Rain!!!
Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2023 1:40 pm
Well, I think California is out of it's drought.
Out of the last 11 days, we had had rain in 10 of them. Some of them very hard too. With the ground being so dry (from our drought) most of the rain is running off. We have a "flood control canal" that runs through the county. It is just behind the group of houses I am living at. It is about 200 foot wide and about 8 foot deep right now. Normally it would be about 10 foot wide and maybe a few feet deep. It is at max.
So, we go from ..... wild fires and drought to ...... flooding!
Isn't there anything in between?
I'll get a photo of the canal this afternoon when I go to the store.
good news is, all this rain turns into snow in the Sierras. That is what fills out reservoirs for us to drink and use. Oh, and the reservoirs are already full. So, when the snow melts, we may have Spring flooding. They have a balance of letting the reservoirs empty and hope there is enough snow pack to keep it going later. If they let too much water out (to prevent flooding) and the snow stops, the snow pack will be to little to fill the reservoirs back up.....drought! So, it is a game. I guess they go into the mountains and measure the snow pack to gauge how much to release.
Darryl
Out of the last 11 days, we had had rain in 10 of them. Some of them very hard too. With the ground being so dry (from our drought) most of the rain is running off. We have a "flood control canal" that runs through the county. It is just behind the group of houses I am living at. It is about 200 foot wide and about 8 foot deep right now. Normally it would be about 10 foot wide and maybe a few feet deep. It is at max.
So, we go from ..... wild fires and drought to ...... flooding!
Isn't there anything in between?
I'll get a photo of the canal this afternoon when I go to the store.
good news is, all this rain turns into snow in the Sierras. That is what fills out reservoirs for us to drink and use. Oh, and the reservoirs are already full. So, when the snow melts, we may have Spring flooding. They have a balance of letting the reservoirs empty and hope there is enough snow pack to keep it going later. If they let too much water out (to prevent flooding) and the snow stops, the snow pack will be to little to fill the reservoirs back up.....drought! So, it is a game. I guess they go into the mountains and measure the snow pack to gauge how much to release.
Darryl