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[WolfMom]

Scary looking chart of the lake level.  We are waaay below even the '76-'77 levels. This could get uglier than anyone even imagines if Mother Nature doesn't get her arse in gear.

 

http://cdec.water.ca...ction?resid=FOL

 

 

Maybe she won't get her arse in gear until we wake the frick up. Our arrogance in the abuse of our precious gifts can't be sitting too well with her. If my kid abuses one of their things I take it away. If Mother Earth gets tired of us polluting and wasting water will she be in her rights to take it away?

[4thgenFolsomite]

Everything climatologists were predicting 20 years ago is coming to pass. While this year may be extreme across the country (and world), I think we can expect to see more extremes in the years to come. What worries me most is that next year is a repeat of this year. I can't even imagine....

[caligirlz]

I was just reading in the Daily Mail about Folsom Lake, "levels in the manmade Folsom Lake have fallen so low that the walls of a ghost town, submerged when the lake was created in the 1950s, have started to emerge."

Read more: http://www.dailymail...l#ixzz2sEjSaZ1B 
 

The article includes pictures, but I'm wondering if anyone local has any new pictures.

[JohnE]

I was thinking of driving to Folsom on Monday from up north to see / photograph Mormon Island, Salmon bridge and other once submerged goodies.  I see the rain has come back.  Have I waited too long?   

[chris v]

I was thinking of driving to Folsom on Monday from up north to see / photograph Mormon Island, Salmon bridge and other once submerged goodies.  I see the rain has come back.  Have I waited too long?   

No. It will be muddy but you'll still be able to see plenty.

[chris v]

I just read that the lake has risen 2-3' since Friday. While it's great news we still have a long way to go.

[ducky]

This storm is a good start.  The benefits are twofold.  The lake is filling and sprinklers and drip systems are not needed for landscaping.  I take these storms as an opportunity to feed plants and let Mother Nature water it in.

 

The former cemetery is an island again, but it has a long ways to go to get to the bottom of the boat ramp at Dyke 8.

[Deb aka Resume Lady]

I just read that the lake has risen 2-3' since Friday. While it's great news we still have a long way to go.

 

I just heard on KCRA that the lake has now risen more than 10 feet since midnight. Good news -- yes, with a way to go!

[WolfMom]

What wonderful news! I am so happy!   (I am still treating water as precious though. I hope I never forget that lesson.)

[camay2327]

Check out the water usage by city/town in California.

 

A little-known California database that measures water use in every community shows huge differences in gallons per capita used daily.

Click here to read the full story.
Scroll down to see a map identifying the regions in the database.

 

 

 

http://www.mercuryne...ewPageSize=250

[ducky]

Check out the water usage by city/town in California.

 

A little-known California database that measures water use in every community shows huge differences in gallons per capita used daily.

Click here to read the full story.
Scroll down to see a map identifying the regions in the database.

 

 

 

http://www.mercuryne...ewPageSize=250

 

I'm hoping the meters will help people do better, but, as the Hillsborough example, if people are affluent they don't really notice the cost and don't make an effort.

 

Some of those differences in use aren't too surprising, especially when you compare San Francisco to Folsom or Sacramento.  Look what the temperature differences are like between both places in, say, the month of June.  You don't need to water landscaping as much when it's freezing and foggy, if you even have a yard, which most don't in the city.

 

It says the city of Vernon has such water usage because of industry, but I wonder if they include things such as that in our water usage figures.  Do they include golf courses, unaccounted-for water usage (infrastructure leaks), the sake plant, or soy sauce plant?  There was one study I saw for Los Angeles and some of the beach communities that said they didn't account for golf courses or those infrastructure leaks when reporting the low water usage per person.

[ducky]

Folsom is up 17 feet now. 

[Darth Lefty]

And yet not up to the 1977 level.

[nomad]

Buzzkill.

[Darth Lefty]

Sorry.  Doooom!!