Today is the unofficial end of the California rainy season and the last official snowpack survey. There's basically no snow, and the reason is #climatechange.

“This particular year is as clear an indication of the influence of climate change as anything we’ve seen”
https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2026-04-01/extreme-heat-california-snow

Extreme heats leaves California mountains in a snow drought

An extremely warm March melted most of the snow in California's Sierra Nevada. The early melt fits a long-term pattern as greenhouse gases push temperatures higher.

Los Angeles Times

@petergleick

As a third generation Californian the writing has been on the wall for how many decades?

The only way our economy understands to deal with water management is to build another megadam someplace.

That might work if the state received the same amount of water annually.

And I guess the alfalfa farmers are still benefiting from their senior water rights to the Colorado and California water.