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Lake Shasta Nov. 14, 2018 as I was driving across it heading south on the first part of my move from from Oregon. I wonder how it looks now. 

 

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And we haven't yet gotten to the snowmelt.  Groundwater needs more than a couple of years like this to recover, if it even can.  There's been some subsidence, and there's not as much absorption as there was before the recent drought.

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Too bad they don't have engineers and technicians who know how to build retention ponds.

 

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1 hour ago, Doc Shapiro said:

And we haven't yet gotten to the snowmelt.  Groundwater needs more than a couple of years like this to recover, if it even can.  There's been some subsidence, and there's not as much absorption as there was before the recent drought.

 

Since the 1920s some parts of the Central Valley have had close to 30 feet of subsidence because of pumping.  Some of the aquifers may never recover.

 

A few papers on it.

https://www.usgs.gov/centers/land-subsidence-in-california

 

https://ca.water.usgs.gov/projects/central-valley/index.html

 

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/waterrights/water_issues/programs/bay_delta/california_waterfix/exhibits/docs/CSPA%20et%20al/part2/aqua_264.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjzvaPQnOf9AhUnAjQIHeD5BkMQFnoECDEQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1tlj3JMHuq2dcTh5Z0PWuw

 

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He said jokingly…
 

California, a land where water shortage is a constant concern. A land where the wealthy businesses and people water their property so much the streets run like streams in the early morning hours and the Tesla, Land Rover and Porsche drivers complain about messing up their car’s detailing to the point where limits are enacted on water use. A land where water use at night is almost matched by daytime use so the smarmy can keep their wonderful cars looking sharp to impress others as they sit in parking lots that are also known to be “Freeways” during some hours of the day. 

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6 hours ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said:

He said jokingly…
 

California, a land where water shortage is a constant concern. A land where the wealthy businesses and people water their property so much the streets run like streams in the early morning hours and the Tesla, Land Rover and Porsche drivers complain about messing up their car’s detailing to the point where limits are enacted on water use. A land where water use at night is almost matched by daytime use so the smarmy can keep their wonderful cars looking sharp to impress others as they sit in parking lots that are also known to be “Freeways” during some hours of the day. 

I've seen here were water shortages had homeowners allowed to water their lawns only twice a week with a time limit and the Golf Clubs, New home Subdivision Sites that were selling their homes, and some businesses were watering everyday for hours.

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Karine Jean-Pierre has announced that the pictures are actually from a desert relocation of beach sand from Lake Tahoe due to climate change and sea level rise. The icicles shown, are really wind driven salt spray stalactites originating from a sugar-deprived lake in Utah.:rolleyes:

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1 hour ago, Cypress Sun said:

Karine Jean-Pierre has announced that the pictures are actually from a desert relocation of beach sand from Lake Tahoe due to climate change and sea level rise. The icicles shown, are really wind driven salt spray stalactites originating from a sugar-deprived lake in Utah.:rolleyes:

 

Aw crap, wrong thread. Supposed to be the Bodie thread.

 

Nevermind.

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First they are griping about a drought.  Now they are griping about rain and snow.  I guess they have not figured out rain and snow is what ends droughts.

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