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Ironically, the rest of the country is having a drought: https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026/01/18/winter-drought-us-impacts-rain-fire/ https://www.was

• cg5280 9mo ago
  Colorado is having a record low snow season. It's been tough for skiing.
  • mikestorrent 9mo ago
    Not great up here in Vancouver either - lots of rain but not snow. The problem with this is that even though we'll have full reservoirs at the start of the summer, when the rain ends, we deplete the lakes rapidly, and that slope downward gets steeper every year. It really makes me think that we'll need more dams, more reservoirs, to hold in more of the precious fresh water rather than letting it all run out. All winter long the rivers have been at really high flow rates because the lakes are full and the dams are wide open letting it go... but we'll miss that water in a few months!
    • standeven 9mo ago
      Solar panels can also help, as BC gets long sunny days when the reservoirs are low.
  • jmb99 9mo ago
    Damn, is this the first time ever the east coast is doing better than Colorado? We’ve had record snowfalls all over Quebec, I spent all day last Friday skiing in a foot of fresh powder. Unheard of on the ice coast*. *not literally. But still, crazy amount of snow this year so far
    • cogogo 9mo ago
      Neighboring ski areas in Maine have just so so snow. NOAA Northeast snowpack map. One of my favorites. https://www.weather.gov/images/nerfc/ops/nohrsc_full_sd.png https://www.weather.gov/images/nerfc/ops/nohrsc_full_sd.png I usually use this one but the previous includes Quebec. https://www.weather.gov/images/nerfc/ops/NOHRSC_SD_highcontrast.png https://www.weather.gov/images/nerfc/ops/NOHRSC_SD_highcontr...
• apitman 9mo ago
  Bone dry here in Utah. Just as local government has been lowering their guard on the Great Salt Lake issue due to a couple strong snowpack years. Really hope we're proactive in response to the lack of snow.
  • cogman10 9mo ago
    Same in idaho. We are looking at historic lows for our reservoirs.
    • dminor 9mo ago
      Same in Oregon. Snowpack way below normal.
  • xedrac 9mo ago
    Yeah, I want another 950" of snow at Alta Ski Resort again. That year - 2023 I think, was unreal!
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• ignoramous 9mo ago
  Unironically, wet / dry cycles isn't good news for California either. Research published in the aftermath of the fire examines how this extremely wet to extremely dry weather sequence is especially dangerous for wildfires in Southern California because heavy rainfall leads to high growth of grass and brush, which then becomes abundant fuel during periods of extreme dryness.
  • gosub100 9mo ago
    wildfire is part of nature.
    • willturman 9mo ago
      Yes, of course, those natural wildfires started by downed power infrastructure [1], bullets [2], and campfires on red flag days [3]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixie_Fire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixie_Fire [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caldor_Fire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caldor_Fire [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davis_Fire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davis_Fire
      • soperj 9mo ago
        Most of the actual wild fires just get put out. The big ones are happening because the build up is too big since all the smaller ones have been put out. It's all in service of the forestry industry.
        • ryanjshaw 9mo ago
          Veritasium has a great video showing an intuitive simulation of this: https://youtu.be/HBluLfX2F_k?t=1168&si=7IwK98FnIcYV9HnH https://youtu.be/HBluLfX2F_k?t=1168&si=7IwK98FnIcYV9HnH
      • floatrock 9mo ago
        Yes, of course human activity causes some fires. Now do all the other ones started by lightning and lets have a complete list.
• suzzer99 9mo ago
  You're all in California's rain shadow.