The rain this winter has improved the City’s water supply situation, allowing us to avoid the peak demand shortage that had been projected for summer 2017. With this updated water supply news, the Santa Barbara City Council lifted the mandatory lawn watering ban on March 21st and reduced the Citywide conservation target from 40 percent to […]
California will be soaked with more rain and heavy mountain snow after a more than two-week respite from one of the wettest winters on record in the Golden State. A pattern change in the upper atmosphere this week will bring a return to conditions that have been more familiar this winter, compared to the weather so far […]
Heavy rain in California could lead to emptier salad plates this year. Two months of precipitation this winter have threatened almond, celery, strawberry and other crops in the Salinas Valley, the latest in a string of increasingly erratic weather events to hurt farmers. Farmers say the record rains could damage and delay some crops, leading […]
When it rains, it pours … and when it doesn’t, it doesn’t. This is the essence of Southern California’s water conundrum. A year ago, who would have thought golden-brown Los Angeles would be complaining about too much rain?Then, a record five-year drought wreaked havoc on Angelenos and our environment, causing us to think long and […]
California is getting a dose of spring showers as the first in a series of storms moves ashore. Drivers experienced a wet morning commute Tuesday in the San Francisco Bay Area, where several inches of rain is expected before the week’s out. The system will push snow levels down to 5,000 feet and add to […]
In the years before California’s civil engineers got around to confining the Sacramento River, it often spilled over its banks, inundating huge swaths of the Central Valley. Sometimes the floodwater would stand for a hundred days at a time. The botanist William Henry Brewer, writing in 1862, after a season of torrential rains, described the […]
Lawn Watering Ban Lifted
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Santa Barbara EdhatThe rain this winter has improved the City’s water supply situation, allowing us to avoid the peak demand shortage that had been projected for summer 2017. With this updated water supply news, the Santa Barbara City Council lifted the mandatory lawn watering ban on March 21st and reduced the Citywide conservation target from 40 percent to […]
California’s Wet Pattern Returns; Mountain Snow to Add to Impressive Western Snowpack
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Wunderground.com (San Francisco) by Jon ErdmanCalifornia will be soaked with more rain and heavy mountain snow after a more than two-week respite from one of the wettest winters on record in the Golden State. A pattern change in the upper atmosphere this week will bring a return to conditions that have been more familiar this winter, compared to the weather so far […]
California’s Wet Winter Points To Some Sorry-Looking Salads
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /MarketWatchby Heather HaddonHeavy rain in California could lead to emptier salad plates this year. Two months of precipitation this winter have threatened almond, celery, strawberry and other crops in the Salinas Valley, the latest in a string of increasingly erratic weather events to hurt farmers. Farmers say the record rains could damage and delay some crops, leading […]
L.A.-Area Lawmakers Can’t Let Stormwater-Capture Plan Go Down The Drain: Guest Commentary
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /LA Daily Newsby Cindy MontanezWhen it rains, it pours … and when it doesn’t, it doesn’t. This is the essence of Southern California’s water conundrum. A year ago, who would have thought golden-brown Los Angeles would be complaining about too much rain?Then, a record five-year drought wreaked havoc on Angelenos and our environment, causing us to think long and […]
First In Series Of California Storms Brings Spring Showers
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /10 NewsCalifornia is getting a dose of spring showers as the first in a series of storms moves ashore. Drivers experienced a wet morning commute Tuesday in the San Francisco Bay Area, where several inches of rain is expected before the week’s out. The system will push snow levels down to 5,000 feet and add to […]
California’s Drought May Be Over, But Its Water Troubles Aren’t
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The New Yorkerby Jeremy MillerIn the years before California’s civil engineers got around to confining the Sacramento River, it often spilled over its banks, inundating huge swaths of the Central Valley. Sometimes the floodwater would stand for a hundred days at a time. The botanist William Henry Brewer, writing in 1862, after a season of torrential rains, described the […]