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Old 02-22-2014, 04:39 PM
 
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Are you saying next year at this time we'll be complaining about the flooding and homes sliding into the ocean?
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Old 02-22-2014, 05:11 PM
 
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Are you saying next year at this time we'll be complaining about the flooding and homes sliding into the ocean?
It will be very similar to the winter of 1997-1998 for anyone that was around and remembered that season. Get those sandbags ready.
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Old 02-22-2014, 05:24 PM
 
Location: Indiana Uplands
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It will be very similar to the winter of 1997-1998 for anyone that was around and remembered that season. Get those sandbags ready.
I see no evidence of this for next Winter. The ensemble mean is for a moderate event. 97-98 was a record strong El Nino event.
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Old 02-22-2014, 05:50 PM
 
Location: Murrieta, CA
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This article contains a map of how much rain is needed to end the drought. Not too likely for this Spring and even with a strong El Nino unlikely to get enough rain next winter to fill up Lake Mead, Lake Oroville etc.

It will be interesting over the next few months to see if a El Nino does develop. If one does it is not a guarantee that CA will have a heavy rain season, just makes it more likely.

Every State May Feel the Effects of Historic California Drought
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Old 02-22-2014, 06:33 PM
 
Location: Declezville, CA
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I see no evidence of this for next Winter. The ensemble mean is for a moderate event. 97-98 was a record strong El Nino event.
What drove the record rainfall of 04-05? That one saw just shy of 38" at the downtown LA weather station, almost 7" more than 97-98.
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Old 02-22-2014, 11:10 PM
 
Location: Indiana Uplands
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What drove the record rainfall of 04-05? That one saw just shy of 38" at the downtown LA weather station, almost 7" more than 97-98.
No El Nino that Winter. Extreme weather events are just becoming more common.
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Old 02-23-2014, 06:40 AM
 
Location: Murrieta, CA
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Finally rain/snow in the forecast. Even in Southern California.

Rain Finally Back in the Forecast for California
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Old 02-24-2014, 12:15 PM
 
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Almonds and cherries are thirsty too. Almonds are a huge cash crop, getting a pretty hefty market share. But if this drought is a long term trend they're not sustainable. As sensitive as I am to environmental issues, if natural drought conditions affect streams and habitats anyway then why would we allocate scarce resources to artificially recharge them? We'll have to retool policies to address current exigencies in a common sense manner.
Because California has spent a century constructing waterworks that allow us to populate water-poor parts of this State with tens of millions of people. Common sense is long since out the window and we've got to figure out how to deal with the challenges we've got ourselves in.

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Fracking takes place far below the aquifers.
But aquifers are frequently contaminated by damaged fracking wells (I've heard estimates in the 7-12% range of all fracking wells).
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Old 02-25-2014, 04:42 PM
 
Location: Murrieta, CA
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We will take any good news we can find:

California drought: Rare good news as storms move in, and El Niño conditions are emerging in Pacific - San Jose Mercury News
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Old 02-26-2014, 11:02 AM
 
Location: Declezville, CA
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I hate to be a fault-finder (ok, that was a lie) but just NOW you're implementing this stuff, Cal Fire? I started retraining myself and the entire family back in the late seventies, during THAT drought.

CAL FIRE helps spread the water conservation message | Save Our Water
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