“This week is just going to get progressively worse and then maybe relent a bit the following week,” @weatherwest said, according to KQED. “The problem is there’s nowhere else for this water to go and the Tulare Lake basin is just going to fill up like a bathtub.”

https://www.kqed.org/news/11947435/what-will-the-big-melt-look-like-in-california-and-how-much-could-it-affect-fire-season

#TulareLake #California #CAwx #CAFlooding

What Will 'The Big Melt' Look Like in California — and How Much Could It Affect Fire Season? | KQED

California's Sierra Nevada mountains as well as other ranges still have a bounty of snow, but an upcoming heat wave is set to trigger what climate scientists have coined 'The Big Melt.'

KQED
Meanwhile…PG&E launches its first airboat crew on the re-emerging #TulareLake. The stated goal is to scout the area, disconnect impacted, and soon to be impacted customers, while removing equipment before it pollutes incoming snow melt. #caflooding is imminent as the snowmelt and overflow from dams has begun…what will happen to the residents of #Stratford and #Corcoran #KevinMcCarthy these are your constituents…are you paying attention? Oh I forgot they are mostly immigrant farm workers
Via NWS Hanford: .The US Army Corps of Engineers will be making larger water releases out of #PineFlatDam during the next few days which will lead to
continued higher water levels and faster flows along the Kings River.
Some locations that will experience flooding
include...Sanger, Minkler, Reedley and Laton. The Riverland
RV Park and the Kings River Golf and Country Club are expected to see continued flooding concerns. #caflooding has started due to snowmelt and reservoirs reaching capacity

STRATFORD, CA: Tulare Lake 💧

The water is being held by a levee which is unknown when was the last time it was maintained. Two questions need to be asked of every elected official at every level. #TulareLake

1) What’s the plan to divert the water so immigrant farmworker communities such as the town of Stratford are not flooded.

2) What were they doing during the dry years to prepare for this moment. #caflooding #GovernorNewsom

STRATFORD, CA: A petition has been started as #Stratford is under threat of flooding…it asks that the government take immediate oversight and intervention of this emerging #LakeTulare #caflooding …the details are in the attached petition

https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-flooding-of-california-towns-by-tulare-lake

Sign the Petition

Stop the flooding of California towns by Tulare Lake

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The 1871 map of Tulare Lake, California. The old map's 200' elevation of Tulare Lake is high enough to flood Corcoran, the prisons, and Stratford. It would force the South Fork of the Kings River to run north to the San Joaquin River likely cutting off Hwy 41, Lemoore Naval Air Station, and flooding West Hills College. #tularelake #caflooding
2 California Prisons Face Imminent Flooding. They Must Be Evacuated Now. The prisons are located on idle farmland sold to the state by J.G. Boswell in 1985, particularly because the area was prone to flooding. Evidently, the risk of floods at this site is older than the prisons themselves, but no evacuation plan exists for the people locked up in them. #corcoran https://truthout.org/articles/2-california-prisons-face-imminent-flooding-they-must-be-evacuated-now/ #tularelake #caflooding
2 California Prisons Face Imminent Flooding. They Must Be Evacuated Now.

California prison authorities have a history of failing to evacuate incarcerated people for weather-related emergencies.

Truthout
California Flooding UPDATE Tulare Lake Fly Over 20 April 2023 https://youtu.be/yNoIYcG82aI #cawx #caflooding #tularelake
California Flooding UPDATE Tulare Lake Fly Over 20 April 2023

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https://geotripper.blogspot.com/2023/01/dry-creek-anatomy-of-flood-one-of-many.html The California prairie is a beautiful place, but it's not free of geological hazards. Although it was nothing like the flood on the Cosumnes River, there was indeed an intense event today. We explored the aftermath. Also, there were pretty birds! #CAflooding
Dry Creek: Anatomy of a Flood (One of Many Across California Today)

  After days of gloomy and wet weather, New Year's Day dawned bright and sunny, and we couldn't resist driving out into the California prair...

https://geotripper.blogspot.com/2022/12/year-end-look-at-california-water.html How things stand in my corner of the woods (and prairie). A promising start to the water year, and a bit of hope that the drought might be alleviated a bit.

How is it where you are? #CAflooding, #CAdrought #CAwx

Year-end Look at the California Water Situation

  It's the last day of 2022, and the third year of a stunning drought in California. It's been raining pretty much across the state during D...