It is very simple. In this day and age of politics it seems anything can be said by the government or power elite as true facts … as they cover up the truth. They are taking water out of the Sacramento River and sending it south and they want to replace it with water from […]
Millions of dollars are in play to sway your vote on Proposition 53. The TV ads are everywhere. Supporters call it the “No Blank Checks Initiative,” while Gov. Jerry Brown says it’s bad for California. FAST FACTS: Passage of Prop 53 could spell funding problems for Brown’s twin tunnels project, high speed rail.Opponents argue Prop […]
Are you dreaming of a wet winter to turn Kings County’s fallowed fields green and end the drought? Prepare for disappointment. Forecasters are calling for a weak La Nina to last into the spring. That usually means dry conditions in Central California. La Nina refers to cooler sea water surface temperatures in the Pacific Ocean. […]
The last couple of weeks were rainy, but the month of October was probably the wettest month the area will experience for the rest of the year. That’s according to Climatologist Dan McEvoy at the Western Regional Climate Center in Reno. Although October is known to be the first water month of the year in […]
Thousands have lived without love; not one without water,” observed W.H. Auden. He omitted to add that, as with love, many people have a strong moral aversion to paying for the life-sustaining liquid. Some feel that water is a right, and should therefore be free. Others lobby governments to subsidise its distribution to favoured groups. […]
/in California and the U.S./by Mike Lee /Associated Press (As Published by U.S. News & World Report)by Ellen Knickmeyer and Amy Taxin
Among the changing red and yellow fall leaves of Yosemite National Park, nature artist Penny Otwell is marveling at the fullest rushing waterfalls and rivers she’s ever painted there in autumn. But down in the dry Southern California suburbs, David Cantuna laments the same dead and dying grass in his backyard. California’s historic drought finally […]
OPINION: Geo Springer: It’s Too Late To Stop Those Who Intend To Take Our Water
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Modesto Beeby Geo SpringerIt is very simple. In this day and age of politics it seems anything can be said by the government or power elite as true facts … as they cover up the truth. They are taking water out of the Sacramento River and sending it south and they want to replace it with water from […]
Prop 53: What’s The Real Impact On CA’s Infrastructure?
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /KCRA (Sacramento)by Mike LueryMillions of dollars are in play to sway your vote on Proposition 53. The TV ads are everywhere. Supporters call it the “No Blank Checks Initiative,” while Gov. Jerry Brown says it’s bad for California. FAST FACTS: Passage of Prop 53 could spell funding problems for Brown’s twin tunnels project, high speed rail.Opponents argue Prop […]
Forecasters: Wet Winter Odds Aren’t Good
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Hanford Sentinelby Seth NideverAre you dreaming of a wet winter to turn Kings County’s fallowed fields green and end the drought? Prepare for disappointment. Forecasters are calling for a weak La Nina to last into the spring. That usually means dry conditions in Central California. La Nina refers to cooler sea water surface temperatures in the Pacific Ocean. […]
Chances For Wet Winter Stands 50 Percent, October Triumphs As Wettest Month
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Nevada Appealby Molly MoserThe last couple of weeks were rainy, but the month of October was probably the wettest month the area will experience for the rest of the year. That’s according to Climatologist Dan McEvoy at the Western Regional Climate Center in Reno. Although October is known to be the first water month of the year in […]
The Dry Facts
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Economist (San Francisco)Thousands have lived without love; not one without water,” observed W.H. Auden. He omitted to add that, as with love, many people have a strong moral aversion to paying for the life-sustaining liquid. Some feel that water is a right, and should therefore be free. Others lobby governments to subsidise its distribution to favoured groups. […]
California’s drought divide rainy north, dry south
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Associated Press (As Published by U.S. News & World Report)by Ellen Knickmeyer and Amy TaxinAmong the changing red and yellow fall leaves of Yosemite National Park, nature artist Penny Otwell is marveling at the fullest rushing waterfalls and rivers she’s ever painted there in autumn. But down in the dry Southern California suburbs, David Cantuna laments the same dead and dying grass in his backyard. California’s historic drought finally […]