Posted by laramiebob on 2/6/2025 8:50:00 AM (view original):
BTW. That water that your idol released from 2 (?) reservoirs in California didn't reach ANYTHING! It did replenish the groundwater though...........at the expense of some water for some small farmers come this irrigation season. Now they may not be able to water their crops come the dry season.
While the water they had "rights" to was wasted and ended up returning to the ground. At least it will be usable sometime in the future I guess.
But TRUMP (as USUAL!) accomplished NOTHING positive EXCEPT fooling the ignorant----- Like YOU!
Let's look at the facts.
The two reservoirs in question are owned and operated by the Federal government, not the state of California.
Lake Shasta holds over 1,000 feet of water and Lake Oroville holds over 800 feet.
LAST YEAR (IN FEB.) UNDER JOE BIDEN, 265 Billion Gallons of water were released.
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California's Biggest Reservoir Loses 265 Billion Gallons of Water
Lake Shasta has
lost over 265 billion gallons of water in one month. An abnormally wet winter last year alleviated much of the state's drought and replenished the lakes. Lake Shasta, the state's largest reservoir, neared capacity last year.
The lake has dropped eight feet over the past week, but officials aren't concerned. In fact, they're voluntarily releasing the water through Shasta Dam because the lake's levels were too high for February.
Releases from the dam, also known as "flood operations, started January 31. Officials began the releases after a series of atmospheric rivers brought excessive precipitation to the Golden State throughout January and February. Another moisture-laden storm hit California over the weekend.
It's raining in California NOW and the snow melt-off has begun which is re-filling the reservoirs.
California Reservoir 'Spectacular' Release of Billions of Gallons of Water
Billions of gallons of water were released from a northern California reservoir amid rising water levels to mitigate flood risk as several atmospheric rivers bring a deluge of rain to the state.
An atmospheric river hit California on Thursday, and a second storm will batter the state over the weekend, prompting fears of floods since the ground throughout the state is already saturated from the previous storm. On Wednesday, water officials opened the spillway at the Oroville dam for a planned release to protect downstream communities from floods. The release comes after Lake Oroville water levels experienced a steep increase of more than 20 feet since the start of January.
"Ready. Set. Spill! Check out this spectacular view from today of water rushing from Oroville Dam's main spillway," the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) posted on X, formerly Twitter, on Wednesday. "Not only was this planned release impressive to witness; it helps provide flood protection to downstream communities."
The department estimates that 6.5 billion gallons of water have been released so far from the main spillway, with 11 billion gallons being released for power generation through the Hyatt Powerplant for a total estimated release of 17.5 billion gallons of water.
In the days since the release began, Lake Oroville's water levels have fallen slightly from 842.5 feet to below 842 feet.
On Thursday, the DWR shared another video of the water release and explained where the water goes once it leaves the lake.
"Flood protection releases at Lake Oroville continue today to ensure continued reservoir storage from increasing rain & snowmelt. Water released into the Feather River supports the environment & some will eventually make its way through ... to the San Luis Reservoir where it will be captured to maintain overall water supply," the department posted on X with a new video.
If you read FAKE NEWS N.Y. Times or USA Today or CNN etc. you will get a totally different story. A FAKE story. A LIE. It just doesn't work anymore. People are done with the fake news. We're smart enough to look at the FAKE NEWS headlines and then dig just a bit deeper to find the truth. MSNBC may not be around much longer and nobody watches CNN. Meanwhile, for the first time ever FOX NEWS CHANNEL had more viewers than THE VIEW.
Please try and be more careful and truthful with your posts in the future.
Have a day.