Will it ever rain again?

[eric9877]

Although article below talks about 2013 being the driest year ever, the rainfall season is still in progress. But it definitely shows that 2013 itself was the driest, so that makes louie's post in context. But there is info about ongoing conservation, and we really have learned a lot since the 70s drought, which I was referring to:

http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/kpoole/californias_drought_-_we_can_d.html

Here's the quote I read:
". Contra Costa’s neighbor at the East Bay Municipal Water District – which also expects to meet its customers’ needs this year without rationing – says that such investments have reduced water demands by one-third of what they were 40 years ago. "

Posting opinions with relevant supporting documents?!

You don't belong on BARF!

You don't belong here in 'Murica...

( as I crack open a can of Budweiser and rest it on my beer gut)

 

[m_asim]

Thanks a lot, Obama!

 

[Bay Arean]

Nyuk. Doesn't happen that often. It is curious that EBMUD doesn't plan rationing, at least for now...

 

[Shaggy]

Thanks a lot, Obama!

 

[God]

You know whoever is in office is going to fuck it up.

 

[}Dragon{]

http://www.sacbee.com/2013/12/31/6038870/folsom-lakes-decline-exposes-gold.html

 

[packnrat]

we must shut off the tap to la. they have never had to conserve water.
time for there lawns to dry up.
time for there pools to dry up.
time for them to learn they live in a place with

NO natural water source.

.

 

[}Dragon{]

we must shut off the tap to la. they have never had to conserve water.
time for there lawns to dry up.
time for there pools to dry up.
time for them to learn they live in a place with

NO natural water source.

.

They have a natural water source- it's called the Pacific Ocean... they need
desalinization plants and a lot of them.

 

[Arminius]

They have a natural water source- it's called the Pacific Ocean... they need
desalinization plants and a lot of them.

Using green energy to to do it and high speed rail for the workers, of course.

 

[jacksprat]

Maybe eventually this will lead to the extinction of that absolutely useless thing people spend huge amounts of time and money to care for, their lawn.

I'm against ass hair and yard hair. Wax it all off damnit!

 

[oobus]

If only they would let us build more water storage.....

I have a friend at the DWR, he told me once that it would take 40 years to get all the approvals in place to build another dam.

Glad to be farming in the North and have a good well, the growers in the South part of the state who depend on the water districts are really going to be screwed if there is no rain, AND no snowpack.

 

[RRR70]

OMG, Al Gore was right!

 

[Cycle61]

You want rain, come get some.

 

[RRR70]

No thanks, you keep it.

 

[dmaxAl]

Blame it on the "Ridiculously Resilient Ridge."

http://www.mercurynews.com/science/ci_24904396/california-drought-whats-causing-it

Not an encouraging read.

 

[}Dragon{]

http://youtu.be/Gu2pVPWGYMQ

 

[Eldritch]

It can't rain all the time.

 

[RRR70]

It can't rain all the time.

In man made global warming

 

[Asphaultnaut]

No you are not old enough...This drought has broken all previous drought records, in recorded history.

And....i'm just pulling this out of my ass, but...Pretty sure we are using more water in a higher population, and AG business and grape growing, and discharges from power generating dams, etc...than ever before.

Rotsa Ruck when everyone turns on the air conditioners next summer.

ask the Anasazi about cyclical droughts in the West.

http://www1.american.edu/ted/ice/anasazi.htm

Massive increases in local population with no significant increase in water storage isn't helping things either. When you replace so many single family dwellings with condos, something's gotta give. But the lure of tax income from more people needing more stuff to survive is just too hard to resist apparently. And before everyone hates on lawns, oughta start first with the golf courses.

Before Internet memes, there was certainly this sentiment during the 1970s drought, that LoCal'ers were refusing to stop washing cars and mowing lawns while we were not flushing for pee. Pretty stupid to look on it now, but I actually wrote a rock song called "Shiny Cars" about it.

PS/ Maybe we should get those Antarctic explorers up here, now that they are rescued from the ice, to study the drought. Might make it rain.

"If it's yellow let it mellow, if it's brown, flush it down"?

 

[Bay Arean]

As for golf courses, you might be surprised. We have two golf courses where I work. A creek runs throughout both. There are several holding ponds that capture runoff from irrigation and recirculate that water. Very enviro friendly. The creek has a natural level of runoff, but the excess water is reused. All constructed with the monitoring and blessing of local water authorities. This works well with gravity, I dunno about flat courses. Ours are built on a descending valley floor.