California Drought Pics

Why is it all the CA drought pics are from spring/summer 2014??? Didn't the Left Coast get a bit of rain in Dec/Jan/Feb??? I'm afraid, Bob, the use of the work "current Doesn't seem to apply!

It's a shame there's not a mechanism to nearly instantaneously post pics for others to see. . . ; )

FWIW, I'd be interested in seeing CURRENT drought conditions are - not what it looked like before my last birthday!!!!
 
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Originally posted by Good Grief

Why is it all the CA drought pics are from spring/summer 2014??? Didn't the Left Coast get a bit of rain in Dec/Jan/Feb??? I'm afraid, Bob, the use of the work "current Doesn't seem to apply!

It's a shame there's not a mechanism to nearly instantaneously post pics for others to see. . . ; )

FWIW, I'd be interested in seeing CURRENT drought conditions are - not what it looked like before my last birthday!!!!

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Here is a current report on conditions.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/..._n_6632616.html?utm_hp_ref=california-drought

However you cannot just look at short snapshots of time and draw any real conclusions as you will have some fluctuations in drought conditions.
The real picture can only be realized by looking at the bigger picture.

http://news.mongabay.com/2015/0212-hance-megadrought-west.html

In my reference to "short snapshot", I was referencing Good Grief's comment of wanting something current and not what it looked like before his last birthday. I would categorize my use of the term a "short snapshot" in this case as encompassing one season or even one year.
I know some have offered such short snapshots as proof of global warming or not global warming and such short time frames cannot give an accurate picture.
http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/14/1013_Cali_drought_map_large.jpg

I do not suppose to know whether global warming has anything to do with California's current drought, only that it is alarming to me as the shortage of water not only effects ones boating on dried up lake beds but the much more serious implications of agriculture and potable water.
 
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Originally posted by rtribble

quote:
Originally posted by Good Grief

Why is it all the CA drought pics are from spring/summer 2014??? Didn't the Left Coast get a bit of rain in Dec/Jan/Feb??? I'm afraid, Bob, the use of the work "current Doesn't seem to apply!

It's a shame there's not a mechanism to nearly instantaneously post pics for others to see. . . ; )

FWIW, I'd be interested in seeing CURRENT drought conditions are - not what it looked like before my last birthday!!!!

Click to expand...


Here is a current report on conditions.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/..._n_6632616.html?utm_hp_ref=california-drought

However you cannot just look at short snapshots of time and draw any real conclusions as you will have some fluctuations in drought conditions.
The real picture can only be realized by looking at the bigger picture.

http://news.mongabay.com/2015/0212-hance-megadrought-west.html

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You really crack me up! You claim that "short snapshots of time" mean nothing and we have to look at the "bigger picture".

Guess what, in terms of the earth's age, ANY "climate change" is a "short snapshot".

I love how in ONE post, you manage to speak out of both sides of your mouth, in order to advance your agenda of "global warming".

Tell me, what caused the last "dust bowl"? Tell me, what caused the last ice age to end?
 
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Originally posted by rtribble

I do not suppose to know whether global warming has anything to do with California's current drought, only that it is alarming to me as the shortage of water not only effects ones boating on dried up lake beds but the much more serious implications of agriculture and potable water.

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Do you in any way attribute it to over-population?

If so, where are most of the people coming from?
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In reality, when the impact plays out either way, we'll all be looonnnngg dead. SWGAF?
 
I was out in San Jose this weekend, saw some reservoirs first hand and looked at the paper. As you will note most reservoirs are full or near full. In addition the Hetch Hechy whic is SFO's big watershed in the Sierra is 68 percent full and the Springs resivoir south of SFO is 103 percent full. The situation appears not to be as dire as people here are trying to paint and indeed is quite good.

www.mercurynews.com/weather/ci_17700654
 
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Originally posted by GeeBee

I was out in San Jose this weekend, saw some reservoirs first hand and looked at the paper. As you will note most reservoirs are full or near full. In addition the Hetch Hechy whic is SFO's big watershed in the Sierra is 68 percent full and the Springs resivoir south of SFO is 103 percent full. The situation appears not to be as dire as people here are trying to paint and indeed is quite good.

www.mercurynews.com/weather/ci_17700654

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The table in your linked article indicates that the combined levels are at 48%. Hardly "quite good". Those reservoirs combined hold a puny 169,000 acre feet of water at capacity.

Oroville holds 3.5 million acre feet and right now is at 50%. Shasta holds 4.5 million at capacity and I suspect it's also at about 50%. The bigger issue is the lack of snow pack to feed the reservoirs as the seasons progress and water demands increase.

The data suggest that things are certainly NOT "quite good" and they ain't getting any better. January rainfall set record lows.
 
If you look the down stream reservoirs such as Vasona which is at 77% is a "Perc" reservoir which means it is used to recharge the ground water. If you understand the SCCWD system it is quite clear they are moving water into aquifer quickly and out of upstream reservoirs. I would not say your situation is dire, in fact if it were the hotel where I was saying would have announced it as in past droughts, but they did not.
 
Looks normal to me. When was the last time the entire map was white in every state? Answer, never.
 
More than 50% means MORE than 1/2 full. What's to panic about?
 
GeeBee and Hogan kinda reinforce my point - the 'Fire and Brimstone' drought, so vividly documented in pics from LAST SPRING/SUMMER, seems to have waned . . . But the Sky is Falling crowd insist it's just a pause, and more fire and brimstone is on it's way.

And Trib, to quote an organizations long-term forecast when they can't reasonably predict snow for this weekend. . .dude, that's a little too much trust in the gov for me!!! ; )
 
http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/california-drought-storms-reservoirs-agriculture/42080475 Time will tell the story, guess we'll wait and see.
 
There was a multi year low rainfall period in SJC area in about the 1980s. The local paper did a plot of rainfall as measured at missions that went back 150 years or so. In that cycle while everyone was claiming the sky was falling (or not) their chart showed that the rainfall for those years was at the low end of the normal range on their 150 Year graph. I wonder if anyone has looked up that data.

Of course today there is mush more demand for water especially in the valley. My point is that weather is cyclical but our population expects it to be nearly constant.
 
When the state says the golf courses need to go dry then I will believe it is serious.
 
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