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All of the reservoirs were and are above the average level for this time of year during the fires and now, including those in Southern California. https://cdec

by bagels 2y ago

All of the reservoirs were and are above the average level for this time of year during the fires and now, including those in Southern California. https://cdec.water.ca.gov/resapp/RescondMain https://cdec.water.ca.gov/resapp/RescondMain This accomplishes nothing useful, unless they plan to irrigate the wilderness to keep the brush green year round (of course, there is certainly not enough water for that).

jeffbee 2y ago
Neither of the reservoirs in question are on that graphic, FYI. Both of these lakes are empty and generally would be in January. Which is why combined outflows of 2500 cubic feet per second is extraordinary. https://www.spk-wc.usace.army.mil/plots/california.html?name=trm&year=2025&interval=h&tab=plot&window=1Month&gl=true https://www.spk-wc.usace.army.mil/plots/california.html?name...
russdill 2y ago
Apparently we just need to water the tumbleweeds and keep them green. I wish I were making this up.
duskwuff 2y ago
> including those in Southern California Which - to be clear - Tulare County is not a part of. While it's in the southern part of the San Joaquin Valley, that doesn't make it part of Southern California. The dividing line is around the Tehachapi Mountains. Water released from these reservoirs would end up flowing northwards in the San Joaquin River, and eventually out to sea in the Sacramento Delta. It wouldn't do anything to help fight fires in Los Angeles; it's in entirely the wrong place for that.
- AlotOfReading 2y ago
  That's not quite correct. The California aqueduct is able to transport water from the delta down to LA by pumping it over the mountains. This is only a technicality though because even though the system includes the largest pumps in the world, it's still relatively small compared to a natural waterway at full capacity and it's already running.
- labster 2y ago
  Heh, everyone has a different no idea of the line between SoCal and NorCal. I saw a talk someone from ESRI who did a survey of Californians on where the line is. The only hard and fast rule is that “nobody wants Hanford”, apparently. But your line is one of the more southern ones, since most people include Bakersfield in SoCal.

by bagels 2y ago

jeffbee 2y ago

Neither of the reservoirs in question are on that graphic, FYI. Both of these lakes are empty and generally would be in January. Which is why combined outflows of 2500 cubic feet per second is extraordinary. https://www.spk-wc.usace.army.mil/plots/california.html?name=trm&year=2025&interval=h&tab=plot&window=1Month&gl=true https://www.spk-wc.usace.army.mil/plots/california.html?name...

russdill 2y ago

Apparently we just need to water the tumbleweeds and keep them green. I wish I were making this up.

duskwuff 2y ago

> including those in Southern California Which - to be clear - Tulare County is not a part of. While it's in the southern part of the San Joaquin Valley, that doesn't make it part of Southern California. The dividing line is around the Tehachapi Mountains. Water released from these reservoirs would end up flowing northwards in the San Joaquin River, and eventually out to sea in the Sacramento Delta. It wouldn't do anything to help fight fires in Los Angeles; it's in entirely the wrong place for that.

AlotOfReading 2y ago
That's not quite correct. The California aqueduct is able to transport water from the delta down to LA by pumping it over the mountains. This is only a technicality though because even though the system includes the largest pumps in the world, it's still relatively small compared to a natural waterway at full capacity and it's already running.
labster 2y ago
Heh, everyone has a different no idea of the line between SoCal and NorCal. I saw a talk someone from ESRI who did a survey of Californians on where the line is. The only hard and fast rule is that “nobody wants Hanford”, apparently. But your line is one of the more southern ones, since most people include Bakersfield in SoCal.