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It may have rained a lot at your house recently, but the Western US is parched. Reservoirs are at record lows, and the State water project has announced that Los Angeles is getting an allocation of ZERO water next year barring extreme rain and snowpack this winter. The lack of adequate surface water for human needs is draining aquifers at an increasing rate, resulting in ground subsidence and permanent reduction in the geologic structures' ability to get replenished and ever store as much water again. There were 1 or 2 "atmospheric river" events recently that affected the Northwest, but overall this is predicted to be a La Nina year meaning lower seasonal rainfall than average. Last year was dry AF, all the native trees on my mountain property on the Southern tip of the Central Valley looked sickly and distressed since mid-summer, and some have obviously died back or altogether. These are OLD oak trees.
I agree more reservoir capacity would be a good idea. You might be dis...
That's not true they are not at record lows, they have recovered a lot. What is true that they don't do a good enough job at making sure all that rainfall can be stored when weather happens. Still there is no drought anymore at all, not even in the West.
Since late Spring, the NOAH sat page has shown a very wet globe.
I also just looked at the 30 day figures for North America. Record high rainfall
Automan Empire saysI also just looked at the 30 day figures for North America. Record high rainfall
Where are you seeing record high stats? The numbers I'm seeing on the internet are all over the place, and are undated and don't have any geo location tagged to them. Useless data is not dependable data
The reservoir capacity in CA was built for much smaller population. When was the last time we had big reservoir built - 1968?
Not just in Utah but I see a lot of hiker and trekkers on Youtube visiting these so called shrinking lakes due to drought. They all look like they are being drained. That's not drought.
Eric Holder saysThe reservoir capacity in CA was built for much smaller population. When was the last time we had big reservoir built - 1968?
Not true, a HUGE one was completed in the last 10 years in San Bernardino county.
I keep asking people who think we can new-reservoir our way out of the problem over the next 100 years of unchecked population growth: How long does each (arbitrarily chosen metric for scale) cubic mile of new storage capacity supply the state's current 39 million residents?
mell saysThat's not true they are not at record lows, they have recovered a lot. What is true that they don't do a good enough job at making sure all that rainfall can be stored when weather happens. Still there is no drought anymore at all, not even in the West.
http://cdec.water.ca.gov/resapp/RescondMain?source=patrick.net
Here is an interactive map showing today's current reservoir levels. 9 of 12 stand far below the date's historic average level. The 3 that are at or slightly above historic average today are all in the Southern half of the state, not a result of the extreme ~2 days of rain events in the Northwest. Despite all the runoff water these extreme events dropped over the entire watershed of the dams in question getting impounded by the dams, with nothing that could...
This is directly from NOAA's website. Zoom in to the region you want. Select 30 day precipitation, percent of normal. https://water.weather.gov/precip/?source=patrick.net
How's the rain where you live,
This year it's a lush lawn that looks like Groundskeeper Willie is tending to it. I keep seeing the Atlantic covered in Thunderstorm systems, not tropical storm systems. That extent from the US, dips down into the Jetstream and goes up to the Sahara. There's tons of rain in the Western US as well. I wonder if we'll get an update on Lake Powell.
Sudan in Africa is experiencing record floods in over 60 years. What in the fuck have the white hats and do gooders been doing with all of the money we send them? Sure as hell didn't build Flood canals and reservoirs to catch and store monsoon rains when they come.. But we do have more warlords and EU refugees than ever Stop giving Sally Scruther's money the bitch is killing them with it.
How's the rain where you live, has it just been cloudy but not rainy, is this map deceiving me? Have you been getting tons of rain?
Also due to precipitation everywhere, this has been a dismal noneventful Hurricane season. Spite the place holder claim they make every year, that it will be the hottest, and driest and most productive hurricane season on record. They say that every May, without a shred of proof or evidence.
This is dry day compare to many I have been watching.