West Coast Crew V atmospheric River

Mejnoon

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May 6, 2000
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It won't stop the rain but we will be in a drought regardless of how much we have. We lack storage and water "rights" are more then we ever collect.
The perpetual drought narrative in CA is kinda BS. Commercial and residential water service is consistently reliable and has been for a very long time. We definitely could use additional storage capacity and its coming, but water deliveries aren’t failing anywhere and the ag industry which holds most of the rights you’re referencing gets enough water to grow more food than any other place in the world.

There are water quality issues in some parts of CA which are far more concerning, but no one is on a boil water order afaik.
 

Dazed1

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Dec 30, 2005
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one of our manzanita trees got uprooted Last night and dropped in to the neighbors driveway. Sucked that only rescue was chopping it up coz the soil got too soft.

We just had 125k worth of drainage work done in the backyard and side yard after we got damp and mold from last years rain in the basement. I’m glad we did, coz it’s pouring water out like crazy. Even after all the rain has stopped
 
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Chazzworth

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The perpetual drought narrative in CA is kinda BS. Commercial and residential water service is consistently reliable and has been for a very long time. We definitely could use additional storage capacity and its coming, but water deliveries aren’t failing anywhere and the ag industry which holds most of the rights you’re referencing gets enough water to grow more food than any other place in the world.

There are water quality issues in some parts of CA which are far more concerning, but no one is on a boil water order afaik.
I’ll reply tomorrow with facts when I’m not on this damn iPad. cliffs notes version at the very least the water rights are over %100 of what we collect but there is so much more to it.
 
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DontRevMe

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The perpetual drought narrative in CA is kinda BS. Commercial and residential water service is consistently reliable and has been for a very long time. We definitely could use additional storage capacity and its coming, but water deliveries aren’t failing anywhere and the ag industry which holds most of the rights you’re referencing gets enough water to grow more food than any other place in the world.

There are water quality issues in some parts of CA which are far more concerning, but no one is on a boil water order afaik.
There are towns in east bay that had no water a few years back from drought. They had to use bottle water.
 

Ron

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Sep 21, 2003
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This all reminds me of El Niño in the 90’s.

lived in Big Sur and the highway washed into it he ocean. The canyon we lived up was a river. It was wild. People airlifted out.

Lived in my mom’s work parking lot in a borrowed camper for a few months.
I was in Southern California for that and I don’t remember anywhere near this level of chaos/destruction

SF has gotten more rain than the last 150 years
 

fuqxyu

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Feb 2, 2004
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I was in Southern California for that and I don’t remember anywhere near this level of chaos/destruction

SF has gotten more rain than the last 150 years
I remember the 90s in Sacramento. School got flooded but we still showed up anyway. Classes were held in the cafeteria. Fuck yeah
 

Mejnoon

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May 6, 2000
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Omaha, NE
I’ll reply tomorrow with facts when I’m not on this damn iPad. cliffs notes version at the very least the water rights are over %100 of what we collect but there is so much more to it.
I’m pretty familiar. The bottom line is that the state is empowered to bypass appropriative water rights to prioritize health and safety, ie, municipal delivery, and we collect 10x what we need for municipal use. The rest just determines commercial ag production totals…it’s an economic issue.
 

hipberri

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i drove like 120mi all over la/oc today. it was scary at times, raining hard af, couldnt see the lane markers. just followed some big rigs for a while.
rip in peace to all the ppl who drive on bald tires
never drive in the far left lanes. shit is flooded
 

aznboi320

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Aug 3, 2002
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I remember the 90s in Sacramento. School got flooded but we still showed up anyway. Classes were held in the cafeteria. Fuck yeah
The feels in the 90s. We didn't even have a freaking cafeteria. We had recess and lunch in the classrooms :rofl:. I remember our lunches in elementary school had to be trucked in and I used to volunteer to pass them out to students. Miss those square pizzas and those frozen icey things :yum:
 
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DontRevMe

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The feels in the 90s. We didn't even have a freaking cafeteria. We had recess and lunch in the classrooms :rofl:. I remember our lunches in elementary school had to be trucked in and I used to volunteer to pass them out to students. Miss those square pizzas and those frozen icey things :yum:
Y'all get them peanut butter squares?
 
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