Nope. The current amount of water in California reservoirs and snowpack is virtually identical to where it was this time last year. The winter of ‘21 was super rainy. Then it really didn’t rain much after the new year. So as usual… wrong. 😊
@@VoteForBukele Um, *actually* you're entirely incorrect about the snowpack levels and reservoir levels. Both are well above what they were last year at the same time, and last winter was wet-ish, but no where *near* what the past three weeks have brought. Also, you mean the winter of '22, not winter of '21 because winter is mostly in the new year, with almost none of it being in the preceding year. Right now, we are in the winter of '23. The *fall* of '21 was pretty wet. The winter of '22 was wet-ish, with there being a few nice storms in it's first weeks (which were in '21)
How about this ladies rubber pants lol, glad to see the Basshole still there!! Used to go there all the time in the 80's camped not far from that bridge!
The best part is the snowpack water equivalent is already more than the typical April 1st peak. It's winter, so more will be added well into record year levels.
Unfortunately, I read that the snowpack only accounts for 10% of the Shasta watershed. However you are right the snowpack is so amazing and a complete blessing.
@@M.Mae.M I don't think you read that. Or you misread it. Ever heard of Mt Shasta? It's upstream from Lake Shasta. The snowpack snow/water equivalency feeds Lake Shasta. The spring run off is the peak filling period.
Lets hope we get more cold winter storms... ... and not one like a few years ago where a series of warm late winter/early spring storms rolled through and melted a lot of the snow cap. But we still have a lot of space in the reservoirs to take that run off in even if that does happen.
@@Swampster70 Yep let's hope. But there's 2+ more months of winter & more snow/water accumulation and it's already at the April 1st peak now. This is an impressive opportunity for an epic year.
@@Rene-up1dl Your correct. I am sure this drought has been brutal on wildlife and has taken a toll on them. Let’s hope things move in a more positive direction.
I live in Pennsylvania and I also have been watching what's been going on out west for a few years, and oddly enough like yourself am excited for them.
I lived in Sugarloaf and worked in the cottages at Sugarloaf and Tsasdi as a kid. The lake will actually rise over the bridges into Sugarloaf when the lake is full and yes it can fill to full capacity in one winter if they let it.
1) Them's some daring pants. 2) Good to see Larry David embarking on a new career after retirement. 3) Great to see California's reservoirs rescued by the rain.
Our water storage systems have not been upgraded since the 1970s when the population of Sacramento was half of what it is now. Thus this is why most of the water that has rained over Sac has not been saved
This definitely helps, but we need more. Hopefully we can keep getting more rain so the lake can fill up, and so we can get some relief from this drought.
@Richard Jackman when the oceans dry up. then ill worry about a drought. ground water channels under rock exist. and scientists know very little about them as usual. droughts are micro regional at best. globally imo don't exist. that is until the ocean levels shrink. which are actually rising.
California needs to build more reservoirs to help buffer the drought/flood cycles and provide for a consistent supply of water, but the enviro won't allow it.
It was a lot more important to California officials to build the bullet train evidently. I guess we need to get all those commuters from Los Angeles to San Francisco in this time when people can work from home. Why bother when they can get more water from out of state and charge users more. At least the rain is helping.
In my city in the Central Valley we reclaim waste water. The public works department is in the process of converting all community parks with purple pipe and sprinklers to indicate recycled water. The water that isn’t sent there is sent to the delta and out to the bay.
Not from Cali nor ever even visited Shasta Lake but Im happy as hell to see this occur. Happy for those people that live and recreate on the lake and all of California. That state gets too much grief for trying to do the right thing.
Yeah was there the other night during the storm we had. It was coming down hard. The levels are in between A dock and b dock. Which is in the normal range this time of year for shasta lake.
Yup. "126% of normal". Meaningless when it come to knowing how much water is in the reservoir, BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO KNOW THE HISTORY OF HOW MUCH WATER WAS IN THE RESERVOIR! I know most of these jackasses have no idea what they are saying but they f'n say it anyway. Just tell us the percentage of capacity! Not percentage of historical average! If someone drives around near empty all the time and only fills their tank $20 a pop, and then you ask them how much gas in in your car, if they answer 100% of normal. It tells you NOTHING!😭😂
They have a 62.5kW DC Fast Charger out there? I’ll definitely be visiting ‘Basshole:Bar & Grill’ to charge & support your business. Thank you. Pray for more rain.
I agree, we're not there yet. We've got a good start but need more of it. All our water was depleted dangerously low. It's nice to have a break for a minute but hope we still get more rain.
Water is the single most important element on earth for life. This past year has been nothing short of SCARY. Even here in the wettest city in the United States, we’ve been dry. Christmas till now it hasn’t rained much. Maybe a drizzle here and there but that ain’t much when it averages inches per day. Insane rainfall. Lots of homes here catch their own water for survival. Country living….
I still have openings to help advising county's on several different says to catch water to prevent major waste. Since all the talk of running out of water more reservoirs need to be built. That is the biggest state of emergency of all states.
Scare tactics painted this situation a nightmare scenario that was irreversible, but only a very little while ago. This approach has been taken many times. Just a reminder for the next time around.
We dont fight for survival anymore. 200 years ago, just breathing, not starving was a good day. People crying so much today about low reservoirs..when you just needed to NOT LISTEN TO THE MEDIA, and be patient..we are living in a golden age..so many blessings all the reservoirs are saving us just as intended..these events were predicted, and planned for
Time 12:25 1/20/2023 Shasta Lake was 31% in 11/27/2022, according to KTLA 5 Article dated at that time. Today, Shasta Lake is at 53.4% Capacity, 85.5% Historical Capacity on this date. Lake Oroville is at 59.9% Capacity, 107.6% Historical Capacity on this date. All the Resevoirs put together are at 56.4% Capacity, 94.9% Historical Average. The situation is better than 2 month ago!!!
When spring comes or earlier there could then be a threat of... Dam issues and toooo much water in many lakes. We have Old dams all along the west coast and the colorado river. I am concerned. What do you think?
Of NORMAL is the key word. The are still averaging less than 60% full. We are off to a tremendous start. I would like to know why some of these water managers are having reservoirs dumping more than normal amounts. No where near a flood stage, with a lot of unknown winter left, and they are releasing 1,000 of cubic feet of water. WHY?
Because they are in normal flood control mode right now. They have to leave room for more severe weather during the flood season. They don’t want the reservoirs full right now. Once the flood season is over they’ll let the snow melt water top off the level for the summer.
That's awesome news. 👍 Central Europe had little to no snow (and not even rain) again in the fifth year in a row, absolutely no snow in Suisse. Glaciers and ice crevices are still visible with just a few inches of snow where should be 20 feet or so, a little more in the Alps but temperatures in Central Europe now are even higher in summer than in Southern California. We had around 100°F last summer (2022) for months. Absolutely no rain and no one has a/c in their homes. Horrible and barely livable anymore. June and July used to be the months with the most rain over here. Southern Europe suffered even more. Spain and Italy. Droughts are real and they are even a threat in regions that had enough rain in the last decades, like Central Europe. Long gone. And because there is absolutely no snow in the mountains, the rivers will have very low water levels during the next year because the lacking snow melt in the following months. It's a vicious circle. The next summer is going to be with barely any water in the rivers again. We are drying out.
This is an enormous anomaly. To presume that this means things can resume to normal would be incredibly shortsighted. You better treat this water like the diminishing resource it is. Even the reporting of the reservoirs talks about "104%" of "normal", when "normal" is 50% full, (empty)
They could've filled it to capacity already! But nooo, they always claim sooo much more water is on the way, which never seems to happen. Fill it up, and SLOW down the outflow to minimum.
