17/23 12:27am

California needs to build more reservoirs, but environmentalists’ opposition prevails over the greater common good.

1/17/23 1:24am

Reservoir building is rather controversial. It turns natural valley into lakes.

jamalccc

1/17/23 1:34am

Well, I look only at the additional life preserving value a dam

PhilPete

1/17/23 5:55am

But that does not explain why they won't allow upgrades

1/17/23 7:22am

TIL

eysikal

1/17/23 7:25am

This is exactly the problem. Idiots in charge.

ImuaKahuku

1/17/23 6:45am

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Bo Dagget

1/17/23 3:20am

Not nessasarily, sublimation can severly reduce snow pack volume

Samuel Hall Society

1/17/23 8:05am

I'm from Oroville and this was posted to a Facebook group the other day. Kind of cool comparison of where it was drought

P-Boy Squad

1/17/23 4:08am

Up 100 feet in 3 weeks.

Blue2thebone

1/17/23 7:36am

Cali gov: Better open up the gates and let it all out

towerman

1/17/23 5:15am

Actually a lot of the flood control requirements for operating these dams are federal. The state has little say. They

cheezedawg

1/17/23 7:13am

California is so stupid they'll probably sell all the reserve to another state

ordinary tri guy

1/17/23 5:54am

New Melones and San Luis get their water from High Sierra snow runoff primarily, right? If so, then those'll fill later

SingleStrapBackpack

1/17/23 6:26am

All of them do, really.

cheezedawg

1/17/23 7:14am

To an extent, sure. But the High Sierra where the huge snowpack lies is really just Yosemite southward, so I'd expect

SingleStrapBackpack

1/17/23 11:37am

That's a great link. Thanks

RSL

1/17/23 8:11am

Here's the Utah version:

1/17/23 8:12am

Utah has a LOT of ground to make up.

RSL

1/17/23 8:15am

Crazy how big Lake Powell is.

cheezedawg

1/17/23 8:37am

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