billharr
Senior Member
January and fire warning for the hills in the Bay Area, first time ever. 70 here for the next few days. Send rain.
We have been out snow dancing on the deck every night. It's not working.Casa Escarlata Robles Too said:<snip>
PS.Maybe a rain dance or some kind of ceremony involving virgins.
Who knows anything at this time might work.
Here in Northern Oregon, we are over 8 inches below normal for the water year that started 10/1/13. Our average for a year is 38 inches in the Portland area.takesiteasy said:As much as I like to joke about our weather, I don't mean to make light of the severe drought you all are having. The had a report on the news here last night about it. I hope you get lots of rain/snow soon.
Me too!2X Have not seen it this bad in NE Ca/NW Nevada since I've been here(34 years). Not even a good rain much less snow!N'kwala said:It's scaring the bejeepers out of me. Just looks really grim.
Maybe we should invade Canada and get OUR rain.MarkBC said:Hate to point the finger of blame...but really, the Canadians are taking the USA-West's precipitation...as they did last year, too.
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Thanks Highz,saw that in the paper yesterday,and live as we walk our area.highz said:It's the RRR's fault, and it's affecting more than California, for sure.
http://www.montereyherald.com/news/ci_24906063/ridiculously-resilient-ridge-cause-dry-spell
We'd better not do that! We've tried twice before and the Canadians always whip us.Casa Escarlata Robles Too said:Maybe we should invade Canada and get OUR rain.
Frank
Funny you should mention that.Years ago I seem to remember some plan to TAKE water from the BC area of the Columbia and pipe,canal it into northern Ca. Don't think it got past the idea stage.Smokecreek1 said:Does Canada know something we don't know ! Maybe if we asked nice they would give us some water since invading the place doesn't seem to work to well !
Smoke
Smoke,don't know if they are cheap,but there are the ones below Big Sur SP.Kirk Creek NFCG and Limekiln SP, Montana del Oro,Morro bay Strand,which I think is free but just a parking area on the bay.Also the CG in Monterey,Veterans park.Ted stays there sometimes when in the area.Also San Simeon SP the Washburn part.Nice and quiet that is only 18$ senior discount.Smokecreek1 said:I remember that Frank-wasn't it followed by one that suggested we tow ice bergs down here from the Arctic or some such thing. What sounds stupid today, may be possible in the future---like men flying, so maybe there is hope somewhere-hey any cheap campgrounds down your way open that are not on fire, it's so dry here, I think I may be taking your suggestion to come down to the central Cal coast to hide for a while----anything is better than sitting here and hoping for snow and burning all my wood up!
Smoke
Ski YOU HAVE MY VOTE. Our water company in Monterey is fighting to build a private one while the voters have voted a public run one.Guess who will win.ski3pin said:Cities on the coasts should be getting water from the ocean. The cost of desalination will ultimately be much less than the billions and billions and billions we have spent on huge reservoirs and conveyance systems and the billions and billions we plan to spend. My pocketbook is tired. Mulholland should have looked west instead of east.