Susan A. Kitchens

“We’ve lost the aqueduct”
LATimes on the focused panic of DWP when a portion of concrete crumbled under storm pressure.

The article has—

• stunning photos! (SRSLY)

• great job titles “senior aqueduct and reservoir keeper”

• killer quotes— “We drove in as far as we could, then put on waders and headed for the breach”

• killer descriptions “A singular feat of civil engineering and deception, the aqueduct has…”

• surprising statements from the locals in Owens Valley

https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2023-03-25/eastern-sierra-flooding-threatens-los-angeles-water-lifeline

Eastern Sierra flooding threatens Los Angeles water lifeline

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is struggling to maintain the city's Eastern Sierra aqueduct amid continued flooding from snowmelt.

Los Angeles Times
Mar 26, 2023 at 4:55pmWeb
Show threadSusan A. KitchensMar 26, 2023

Yday I was at a gathering of Dems in my assembly district (41st, #AD41) and when Assemblymember Chris Holden spoke, he said ‘Mother Nature is not playing.’
Holden: CA needs to get out ahead & strengthen infrastructure imperiled by our extreme weather from Climate Change. He was on Utils&Energy Committee*, and w 3 major CA electric utils, 1 in bankruptcy, he woke up worrying, What if CA has no power?

I hadn’t yet read the #CAaqueduct story till today. Same “what if?” worry.

*now Approps chair

Show threadTormod HalvorsenMar 26, 2023

@susankitchens

...we need to scamble now, because actually doing something earlier has always been considered "too expensive".

Show threadSusan A. KitchensMar 26, 2023
@airwhale yes. I was definitely heartened by what I heard yesterday about gotta address this situation, but we are in crisis mode. Did you see my earlier post about the graphic from the report? I’ll find and tag you in a reply.