It rained for ten days straight here, and we had flooding, sewer
overflow, trees crashing down on cars with one fatality in Napa, and
power failures. Did you see the video I posted on Facebook of the
power crew clearing the limbs from trees in 40 mph winds?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6v53-oT
We've had one dry day in March and none forecast real soon. This is
also shaping up to be the first March that never hits 60 degrees.
Good, moist, cool times.
Judah
On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 3:52 PM, Robert Munn wrote:
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> I thought it would never stop raining. Unfortunately, the folks in
> Capit
I thought it would never stop raining. Unfortunately, the folks in
Capitola got hit by flash floods from mountain runoff yesterday:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dMsESzgKo8&feature=related
On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 11:43 PM, Maureen wrote:
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> No shortage of water in Santa Cruz this week.
>
> O
We're crazy Americans, remember? :-)
Maureen said it, irrigation is the key. The mountains have plenty of
water and that water is mostly sent to the Central Valley for farming.
I've heard suggestions that farmers in the Central Valley switch to
less water-hungry crops than they currently grow as
On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 2:11 PM, Maureen wrote:
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> Do you know where the Colorado river is, cause it sure doesn't sound
> like it? Lake Mead was formed by building the Hoover Dam. The level
> of the lake is determined by the rain and snow levels in the mountains
> of Colorado, Utah and Wyomin
Do you know where the Colorado river is, cause it sure doesn't sound
like it? Lake Mead was formed by building the Hoover Dam. The level
of the lake is determined by the rain and snow levels in the mountains
of Colorado, Utah and Wyoming. The river runs from La Poudre Pass in
northern Colorado
On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 8:45 PM, Gruss Gott wrote:
> All-in-all a great time and, if you were like me and kinda lumped in
> San Diego with LA (in a not-so-good way), then change your mind
> because you're missing out.
Yes, San Diego isn't anything like LA really. Check out Torrey Pines
next tim
That's the northern and central valley not the south. The south
doesn't have a water supply to support it's population so it must take
from others and import it.
Of course the antifundamentalist's shut off much of the water to central valley.
.
On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 12:54 PM, Jerry Milo John
On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 12:29 PM, Maureen wrote:
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> The biggest issue with water in California is supplying irrigation for
> the farms in the Imperial and Central valleys, which supply a
> substantial amount of food consumed in the United States. The water
> isn't taken from Lake Mead, it is ta
On 3/28/2011 9:48 AM, Vivec wrote:
> How is it that "Farms" in a desert are supplying most of the food in the
> US...
Add water to desert soil, and one often gets very fertile farm land.
Of course, one must keep adding the water.
~~
Because the western slope of the Rockies and other (smaller and more
western) mountains are a perfect natural rain catcher. And the Pacific Ocean
sends tons of water to those mountains.
And because they were desert, they are perfect - almost sterile - growing
environments with very few weeds, lik
The Central Valley of California supplies approximately 8-10% of the
US food supply on 1% of the farm land. It is roughly 450 miles long,
running from SoCal to Sacramento. Saying the farms are in the
"desert" misstates the geology.
On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 9:48 AM, Vivec wrote:
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> How is it th
How is it that "Farms" in a desert are supplying most of the food in the
US...
o_O
On 28 March 2011 12:29, Maureen wrote:
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> The biggest issue with water in California is supplying irrigation for
> the farms in the Imperial and Central valleys, which supply a
> substantial amount of food cons
The biggest issue with water in California is supplying irrigation for
the farms in the Imperial and Central valleys, which supply a
substantial amount of food consumed in the United States. The water
isn't taken from Lake Mead, it is taken in part from the Colorado
River, which borders the Imper
Then you would know the fight is between the North and the South,
where the North has water and the South takes the water. They also
take from Lake Mead so greed all around. They're also famous for not
being conservative with water like AZ and NV.
.
On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 11:41 AM, Maureen wr
California has numerous climate zones, ranging from desert to coastal
rain forest. Depends entirely on where you are, and I think everyone
who lives here is very aware of the problems with water, as the debate
rages constantly.
Although it is not as violent or lengthy as the debate that Georgia,
So Cali is a desert but you would think it's tropical. The people that
live need to realize that.
.
On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 12:10 AM, Robert Munn wrote:
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> On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 8:41 PM, Gruss Gott wrote:
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>> Ha, well I'm sure the Santa Cruz mountains are equally awesome.
>>
>> So'Cal almo
The ugliest parts of coastal California are more beautiful than 75% of
the rest of the world.
On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 5:45 PM, Gruss Gott wrote:
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> Wow, was I surprised!
>
> Beautiful, scenic (rolling mountains and the ocean of course), great
> weather, friendly and a nice drive down from LA.
No shortage of water in Santa Cruz this week.
On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 7:58 PM, Robert Munn wrote:
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> San Diego is indeed pretty awesome. I moved to the Santa Cruz
> mountains last summer. I don't want to be in waterless southern
> California when the riots start...
On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 8:41 PM, Gruss Gott wrote:
> Ha, well I'm sure the Santa Cruz mountains are equally awesome.
>
> So'Cal almost makes me wish I was into golf and tennis! maybe when I retire
> ...
>
> (on a realistic note, what's the real deal with the water problems anyway?)
Not enoug
Robert Munn wrote:
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> San Diego is indeed pretty awesome. I moved to the Santa Cruz
> mountains last summer. I don't want to be in waterless southern
> California when the riots start...
>
Ha, well I'm sure the Santa Cruz mountains are equally awesome.
So'Cal almost makes me wish I was into go
San Diego is indeed pretty awesome. I moved to the Santa Cruz
mountains last summer. I don't want to be in waterless southern
California when the riots start...
On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 5:45 PM, Gruss Gott wrote:
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> For anybody that hasn't been in this area, I can't recommend it more -
> it was
For anybody that hasn't been in this area, I can't recommend it more -
it was awesome! I'm officially jealous of Robert.
At the very last minute we changed our vacation plans due to the
Japanese thing and about the only place that was available and sounded
remotely affordable (and appealing) was
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