Good News on the California Drought

Living in California, I can tell that the drought situation is improving because people have started complaining about the rain again.

This is great news for all people in the region. This should supply water for the next 2 to 3 years. But I really hope, that these years are used to repair the aging infrastructure (see the Oroville dam) and build more dams, to be able to manage larger amounts of water, both in the absence as in long droughts, as in presence as in storing more the snow now present.

Countdown to the next drought, since we are woefully short of water storage facilities (dams are letting out excess water in many dams in Northern California, and the snowpack melt hasn't started yet).

Great pictures in the article. Eastern Sierra is probably my favorite place in CA and possibly in the entire country. Driving down 395, with snowcapped mountains on your right and Nevada desert on your left is magical.

visiting CA from Europe, I&#x27;m always surprised: extensive periods of drought, but<p><pre><code> - nobody has a dual flush toilet - everybody has sprinklers</code></pre>

This is the most rain I&#x27;ve seen since I was a child (in the 90s). It&#x27;s really nice to see wildlife, and frogs again. It was getting kinda scary when the grass went from it&#x27;s typical golden hue, to grey, and then to dirt...

Comes in cycles, always has - certainly more severe due to nature and more people on this last go-around.<p>I remember in elementary school being taught how to properly brush our teeth and conserve because the drought at the time - decades ago.

Beautiful photos! The only reason I still click on big media links is the photography. It is the only thing 10-100x better.

A really great talk to watch from 2015 is Felicia Marcus, head of the water board, who goes over the altering wet&#x2F;dry climate of CA and it&#x27;s unique challenges:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;m.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=rShYQVZvX-k" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;m.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=rShYQVZvX-k</a>

All that snow made for some good skiing this winter, too.

One good year does not erase the structural problems facing California in the coming years due to climate change and poor water management. I really hope that we don&#x27;t take our eye off the ball because of this.

Does anyone know which crops would particularly be bolstered? It would be interesting to see what lagging effect this has on produce.<p>Edit: not the point of the article.

Lovely shots!

&gt; allowing crops to be irrigated and drinking glasses to be filled.<p>Ugh. Drinking glasses are going to be filled regardless of how much rain we get. I don&#x27;t want to diminish the importance of agriculture, it&#x27;s important and I&#x27;m excited that we had a very wet winter to keep things going, but residential water supplies have never been at risk throughout this whole drought.

Unfortunately this will probably make people forget about global warming. People need concrete signs right before their eyes to take action.