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January 7, 2017 at 8:12 AM #22244January 7, 2017 at 8:14 AM #804779The-ShovelerParticipant
‘State of panic’ grips Northern California as atmospheric river approaches the Sierra Nevada.
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-atmospheric-river-prepare-20170105-story.html
January 7, 2017 at 11:25 AM #804782spdrunParticipantThis is a break in the drought, only time will tell whether the next few years will be wet or dry.
January 7, 2017 at 2:27 PM #804787mixxalotParticipantI predict more rain as we had years of drought. Could be the wet period for La Nina?
January 7, 2017 at 9:01 PM #804790EscoguyParticipantThere is a good weather blog I follow:
He has a posting on the drought and knows far more than me about this.
Key point: there was a high pressure ridge off the Pacific Northwest for the past few years which got in the way of the normal rains. That is gone now, so unless it comes back, we should be out of the drought.
January 8, 2017 at 8:45 AM #804795no_such_realityParticipantIt doesn’t matter if the drought is over or not.
The water restrictions, water cops and everything else isn’t going away.
Mandates for green power.
Mandates for waste reduction.
Mandates for CO2 reductions.
Mandates for water reductions.That’s all one giant $ gravy trough and you need to get in and slurp some up.
January 8, 2017 at 9:07 AM #804797EscoguyParticipantWe got rebates for two lawns. Should have done a third.
We’ve done the solar thing on five properties: 14% ROI = 10K in annual cash flow with 70K investment.
we have two plug in cars, may upgrade to a Model 3 or another 200+ mile range EV in next 2 years.
so we’re on it and it does save money. admittedly, there may be pressure to cut back on some if this if we hit a serious recession, hopefully Trump will succeed (didn’t vote for him) so we get moderate growth for near future.
January 12, 2017 at 4:06 PM #804861JerseyGrlParticipantJanuary 12, 2017 at 11:04 PM #804865CA renterParticipant[quote=JerseyGrl]a little bit of history:
Very interesting! Thank you for sharing that article, JerseyGrl.
January 13, 2017 at 9:44 AM #804872FlyerInHiGuest[quote=JerseyGrl]a little bit of history:
That’s what happens when you pray.
January 17, 2017 at 11:18 PM #804947njtosdParticipant[quote=CA renter][quote=JerseyGrl]a little bit of history:
Very interesting! Thank you for sharing that article, JerseyGrl.[/quote]
Wow. Yes indeed. Thanks!
January 18, 2017 at 1:26 AM #804950svelteParticipantThat is a great article.
Something you all probably don’t know: I lived in Marysville/YC for many moons.
I have been a part of that community during one major flood (1980s), heard tales of the earlier flood (1950s), and witnessed many near breaches of the levees in other years. It has permanently affected the way my wife and I live our life. We intentionally didn’t buy homes near the San Luis Rey River and always keep our gas tanks over half full. Live under threat of flood and you’ll know why.
In my opinion the only reason they haven’t seen more flooding on the scale of what was described in the article is increases in flood controls – the levee system has been greatly increased and many dams were built to contain runoff to a large degree. SoCal folks don’t even talk about Oroville Dam, but that is a magnificent creation. Shasta and Oroville Dams do an enormous amount to protect everything downstream including Sac and bay areas.
The threat of flood is unlike that of tornado or earthquake…those two events are over very shortly after the residents even knew they were coming. Floods on the other hand build slowly over a period of time. People lose sleep, worry about their family, and can barely function while the waters rise. This can go on for days or weeks, depending on the weather.
January 18, 2017 at 1:28 AM #804949svelteParticipantdupe.
January 20, 2017 at 8:11 AM #804980NotCrankyParticipantI was at Oroville last 4th of July and the lake was up from the terrible low of the year before , but now it’s nearing capacity, so , what then if we really do get an “atmospheric river” ?
Maybe CA should not secede just yet, bring in FEMA?
Looks like the county of SD is going to get soaked today and over the weekend!
Be safe out there!
January 20, 2017 at 9:55 AM #804983mixxalotParticipantFunny that you should mention Oroville as that is where my folks live. Nice country place and dirt cheap compared to San Diego but then again there are no high paying jobs up there.
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