Sunday, August 15, 2021

Oroville Lake, California, in smoke

 


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  1. WHOA!!!! How low is the water level?!?!?!?!

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  2. California water resources have been traditionally very poorly managed but what has happened over the past two years is criminal malfeasance on a massive scale. Oroville was at 98% of capacity and 118% of its historical average in June 2019 and nine out of twelve of the other major reservoirs in the state were at 92% capacity or better. What should have been a 7 year supply has been wasted. This is a carefully manufactured water emergency and the State Water Board should be in prison. The human cost alone demands it but the financial cost can't even be calculated yet.

    LOOK IT UP!!!!!

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    1. You are correct. And I would add that in March of 2019, while the reservoirs were full, the snowpack was at 150% of historical average.

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  3. Long drive down boat ramp, but, as the pool shrinks so does places for fish to hide so fantastic time to go find them.

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  4. Yeah, here in western Co, we're fogged in by that shithole states criminally negligent forestry practices, too. Ya'll sure know how to pick "leaders"...

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    1. Far be it from me to defend California policy makers but the problem here isn't the state, it's the U.S. Forest Service. FedGuv owns 46% of the land in California. The state owns very little forested lands other than parks and a few research forests that are run by the U.C. system, and they are actually managed better than the federal forests are.

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    2. Elmo, the EPA and the CA legislature have essentially outlawed logging. And since we do very little logging, the forests are heavily fueled, ergo, forest fires. They’d rather seem ‘em burn than logged.

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  5. I heard a rumor there's a recall election scheduled...

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