Jason StiffJun 18, 2023

Lake Oroville 4/8/21 vs. 6/18/23:

It was ~725' on 4/8/21, it would then fall ANOTHER 100', and now it has risen to just under its 900' full pool!

#California #LakeOroville #NorCal #water #drought #CADrought #rain #snow #recovery #weather #climate #wxmastodon #MastodonWeather #climate

Show threadReed MidekeApr 6, 2023
Only down by ~1%, but severe drought face in the lower right lost its mouth #CADrought
Show threadReed MidekeMar 31, 2023
Under 45%! #CADrought
AndyHMar 27, 2023

Skelton you MORON, many "children" have the attention span of a gnat and WILL go back to wasting water if Governor Newsom says we're out of the drought.

#cadrought

"They fear we’ll resume taking long showers and swamping our lawns. We’ll stop conserving water and go back to wasting it. So, they treat us like children, denying the obvious."

Column: Newsom denies the obvious: California is no longer in drought
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-03-27/column-george-skelton-gavin-newsom-california-drought

Column: Why won't Newsom say the California drought is over?

Another drought will emerge soon enough in California. But right now, the biggest threat this spring is flooding.

Los Angeles Times
Show threadReed MidekeMar 24, 2023
51% #CADrought
If the storms could quit hitting the middle bit for a while, that'd be great
Show threadReed MidekeMar 16, 2023
Not quite, but down to 55% #CADrought
Ian Kluft 🖥️📡Mar 3, 2023
"Half of California Freed From Drought Thanks to Rain, Snow" by @NBCBayArea / @Ap - Mountain snowpack looks good. Reservoirs filling to normal levels. But groundwater needs to continue to recharge. https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/california/california-drought-update/3170177/ #CAdrought #CAwx #weather
Half of California Freed From Drought Thanks to Rain, Snow

Tremendous rains and snowfall since late last year have freed half of California from drought.

NBC Bay Area
Show threadOmar YacoubiJan 21, 2023
Wired had a good piece on how to solve the #climatechange-induced #CAdrought in the longer term with better #infrastructure here: https://www.wired.com/story/the-key-to-californias-survival-is-hidden-underground
The Key to California’s Survival Is Hidden Underground

The state is ping-ponging between severe drought and catastrophic flooding. The solution to both? Making the landscape spongier.

WIRED
Omar YacoubiJan 21, 2023
Despite record flooding, California isn't out of the drought hole yet #CAdrought https://www.sfchronicle.com/climate/article/One-California-county-is-almost-fully-out-of-17728132.php
California's Del Norte County is almost fully out of drought

The drought has been long and hard. But the far northwest corner of California has almost...

San Francisco Chronicle
Militant AngelenoJan 13, 2023

Understanding the #AtmosphericRivers slamming California this Winter:

https://scientificamerican.com/article/why-california-is-being-deluged-by-atmospheric-rivers

#LARain #climate #CAflood #CAdrought

Why California Is Being Deluged by Atmospheric Rivers

California has been hit by repeated storms fueled by torrents of moisture called atmospheric rivers that will only intensify in a warming climate

Scientific American