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mechrist
Gym climber
South of Heaven
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Apr 20, 2014 - 10:55am PT
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Thanks for the grey water link. I've been known to put in an honest day's work for pay... although I could only do it Tues and it would have to be fairly close to Sac.
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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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Apr 20, 2014 - 11:33am PT
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Mr Milktoast writes:
"The much huffed 'wet april' is a dud."
That's OK. Summer's coming. Summer's our new rainy season.
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Jim Clipper
climber
from: forests to tree farms
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Apr 20, 2014 - 01:17pm PT
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Thanks Wes. Unfortunately, work is in Santa Cruz. Anyone got any links or experience with cisterns? What about a septic tank? It seems like a couple of rain barrels won't really cut it in the long run.
Also, we may be re-modeling. Since the roof, gutters, and french drain, (which currently pumps to the curb), will be replaced, I wonder if we can get a cistern going.
Got a lead on a hand pump? I never could mantle, if i cut the handle in half ... gotta work, good day all
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Ricky D
Trad climber
Sierra Westside
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Apr 24, 2014 - 06:42pm PT
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Pee in the Aquaduct - that will show them in LA when their lawn turns yellow - they'll blame the dog and June Lakers will be scott free hee hee!
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nita
Social climber
chica de chico, I don't claim to be a daisy.
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Apr 26, 2014 - 11:31am PT
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Yesterday in Chico..it rained holy buckets ...Every little bit of precip helps.
Looking purdy in Yosemite.
Lassen looking good too...
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John M
climber
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Apr 26, 2014 - 01:33pm PT
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this is going to help the flowers go off in May..
we got about an 1.25 inches also plus it snow a couple of inches..
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MattB
Trad climber
Tucson
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Apr 26, 2014 - 05:16pm PT
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Nice little storm. Probably will feed more fuel growth, big fires coming. Nice flowers for sure.
Dams are still low, no? The snow will mostly sublimate in the next few weeks, ground will stay dry, I fear. Never dry wells still dry.
Matt via redding,ca
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John Duffield
Mountain climber
New York
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Six Inches of pouring rain last night and nothing leaked.
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klk
Trad climber
cali
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tx dmt
here's the actual report-- it dramatically understates the problem. for a start, we do no monitoring and have no data for most of the basins in the state. we have some data for only 1/3 of the highest pumping basins in the state. and this report, remarkably, does not even attempt to survey rates of well permitting and drilling, which by most accounts have surged in the last few years. that's why many of the pretty maps have weird holes around places like, say, eastern stanislaus.
http://www.water.ca.gov/waterconditions/docs/Drought_Response-Groundwater_Basins_April30_Final_BC.pdf
still useful-- some data is better than none, but most of the real info in this is coming from usgs and other sources.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Ground water reform you say? When does the mandatory condom use kick in?
I know, we can't talk about that.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Thank you. Sadly, that is a topic no politician will ever bring up.
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klk
Trad climber
cali
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Living in the greater Sacramento area affords our newspaper a lot of statewide political news that the average news reader elsewhere might miss.
that's true, although the modbee and, occasionally, fresnob have been far better than sac on covering and explaining water issues.
one of the things that stand out about that report's highlight of eldo, placer and nevada counties, is that a high percentage of capitol insiders either live or have 2nd homes in those areas.
basically, all the folks who actually live near the water-- folks in the mountains and foothills --are going to end up drinking sand.
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TomCochrane
Trad climber
Santa Cruz Mountains and Monterey Bay
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spent the past week as dive sup for maintaining the Santa Cruz fresh water supply reservoir
i don't want to piss off our customer...but i can tell you that the situation is much worse than the public knows anything about...
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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May 13, 2014 - 06:18pm PT
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[Click to View YouTube Video]
Who would want to live in "Sakeramento, California," anyhow?
I put this link on The Flames thread, too, printed out.
http://www.fresnobee.com/2014/05/10/3921042/drought-afflicts-almonds.html
Very good journalism, in my book.
This really dovetails with my angst and bitterness about pistachios and other nuts going in on former range land around the foothills of the east side of the SJV, where, again, the water is co-opted by irrigation districts and there is (likely) more groundwater being pumped to keep these newer orchards alive than we know.
I'm not certain, but pistachios are a "quality" nut, like the almond in many minds.
Anyway, in fairness to the farmers and their families, here's some adverts from the eighties you'll remember, and some food for thought:
How many of the featured products do YOU buy? I buy literally none of them, though I have had Kudos at Halloween and Almond Joy is God's Diet Food, we all know.
[Click to View YouTube Video]A single ad a day, a six-pack every night, and a can a week of almonds, that's all they ask.
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Gary
Social climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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May 13, 2014 - 06:25pm PT
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The mountains are very dry in SoCal. The pines are stressed and starting to die. So far no PCT hiker has started a conflagration with an alcohol stove, it's a miracle.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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May 13, 2014 - 06:36pm PT
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No drought in Ouray. Eight inches of snow on the deck this morning and above normal snow pack.
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johntp
Trad climber
socal
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May 13, 2014 - 11:51pm PT
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So far no PCT hiker has started a conflagration with an alcohol stove, it's a miracle.
It is just a matter of time. Alky stoves are a great lightweight item, but it doesn't take much of an f-up to start a fire.
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klk
Trad climber
cali
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May 14, 2014 - 09:57pm PT
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welcome to fire season.
best to ron g and everyone else in harm's way down south.
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