After a nail-biting week of rain, it looks like the Oroville Dam spillway crisis is under control, for now. Downstream communities, including the nearly 200,000 people whose lives were disrupted by a two-day evacuation, will remain on alert as the large snowpack in the Northern Sierra (more than 150 percent of normal) begins to melt […]
A statewide downpour brought chaos to Californians this week, but it also provided some welcome relief to the state’s 20 million residents who have suffered from drought conditions for more than four years. The record precipitation now has some experts declaring the drought over. The drought began in 2012, but California Gov. Jerry Brown did […]
U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris is planning to visit the Lake Oroville dam as crews work to shore up damaged spillways that forced emergency evacuations in three counties. The recently elected California Democrat will survey the damage and repair work by air on Thursday. She’ll also get a briefing from state officials, the Butte County sheriff’s […]
Water managers in a California community say they’re taking advantage of a break in storms to draw down water from behind a dam that is full, causing a creek to overflow and flood parts of San Jose. Jim Fiedler of the Santa Clara Valley Water District said Wednesday that Anderson Dam is full. Releases over […]
Gov. Jerry Brown has visited crews responding to damaged spillways at Lake Oroville in Northern California. Brown’s office sent a tweet Wednesday saying the Democratic governor met with people at the incident command center and surveyed California’s flood control system. Brown’s visit comes after authorities on Feb. 12 ordered 188,000 people to evacuate when water […]
As a kid growing up in the Southland, I got my weather tips on the television from a mustached meteorologist named Dr. George. He would get quite excited when a big rainstorm was heading our way, breathlessly drawing pressure gradients and furiously waving a wand as if commanding a symphony. It felt like something epic and […]
Who Should Pay To Fix The Oroville Dam?
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /KCET (Burbank)by Barbara Barrigan-ParrillaAfter a nail-biting week of rain, it looks like the Oroville Dam spillway crisis is under control, for now. Downstream communities, including the nearly 200,000 people whose lives were disrupted by a two-day evacuation, will remain on alert as the large snowpack in the Northern Sierra (more than 150 percent of normal) begins to melt […]
California’s Wet Weather Has Some Believing The Drought Is Over
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /ABC Newsby Emily ShapiroA statewide downpour brought chaos to Californians this week, but it also provided some welcome relief to the state’s 20 million residents who have suffered from drought conditions for more than four years. The record precipitation now has some experts declaring the drought over. The drought began in 2012, but California Gov. Jerry Brown did […]
Kamala Harris To Tour Lake Oroville Dam’s Damaged Spillways
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Associated Press (As published by U.S. News)U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris is planning to visit the Lake Oroville dam as crews work to shore up damaged spillways that forced emergency evacuations in three counties. The recently elected California Democrat will survey the damage and repair work by air on Thursday. She’ll also get a briefing from state officials, the Butte County sheriff’s […]
The Latest: California Dam With Earthquake Concerns Is Full
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Associated Press (As published by US News & World Report)Water managers in a California community say they’re taking advantage of a break in storms to draw down water from behind a dam that is full, causing a creek to overflow and flood parts of San Jose. Jim Fiedler of the Santa Clara Valley Water District said Wednesday that Anderson Dam is full. Releases over […]
The Latest: Governor Tours Damaged California Dam
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Associated Press (As published by The Washington Times)Gov. Jerry Brown has visited crews responding to damaged spillways at Lake Oroville in Northern California. Brown’s office sent a tweet Wednesday saying the Democratic governor met with people at the incident command center and surveyed California’s flood control system. Brown’s visit comes after authorities on Feb. 12 ordered 188,000 people to evacuate when water […]
BLOG: California Needs Water Management That Matches The Weather
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Water Deeply (New York)by Tom PhilpAs a kid growing up in the Southland, I got my weather tips on the television from a mustached meteorologist named Dr. George. He would get quite excited when a big rainstorm was heading our way, breathlessly drawing pressure gradients and furiously waving a wand as if commanding a symphony. It felt like something epic and […]