Commi-fornia water issues
Not that this was your point, but I thought I'd throw it out there.
Lake Folsom, near Sacramento CA has been empty for several years now. Right after our water supply was topped off in, I think 2017 (maybe 2016?), whatever, a few years ago, it was full (as it really always had been). But then they started dumping all the water out into the Bay. Folsom, a major CA reservoir went from full to almost completely empty within a year. Summer last year (2021), I went on a CA camping trip. Both Shasta and Oroville, the two largest CA reservoirs were also pretty much completely empty. I'm not gonna lie. It was a little bit scary seeing just how really empty they were. They are rivers with a damn, but it's as if there was no damn. Lake Shasta, the largest reservoir looked like a large creek (only a slight exaggeration). I've been to all those places numerous times in my life. I'd never imagined anything like that.
Two weeks ago I went to Folsom again. It was completely full. To the brim full. Nary a word about that anywhere. I was completely shocked.
This 'official site" says it's at 57% capacity, but there's a road that goes along the brim (not a main thoroughfare, that one is about 10+ feet higher up, but a service road or something). That lower road was about 3-5ft above the water surface. Where they fit the other "43% capacity" I have no idea. Maybe they mean "57% of what it can handle before it kills a hundred thousand people in Sacramento."
I just thought it was interesting.
Commi-fornia water issues
Not that this was your point, but I thought I'd throw it out there.
Lake Folsom, near Sacramento CA has been empty for several years now. Right after our water supply was topped off in, I think 2017 (maybe 2016?), whatever, a few years ago, it was full (as it really always had been). But then they started dumping all the water out into the Bay. Folsom, a major CA reservoir went from full to almost completely empty within a year. Summer last year (2021), I went on a CA camping trip. Both Shasta and Oroville, the two largest CA reservoirs were also pretty much completely empty. I'm not gonna lie. It was a little bit scary seeing just how really empty they were. They are rivers with a damn, but it's as if there was no damn. Lake Shasta, the largest reservoir looked like a large creek. I've been to all those places numerous times in my life. I'd never imagined anything like that.
Two weeks ago I went to Folsom again. It was completely full. To the brim full. Nary a word about that anywhere. I was completely shocked.
This 'official site" says it's at 57% capacity, but there's a road that goes along the brim (not a main thoroughfare, that one is about 10+ feet higher up, but a service road or something). That lower road was about 3-5ft above the water surface. Where they fit the other "43% capacity" I have no idea. Maybe they mean "57% of what it can handle before it kills a hundred thousand people in Sacramento."
I just thought it was interesting.
Commi-fornia water issues
Not that this was your point, but I thought I'd throw it out there.
Lake Folsom, near Sacramento CA has been empty for several years now. Right after our water supply was topped off in, I think 2017 (maybe 2016?), whatever, a few years ago, it was full (as it really always had been). But then they started dumping all the water out into the Bay. Folsom, a major CA reservoir went from full to almost completely empty within a year. Summer last year (2021), I went on a CA camping trip. Both Shasta and Oroville, the two largest CA reservoirs were also pretty much completely empty. I'm not gonna lie. It was a little bit scary seeing just how really empty they were. I've been to all those places numerous times in my life. I'd never imagined anything like that.
Two weeks ago I went to Folsom again. It was completely full. To the brim full. Nary a word about that anywhere. I was completely shocked.
This 'official site" says it's at 57% capacity, but there's a road that goes along the brim (not a main thoroughfare, that one is about 10+ feet higher up, but a service road or something). That lower road was about 3-5ft above the water surface. Where they fit the other "43% capacity" I have no idea. Maybe they mean "57% of what it can handle before it kills a hundred thousand people in Sacramento."
I just thought it was interesting.
Commi-fornia water issues
Not that this was your point, but I thought I'd throw it out there.
Lake Folsom, near Sacramento CA has been empty for several years now. Right after our water supply was topped off in, I think 2017 (maybe 2016?), whatever, a few years ago, it was full (as it really always had been). But then they started dumping all the water out into the Bay. Folsom, a major CA reservoir went from full to almost completely empty within a year. Summer a couple years ago (2020), I went on a CA camping trip. Both Shasta and Oroville, the two largest CA reservoirs were also pretty much completely empty. I'm not gonna lie. It was a little bit scary seeing just how really empty they were. I've been to all those places numerous times in my life. I'd never imagined anything like that.
Two weeks ago I went to Folsom again. It was completely full. To the brim full. Nary a word about that anywhere. I was completely shocked.
This 'official site" says it's at 57% capacity, but there's a road that goes along the brim (not a main thoroughfare, that one is about 10+ feet higher up, but a service road or something). That lower road was about 3-5ft above the water surface. Where they fit the other "43% capacity" I have no idea. Maybe they mean "57% of what it can handle before it kills a hundred thousand people in Sacramento."
I just thought it was interesting.
Commi-fornia water issues
Not that this was your point, but I thought I'd throw it out there.
Lake Folsom, near Sacramento CA has been empty for several years now. Right after our water supply was topped off in, I think 2017 (maybe 2016?), whatever, a few years ago, it was full (as it really always had been). But then they started dumping all the water out into the Bay. Folsom, a major CA reservoir went from full to almost completely empty within a year. Summer a couple years ago (2020) I went on a CA camping trip. Both Shasta and Oroville, the two largest CA reservoirs were also pretty much completely empty. I'm not gonna lie. It was a little bit scary seeing just how really empty they were. I've been to all those places numerous times in my life. I'd never imagined anything like that.
Two weeks ago I went to Folsom again. It was completely full. To the brim full. Nary a word about that anywhere. I was completely shocked.
This 'official site" says it's at 57% capacity, but there's a road that goes along the brim (not a main thoroughfare, that one is about 10+ feet higher up, but a service road or something). That lower road was about 3-5ft above the water surface. Where they fit the other "43% capacity" I have no idea. Maybe they mean "57% of what it can handle before it kills a hundred thousand people in Sacramento."
I just thought it was interesting.