Meteorological maelstrom kicking California's ass

[Engorgeous George 2,331]

5 hours ago, squistion said:

https://www.foxla.com/news/historic-rain-in-los-angeles-leads-to-billions-of-gallons-of-rainwater-collected

Historic rain in Los Angeles leads to billions of gallons of rainwater collected

LOS ANGELES - After so much rain has fallen in Southern California this week, we wanted to know how much is saved for future use and how it's done. For that, we turned to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works.

Mark Pestrella is the Director of the LA County DPW. To him, capturing rain water is like saving money in the bank. Rain water capture happens at dams, like Big Tujunga or Pacoima, to name a couple. When it rains, Pestrella says, "each water drop that travels across the land" ends up in rivers, lakes and streams" On it's way there, "we capture it in our dams, and we store the water behind the dams."

Pestrella says the county has captured 21 billion gallons of water so far in 2024, which is "enough to serve 517,000 people for a year." Just from this week's storm alone, the county captured 11.4 billion gallons of water, enough for 280,000 residents.

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The good news is they captured enough to serve half a million people.  The bad news is they have twenty times that in population.

 

Puts my in mind of the Firesign Theatre skit the Further Adventures of Nick Danger.  They are describing a car accident.  Officer Brady decribes a car careening straight towards Rocky Rococco.  He stats that at the last possible moment the car stopped on a dime. Unfortunately the dime was in Mr. Rococco's pocket.   This has the same feel for me.

[The Real timschochet 6,826]

Meh. That’s what Nevada is for. They’re our b!tch; they just need to shut up and send us water whenever we need it. So long as they do well let them keep Vegas. 

[thegeneral 3,236]

28 minutes ago, The Real timschochet said:

Meh. That’s what Nevada is for. They’re our b!tch; they just need to shut up and send us water whenever we need it. So long as they do well let them keep Vegas. 

You Cali folks can see yourselves to the door if you come up north to the PNW begging for water. Don’t let it hit you on the way out

[The Real timschochet 6,826]

1 minute ago, thegeneral said:

You Cali folks can see yourselves to the door if you come up north to the PNW begging for water. Don’t let it hit you on the way out

We don’t beg. We just demand. Hand it over. 

[thegeneral 3,236]

Just now, The Real timschochet said:

We don’t beg. We just demand. Hand it over. 

Hard pass. Enjoy your desert wasteland!!

[The Real timschochet 6,826]

2 minutes ago, thegeneral said:

Hard pass. Enjoy your desert wasteland!!

Hey the hell with you Gray’s Anatomy/Twilight/Boys In the Boat people. Just send us the water under the boat. 

[thegeneral 3,236]

Just now, The Real timschochet said:

Hey the hell with you Gray’s Anatomy/Twilight/Boys In the Boat people. Just send us the water under the boat. 

Not with that attitude!

Another suggestion - dig some holes before next flooding