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couchmaster

climber
Oct 15, 2015 - 12:18pm PT

You guys see how much of the Rice crop was lost in Cal. last year due to drought? I saw 25% on a .gov site. I'm not going to go fish out the link) Since it's a $5 billion crop, that represents $1.25 BBBBBillion BBBBucks.

Wow, I think more of those folks (predominatly north of Sacramento) are shifting into Olives as it's a tree more in tune with dry hot weather.
squishy

Mountain climber
Oct 15, 2015 - 12:30pm PT
Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Oct 15, 2015 - 12:35pm PT
DMT, I knew you had my back. But it was an 'F' dam! ;-)
nita

Social climber
chica de chico, I don't claim to be a daisy.
Oct 17, 2015 - 02:35pm PT
*
Nice to finally get a bit of rain today in Chico..

Webcam yesterday in Yosemite
Nice to see the webcam today..(-;
rick sumner

Trad climber
reno, nevada/ wasilla alaska
Oct 18, 2015 - 12:25am PT
Some impressive waterfalls coming off Hammer Dome DMT. Maybe Salt Springs Reservoir gained several inches.
Lorenzo

Trad climber
Portland Oregon
Oct 18, 2015 - 12:33am PT
lightening is a scary thing

Boy, I'll say. Sounds way scarier than any bright flashes of electrostatic discharge...

lightening
[lahyt-n-ing]
Spell Syllables
Synonyms Examples Word Origin
noun, Medicine/Medical
1.
the descent of the uterus into the pelvic cavity, occurring toward the end of pregnancy, changing the contour of the abdomen and facilitating breathing by lessening pressure under the diaphragm.
Dr.Sprock

Boulder climber
I'm James Brown, Bi-atch!
Oct 18, 2015 - 01:25am PT
nita

Social climber
chica de chico, I don't claim to be a daisy.
Oct 18, 2015 - 09:40am PT
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Yep, so good to see the change in the weather and some precipitation..Bring it!
This morning..Yeah!
Whiteness below 9000..(-;

DMT...Cool pictures..
k-man

Gym climber
SCruz
Oct 18, 2015 - 09:59am PT
Damn spell check... ;-)
The Chief

climber
Down the hill & across the Valley from......
Oct 18, 2015 - 10:08am PT
Hwy 6 - Chalfant North is closed due to major flash flooding all the way up and through and over Montgomery Pass.

Flooding in Chalfant proper. We just had over two hours of steady downpour and lightning. Snow level is down to around 6kish behind my house.

Looking across the Valley, snow down to 7-8kish all over the Eastern slopes.

Oh Man.... it's starting off good.

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
845 AM PDT SUN OCT 18 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN MONO COUNTY IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA...

* UNTIL 1145 AM PDT

* AT 844 AM PDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE WARNED AREA WILL CAUSE MUD SLIDES NEAR
STEEP TERRAIN. THE MUD SLIDE CAN CONSIST OF ROCK...MUD...VEGETATION
AND OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE HEAVY FLOODING INCLUDE...
CHALFANT.


* HIGHWAY 6 IS CURRENTLY CLOSED FROM CHALFANT TO WAFFORD ROAD.

AT 948 AM PDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN
CHALFANT VALLEY CALIFORNIA. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING
AND HAS FLOODED AT LEAST ONE HOUSE IN CHALFANT.


EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE WARNED AREA WILL CAUSE MUD SLIDES NEAR
STEEP TERRAIN. THE MUD SLIDE CAN CONSIST OF ROCK...MUD...VEGETATION
AND OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING FLOODING INCLUDE...
TOWN OF CHALFANT AND ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 6 IN THE CHALFANT VALLEY
http://alerts.weather.gov/cap/wwacapget.php?x=CA1253C6476A04.FlashFloodWarning.1253C647DF34CA.REVFFWREV.a4f8bf9846abefd5260f8c2cf21a0cc9
TGT

Social climber
So Cal
Oct 18, 2015 - 01:09pm PT
http://www.express.co.uk/news/weather/612369/SHOCK-CLAIM-World-is-on-brink-of-50-year-ICE-AGE-and-BRITAIN-will-bear-the-brunt
rick sumner

Trad climber
reno, nevada/ wasilla alaska
Oct 18, 2015 - 03:27pm PT
Yeah DMT I know the reservoir is upstream, but unless it was a very localized downpour the topography allows similar rainfall to largely drain into the pond. That last pic; the domes below Bear River Reservoir?
rottingjohnny

Sport climber
Shetville , North of Los Angeles
Oct 18, 2015 - 07:59pm PT
Chief...Hiway 6 is closed north of Chalfant...? You might have to take the long way round to Benton for your meth fix...? Nice lightening show going off in the Whites right this moment...
Dr.Sprock

Boulder climber
I'm James Brown, Bi-atch!
Oct 18, 2015 - 11:19pm PT
ground will soak up rain like a dry sponge,

but looks like a killer flood year on the way, LA cars burried in mud,
build it, dam it, and levees too, maybe a peripharalial canal while your at it,

look for 250,000 cfs on the S Fork American, probably around Dec 29th, meanwhile, get out the metal detectors and pull out fishing lures,

anybody get the TeePee pic? like go Nomadic, follow the water,
or was that too cryptic?

Mexico having problems too, el chapo' next hideout>

neebee

Social climber
calif/texas
Oct 19, 2015 - 01:57am PT
hey there say, dingus and nita... thanks for the shares...

say, and TGT thanks for the links...

say, i got friends in england and they let me know the weather, each year...

the one, she is out on the moors... wild winds, as it is... hope it won't be too worse... but wow...


from the link, well, ohmy, i best go read it ...
rottingjohnny

Sport climber
Shetville , North of Los Angeles
Oct 19, 2015 - 05:27am PT
me think el chapo hiding in tee pee ..? Me wrong...tee pee too cryptic...
Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Oct 21, 2015 - 07:43am PT
Nice article in the LA Times today about water scofflaws - the Oakland Athletics' exec Billy
Beane has been using 6000 gallons a day for yonks!

CUT 'EM OFF!
Chaz

Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
Oct 21, 2015 - 08:29am PT
Why is that a big deal, but a tract of new houses - each one using an average of 360 gallons/day - isn't news?

I can point to several tracts of new houses, all started since we were asked to conserve water, going in all over the place around here.

If there's enough water for KB Homes and Lewis Homes to buy-low-sell-high-f*#k-over-the-landscape-and-move-to-the-next-project, why should the L.A. Times care about that one joker in Oakland?
Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Oct 21, 2015 - 08:32am PT
Well, Chaz, cause he has lots of like-minded company. Some butthole in Beverly Hills has
been using 12,000 gallons per day! That should be at least a misdemeanor, if not worse!
dirtbag

climber
Oct 21, 2015 - 09:11am PT
Chaz and Reilly: you're both right!
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