Must be getting "BAD" - need rain

Looks like you guys need some rain real "BAD" :shock:

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/cal...apacity-n38806

What sucks is it supposed to rain so much this weekend that people are sand bag gun which means it will mostly be run off!


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Too funny! That is my backyard....Folsom Lake. Every where you see brown should be covered in almost 100' of water. This photo only shows a small portion of the lake. The lake has gone up 25' since that picture and we have another storm rolling through this weekend.

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When the water gets that low does the dam still generate legtricity or are you using candles?

We have just the opposite issue here......

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Yes the dam generates electricity but more importantly that is our source of drinking water. Send some of the snow our way!

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When the water gets that low does the dam still generate legtricity or are you using candles?

We have just the opposite issue here......

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Grads uses candles either way...he's in touch with his feminine side ;)


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Yes the dam generates electricity but more importantly that is our source of drinking water. Send some of the snow our way!

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Beer and candles...problem solved.


Is it too late to recover this season as I thought you folks get the bulk of your water from the mountain snow melt?

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Is it too late to recover this season as I thought you folks get the bulk of your water from the mountain snow melt?

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You are correct about that. The rain helps the lake but what keeps it full is the snow run off. The snow pack is looking so so right now but we are expecting a storm this weekend to drop some.

The difference between those two pictures is crazy!

Them NorCal'ers drink a shitload of water ;) :D

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Too funny! That is my backyard....Folsom Lake. Every where you see brown should be covered in almost 100' of water. This photo only shows a small portion of the lake. The lake has gone up 25' since that picture and we have another storm rolling through this weekend.

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That's weird, the story said the picture was taken jan16th this year, it filled up 25' in 5 weeks,,,,,,,,,,,,,,that's a Eli hmmmmmmmmmm.

shit like this happens when you let the farmers grow rice in the central valley.

Probably more water in this freek'n field than there is Folsom.
Notice how they managed to take the picture when it looks like a storm coming to refill the field?? They aren't stupid. They aren't going to take a shot with the sun is blaring and its 105* so you can think WTF??
http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/graphics/im...Rice.field.jpg


Sam Kinison said it best. Its a desert. You know what grows in a fucking desert? NOTHING!
So what do we let the farmers do? Grow the one of the highest water demand crops on the world, IN A FUCKING DESERT!!
Whats next? Sugar cane and pineapples??

Heres the kicker. 90% of the rice grown in the central valley, is exported to another country. We don't even eat the shit. So we use OUR water to feed some one else. How stupid is that?

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That's weird, the story said the picture was taken jan16th this year, it filled up 25' in 5 weeks,,,,,,,,,,,,,,that's a Eli hmmmmmmmmmm.

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I'm not sure what you mean but yes it actually filled up 28 feet in less than a month. This is a screen shot off of the California Department of Water Resources website.

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shit like this happens when you let the farmers grow rice in the central valley.

Probably more water in this freek'n field than there is Folsom.
Notice how they managed to take the picture when it looks like a storm coming to refill the field?? They aren't stupid. They aren't going to take a shot with the sun is blaring and its 105* so you can think WTF??
http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/graphics/im...Rice.field.jpg


Sam Kinison said it best. Its a desert. You know what grows in a fucking desert? NOTHING!
So what do we let the farmers do? Grow the one of the highest water demand crops on the world, IN A FUCKING DESERT!!
Whats next? Sugar cane and pineapples??

Heres the kicker. 90% of the rice grown in the central valley, is exported to another country. We don't even eat the shit. So we use OUR water to feed some one else. How stupid is that?

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Do you ever have anything positive to add to any of these threads?

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Do you ever have anything positive to add to any of these threads?

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Finally someone said it.

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Finally someone said it.

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I've bit my "keyboard" finger long enough, LOL. The guy rants like a fuckin baby, acts like he's the cornucopia of knowledge on every flippin subject and then get's all "butt hurt" when the "Miguel's" reel him in!!

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Originally Posted by gn7

shit like this happens when you let the farmers grow rice in the central valley.

Probably more water in this freek'n field than there is Folsom.
Notice how they managed to take the picture when it looks like a storm coming to refill the field?? They aren't stupid. They aren't going to take a shot with the sun is blaring and its 105* so you can think WTF??
http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/graphics/im...Rice.field.jpg


Sam Kinison said it best. Its a desert. You know what grows in a fucking desert? NOTHING!
So what do we let the farmers do? Grow the one of the highest water demand crops on the world, IN A FUCKING DESERT!!
Whats next? Sugar cane and pineapples??

Heres the kicker. 90% of the rice grown in the central valley, is exported to another country. We don't even eat the shit. So we use OUR water to feed some one else. How stupid is that?

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With all due respect Bob... The most rice in the state of CA is actually grown right here in Sacramento which is centrally located but in Northern CAL. And it is far from a "Fucken Dessert" as you put it. And to use Sam Kinison (one the worlds most renowned stupid comics) as a source for your facts is far beneath even you.... And I'll add this - who care who eats the shit as long as they are BUYING it from us?, its one of CALIFORNIA's largest cash crops!!!

You live in LA LA land and you take more of our water then the people actually growing something with it to just flush your FRIGGEN toilets.... so you may want to look at your facts a bit closer and see who really uses all that water in FOLSOM Reservoiur because it aint the Folsom residents. Or the areas surrounding it. Ever heard of the CA Aquaduct system????

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...t-Img_0038.jpg

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With all due respect Bob... The most rice in the state of CA is actually grown right here in Sacramento which is centrally located but in Northern CAL. And it is far from a "Fucken Dessert" as you put it. And to use Sam Kinison (one the worlds most renowned stupid comics) as a source for your facts is far beneath even you.... And I'll add this - who care who eats the shit as long as they are BUYING it from us?, its one of CALIFORNIA's largest cash crops!!!

You live in LA LA land and you take more of our water then the people actually growing something with it to just flush your FRIGGEN toilets.... so you may want to look at your facts a bit closer and see who really uses all that water in FOLSOM Reservoiur because it aint the Folsom residents. Or the areas surrounding it. Ever heard of the CA Aquaduct system????

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...t-Img_0038.jpg

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Oh boy, u just opened a can of worms, LOL!!

I'll need a drink of water.......


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I'm not sure what you mean but yes it actually filled up 28 feet in less than a month. This is a screen shot off of the California Department of Water Resources website.
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I wasn't calling you out, I don't have a clue how big or small the lake is, so i wouldn't know how long it takes to fill back up, our lake back home (LOTO) only fluctuates 4-6 and that's only because the COE lowers it for the Northern snow and Spring rains, it just surprises me that a lake could go up and down that much so fast, that's all i was saying, I'll go back to my corner.