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Were too busy focusing on gender identity, waving rainbow & BLM flags, banning gas powered lawnmowers and building unused bicycle paths.

Don't they have a lot of reservoirs already people love complaining about everything 😂

@@Lh0ul1 yes, there are plenty, but most rain water actually makes it way to the ocean. It doesn’t help with ground water basins. Their concern is rather valid…

Definitely need to invest in more reservoirs!!!!!!!

Blame environmentalists who oppose every plan for a new reservoir.

Thank God. They said it was “la Nina” a dry winter and was going to make the drought worse and look 👀. The Bible says to those who look at the sky for weather “hypocrites” you believe the weather people but can’t believe in God? Even the meteorologist can’t guess the next storms right. They started back in December about how small was the first storm going to hit California and next thing you know boom unexpectedly huge storms kept coming. It’s not what we say it’s what Jesus Christ says, even when the Word became flesh and walked the earth he commanded the storms to stop, demons are scared of Him. The next person reading this might negatively comment about this post mentioning Christ because they have a demon and their demon squirm like a worm at the name of Jesus Christ. Whoever reads this God bless you and hope you have a best day ever. Remember Christ loves you and died for you and I love you too that’s why I share this with you because I care for you. Repent and focus not on the storm of your life but on Him the Christ and he will set you free from your struggles, yes even set you free from your depression just how He freed me from my own depression too and I can lean on Him and he gives me rest. God bless you bro/sis.

Rains at the wrong time do no good. That El Nino coming in play

Not really. This shits been depressing seeing little sunlight

Finally my California almonds won't be dried out anymore.

@@vinceee_r it’s not about that, keeping the drought risk lower

Ok were do you put the over flow at ?

Water is not a mineral. It's a resource. This release is in preparation for more water from snow melt.

You’re so cool

​@@niyablake underground

Every drought has been given sensationalistic attention but not any pragmatic responses. Why don't we ever see earth digging moving work when reservoirs dry up? Shameful missed opportunity to expand capacity as always.🧐

Ok, senior Poop Butt.

All part of the plan.

Now they’re going to charge you extra for not using enough water 💦 . LoL 😂

If that happens it's because the water is being used inefficiently

@@johnperic6860 Yeah, that MUST be it, and not that population has quadrupled and not one new reservoir has been built in decades. Cognitive dissonance abounds....

Stfu conspiracy theorist

Climate "reality" lmao ahhh California

Nobody should live in a flood plain, dams destroy ecosystems

The damage to the spillway can directly be blamed on the Democrats. We voted to set aside multiple millions of dollars to fix that thing a decade before that happen. As always that money disappears and the dam was never repaired.

US$ 2 Trillion was used up in Afghanistan War.

That's a World-Wide problem - anywhere there are politicians and beureaucrats, there's someone lining thier own pockets, rather then doing what's right forthe citizens they are meant to work for. Infrastructure Projects puts public money in to a lot of pockets, especially if the project has on-going income, like Tollways, or big maintenance budgets, like Dams.

politicians lining their pockets is more important than the needs of "We The People"...larger government means larger retirement & early retirement payouts!!

How do you know TJ? Did you take some samples? I would check Geoengineering Watch with Dane Wigington before I made such claims.

@@pagedc79 The Waterboy told me.

they are being built

They take time. They cannot build it in a weekend.

REPUBLICAN, it's the new F word.

paid for 3 of them and only lined the pockets of... yep

@@iouel democrats always move to slow

they have a new one in like modesto or that area they want to make

The Sites Project is a vision first planned in the 50's.. as in all things California - it is taking forever to build

@@benardmarx maybe next drought won't be as severe

@@mynameispaul0530 You can bet it will be. Using average rainfall in California has always been a bad plan.. it is normal for California to have drought and then lots of rainfall.. using the average between those two and calling it Normal levels is to have very bad planning on something that does not exist - Average rainfall

Ok Paul, just tell us which rivers to build dams on. I'll let you go evict the 6th generation ranchers from those valleys

great idea

it's not that easy

Great idea. Who's going to pay for it? Are you willing to vote to increase your taxes to pay for it? A pipeline to Folsom, then another one on down to Pardee to New Hogan to New Melones and finally to Don Pedro?

​@@Woody615we got to buy LA condo for homeless, divert funding, cut pensions

California is the biggest water abuser in the U.S. Watching how your state uses it's Colorado River allocations should be charged with criminal waste.

Water bills aren't our problem. It's saboteurs.

@@omi_god These people complain about everything.

News flash. They already said the drought ended a week ago.

​@@PyroShields government employees are the most are dangerous & clueless people backing up corrupt politicians

@MoPar Dono Reservoirs, lakes and rivers are full. Do you people live underground.

Bingo.

@@PyroShields The groundwater tables have NOT been replenished. Do you live in the clouds?

So are you saying that this spillway water is not lost to the ocean? And its picked up further down stream for useful use or storage?

Good news

@@essexfarmer9610 A lot of it goes to Southern California.

@@KurtfromLaQuinta Many thanks! Glad it goes to a good use after all the previous drought issues.

@@essexfarmer9610 Well... it is Southern California. LoL! I do live down here. And as I've seen written on walls in bathrooms in the Owens Valley... "Give all you got for Los Angeles." He Haw!

For now? Weather is ALWAYS too much or too little. It would be foolish to expect otherwise.

That was an impressive feat.

They do. There is multiple reservoirs downstream

@@omi_god Been drinking too much KoolAid, omi. Put down the pitcher!

@@realrobinhood2day No, he is correct.

You deserve more likes.

Especially when the screwballs running the circus control most of the weather these days with their geoengineering and solar remediation, aka chem-trails...

Exactly! The climate science of false narratives.

It's a night club that gets new owners every 20 years.

Look out Greta says we’ll all gonna die soon.

Um. and where does the money come for that? It would probably be in partnership with the feds in some way and so no one wants taxes, not even from the likes of Bezos and Musk so figure it out.

@@pamelawing5747 we are one of the highest TAXED states in the Union! An what do we have to show for it, local streets are falling apart and potholes everywhere! The highway system is also in decay! Meanwhile Sacramento politicians are to busy parting at the French Laundry! This what happens when you don’t hold politicians accountable! How can the state of Ca pay almost 150,000 dollars per inmate, when in other states it’s half of that! 🤔🙄🤨🤷🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️

@@wicked2740 So, how do you fix it? I was raised in California and have family and friends there still, so I am very aware. ' I am speaking in generalities now, NOT directed to you in particular. All I hear is whining, and not just from California. I hear the culture wars, "WOKE" until if I hear that word again I'll scream and those saying it have no definition of it. They talk about the evils of regulation and when their world shatters who do they call? "Why doesn't the government do something?" I'm not going to list all the issues, but I've been voting since Richard Nixon, through Republican and Democratic adminstrations and the same issues are being "talked" about. There is a bipartisan bill before the Senate regarding safety regs for the railroads. The Republicans are slowing it down and may try to block it. John Thune of South Dakota, who just happens to receive a ton of money from the railroads and lobbied for them, says it needs "discussion". So here we are. We have given up our power. We are clutching our pearls over issues that mean nothing but are fed them to cover up what really matters. Did you know there is a huge shortage of Albuterol in the US? It's meaningless to you unless you yourself have, or someone you know and care about like your kids, have asthma or COPD or other lung issues. It was cheap and readily available and has literally saved my life when my airway has totally closed. There is one company left to supply the entire country, kid of like the baby formula. Now THOSE are issues to me. Yes, and the lack of storage capacity for water in areas of the country that are desert and becoming a worse desert, when there is water like we have had this year. THAT IS a real issue. Start knowing who you are voting for. George Santos is a great example of how people do not vet their candidates. We talk about holding officials to account and when it comes time to cast that vote we just cave.

When Arnold was Governor, he wanted to spend $ Billion on adding water storage & conservation Projects. The Dem Perma Majority in the Legislature... Said THAT was " Unneeded & a Waste of $$ ".

The environmental groups are too powerful in cal. All it takes to stop a project in its tracks is a few fire belly newts or spotted owls. Much of the fire problems are for the same reason.

Correct.

Yeah definitely, im sure its going to be a very hot one too

Let’s just hope the pigs in the state capitol don’t release too much.

They'll probably still enforce water restrictions on middle class. While the rich keep their yards looking lush/green to keep area looking nice.

Most of it will be back in the Pacific Ocean by September.

​@@johnlee1297 good

Max Zorin was right.

How true. And don’t forget, when Trump was in office, he offered to repair Shasta FOR FREE FOR CALIFORNIA. Governor Newsome said , “NO”. The left NEEDS issues so they can always have an EMERGENCY.

Greta says you will all die soon because of global warming narrative.

@SPY MASTER FLASH go to hell

@SPY MASTER FLASH I'm currently buying acres of Nevada land :)

if you feel sorry for them imagine the mexicans and the sea cow and the life in the gulf of cortes because USA robbed the big rivers in Mexico and stop their water from flowing again into Mexico, check the Rio Colorado in Mexico, it's always dry. ALWAYS. it used to feed the delta of the Colorado River in the Gulf of Cortes.

I wonder, is that 4 foot amount of snow in the valley, is that at present or in past years. I remember in the Spring of 2019 before the snow really started melting, there was at least a good 3 foot of snow on the ground in The Basin area of Franconia Notch state park.

Screw that. They should NOT release the water. Instead transport the water with trucks. Give it to other cities that need it. It's bullshit that they are releasing it. We need every drop. Certain places are still in drought and need water still. Might as well transport it to them

These Insurances won’t even cover our MOLD ISSUES NOW!🛐

@@boohere2 do you realize how many trucks you would need for that? Moron

@@boohere2 .... you dont realize how much water there is in that lake do you?

@@boohere2 you have no idea the amount of truck’s required to make a difference. Each “wave” of water that you see going down the spillway has equivalent of 10 trucks! You would need hundreds of thousands to make even a nominal difference.

Why exactly

The reason the West is constantly in drought is a 2-part scenario. #1 You do not devolop areas without their own water supply. #2 The sindicate families who run the Beuro of recolomation enrich themselves & their cronies. It will never change, we need the 6 th large extension event to occur now. Humanity will be a part of this event. Problem Solved....

making the glass bigger is not going to stop it from emptying if you keep putting more straws in it to suck the liquid out.

​@anonydun82fgoog35 we have a winner 🏆

No, we're in a drought because we don't get snowpack and rain like we used to, and farmers and ranchers are drilling more and more wells, deeper than ever before. Ground water is separate from the surface water you see heree

Dude, that’s brilliant!

@@omi_god no wonder it tastes so bad.

@@MisterSherlock Not as bad as "Trump water".

@@nebtheweb8885 You spent money on that?

and how many times in the past 20 years have they gotten 300% above average snowpack?

@@nebtheweb8885 weather modification... manufactured drought, right before a manufactured atmospheric river.

Not true. Diamond Valley Lake was completed in 2003.

You have a favorite spot for water storage in mind?

@@MatthewRulla 20 years, 40 years not too big of a difference! lol

@@sclogse1 sure do! lower Sierra's near the Central Valley Mt Gabb to be exact - higher elevation to reduce evaporation --- let me know if you need any additional help solving these basic problems - cheers!

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When Arnold was Governor, he wanted to spend $ Billion on adding water storage & conservation Projects. The Dem Perma Majority in the Legislature... Said THAT was " Unneeded & a Waste of $$ ".

Too little too late for this season. Sadly that ship has sailed. CA should have planned for such events years ago.

So if they tell you to conserve more water, they are telling you the right thing apparently. Why tf would you ever go back to using water unnecessarily?

"Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Experts are always right”

So, YOU'RE the guy at my café who keeps using the word "vendors".

I’m an investor 😂 lol 😆

They named mononucleosis after Mono lake and you want it to be blessed by the Pope?

amen

Spot on comrade

Resovoirs are not for public enjoyment and use to fish and do a barbeque. In California it's for big agriculture which makes billions in profits from resovoir water or shipped to other towns and city's for profit .

Drought is based on rainfall, not water reserves. And California does have ways to store that water for later. Lots of them, but that doesn't change the fact that they are full.

@dwarfhunter California would have the ability to store more if it weren't for pat brown. Look it up.

@dwarfhunter Most resovoirs or dams were built prior to the 1950 in central California. 73 years ago or so. What has changed since then? Population growth . More residences and business. But also agriculture . Most water in resovoirs is not for local residences but for agriculture. That was the reason why they were built in the mid 40 and 50's. Still 80% of our water flows to the ocean . Our current water system is too small and we have outgrown it . Water conservation and other like means to save water have only mild worked . What has to change ? Either a reduction of 50 % of California's human population or an increase in dams and water storage areas.I think it was said an orange , just 1 orange takes close to 13 gallons of water. You can say that what produce we sale is also exporting our water! If California didn't grow we wouldn't have drought conditions so bad .

more reservoirs are being built

@@JasonBoyce Most people who live in the state can't remember the last time a new reservoir was built. It has been decades since there was any new reservoir.

@@lambertlum1087 1982 was the last one. Lake Sonoma

@@omi_god We live in Michigan where water has taken over a major part of the environment. Nature seems to have balanced itself out just fine. Fresh water is good.

Cali is run by imbeciles

You can plant grass again and wash your car in driveway.

Yes drought is over.

@@Sonoma_Coast I bet they release too much water and there is still a shortage this summer

The old spillway was designed in the 50s and built in the 60s. It was good. They just never maintained it

​@@citizenz2072It was not good. It was built on badly weathered rock like it would have been on a solid foundation, resulting in too shallow anchoring. The debris/dirt was not properly cleaned before pouring the slabs, and the drainage system did not work well (partially due to the drainage system design which caused the slabs to crack in the first place, leading to significant water saturation under the slabs). The slab thickness varied wildly, which did not help either. Ultimately the problem was that the combination of poor anchoring, bad adherence, and water saturation resulted in lift & buoyancy overcoming the weight of the slab and the anchor capacity, lifting one slab off, and leading into subsequent fast erosion of the spillway). The design was up to code (back then) assuming good quality bedrock, although it was still somewhat flawed. A larger problem was that construction was not done all that well, leading to relatively shallow anchors on weathered (rotten) rock, filled up drains, uneven slabs, and various other things. The detailed investigation report is actually a good read, I have read it (skimming some parts) a few times.

You fix it, Einstein 😂

Funny how that " Surplus" evaporated! BTW... There was NEVER a Budget Surplus here. They REMOVED the $100 Billon that the State owes the Pension Fund.. From the Budget That HUGE amount of Federal $$$ coming in Masked the REAL situation. Naaazzzziii Newsom killed off 30% of small business here... With his Draconian & Unconstitutional Lock Downs and that " Essential Workers" BS!

dams and water structures are almost completley closed during storms as downstream already has water to use and cant handle more. the dam is meant to fill during a storm when no water can be let out.

😉

You dont know what you're talking about

Lol, listen slick, that is not how it works. Starting in May, they will let it fill to its maximum, and they will try to keep it there as long as possible. They are releasing some now to accommodate the record snowpack which will take months to melt. The lake will stay full for a while.

It means normal water level for this date. Normal is lowest in the fall before the rainy season and peaks in the spring because of snowmelt. It's a yearly cycle (don't worry, it has nothing to do with political party or the Illuminati).

Means a bunch of bullshit

Do you even math bruh?

100%*normal levels = 1.00*normal levels = normal levels.

Great point Jason! The news media should report percent of capacity, not percent of "normal". I checked the CA dept of water resources. Today Oroville is at 76% of capacity.

Just search for Permaculture.

Well, this is the only intelligent comment on here. Thank you.

@@annieabbott4243 👍

@@annieabbott4243 If you want to see an example of what permaculture is capable to do, search for, Tucson Swales. It was a project somewhere in the 1930's to keep men at work. It has been abandoned for almost a 100 years, but what they made is still growing lush and healthy as ever right in the middle of the Tucson desert.

Bullseye 🎯

Everything is relative. Single hottest year is less impactful than 10 near record years

@@Fee.1 lived in Oroville all my life, really hasn't been that hot. I'd say it was hotter in the early/mid 2000s than now. What has everyone thinking it's "hotter" is all of the reservoirs dumping all the water out into the ocean and all the mismanaged forests being ladened by chem trails for x amount of years becoming prime tender. Add PG&E, the scape goat, starting fires left and right burning people out of rural areas into larger cities thus raising electricity costs has people brain washed. Then on top of that our governor, Nancy's nephew, thinks it's a good idea to ban gasoline powered everything because of the environment when the Democrats business partners China (along with India/Russia) are destroying our air. We don't have the infastructure for charging everything battery powered. We can't even hardly keep the lights on now. It's all an agenda to make us self reliant people depend on mommy government. Klaus Shwab seems to be the leader to these clowns. Own nothing and be happy. Elites fly private jets to Davos where they plan out our demise then tell us there's a climate issue.

​@@Fee.1 Everything comes in cycles. The global warming nazis want you to think it happens all the time. They feed nothing but propaganda.

Clime changed tho had a hand in all of this.

Too big. The length of a 12-lane highway or the width of two Golden Gate Bridges.

No, they were being criticized for releasing water too soon which is why they delayed.

No? It's not a question and stop making excuses for people. They know what they are doing and it's diabolical. Wake up.

@@wethepeople258 if they release it too early people complain that the water is being dumped, if they release it with a delayed response people still find a way to complain! 🤦‍♂️

It’s insane that your complaining about this. Flooding is still 100x better than having NO water in a state of 40 million. Wake the hell up

So they start releasing earlier, rivers swell up to near flooding stage while multiple atmospheric rivers come through and the the rivers overflow or there is a levee failure. Genius.

im an ozzy, and this is very different from what I know, to start the early settlers had droughts from day 1, water was always an issue.

easy. replant 10000 hectares of water retaining trees on suitable locations, can repeat on all areas. will australia become a fully fledged desert equal or larger than sahara? we wait and see it happens.

Lies

It’s amazing that the reporter got such a recent and important event wrong. The spillway failed first, which led them to use the emergency spillway. That led to undercutting (a potential uncontrolled release) so they decided to use the damaged spillway anyhow. As you say, the dam was never overtopped.

​​​@@thatsunpossible312 Yeah. Although I understand that the use of the emergency spillway could be misunderstood as overtopping, since that is how it works. Very different from the actual dam overtopping, though! But indeed, the main spillway failing at well-within-the-design flow rate and eroding spectacularly was the actual problem, even though the emergency spillway should not have "failed" like that.