I will admit, I was out of town during last week’s storms, attending the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, but from what I heard while in Sin City our poor, dear coastal North County was all but obliterated. “El Niño is here!” my wife texted me, saying the whole family was holed up […]
Much of the rain that fell on Southern California last week flowed to the Pacific Ocean, but a good amount was captured by local water agencies to help replenish the region’s local water supply. With California entering what may be its fifth year of drought, water agencies are moving to capture and store more. […]
A week after storms flooded parts of the region and covered some roads with several feet of water; officials are reminding drivers that they should not, despite how safe they think they might be, try to drive a car through a flooded street. “Please do not drive around the barricades, they are there for […]
Keeping California’s agricultural land in production depends on fixing its growing water problems. As the state considers its options, many farmers want to revive the approach that worked for them in the last century: building dams. Not far from this tiny hamlet northeast of Fresno, for instance, the government is thinking of building a […]
OPINION: El Niño: Why the Hype?
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Seaside Courier (Encinitas)by By Thomas K. ArnoldI will admit, I was out of town during last week’s storms, attending the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, but from what I heard while in Sin City our poor, dear coastal North County was all but obliterated. “El Niño is here!” my wife texted me, saying the whole family was holed up […]
Southern California Agencies Work to Capture, Store El Nino Stormwater
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Sun (San Bernardino)by By Neil NisperosMuch of the rain that fell on Southern California last week flowed to the Pacific Ocean, but a good amount was captured by local water agencies to help replenish the region’s local water supply. With California entering what may be its fifth year of drought, water agencies are moving to capture and store more. […]
Between Storms, Officials Urge Safety
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby By Joshua StewartA week after storms flooded parts of the region and covered some roads with several feet of water; officials are reminding drivers that they should not, despite how safe they think they might be, try to drive a car through a flooded street. “Please do not drive around the barricades, they are there for […]
California Struggles over Water Storage for Farmers
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Inland News Today (Riverside)Keeping California’s agricultural land in production depends on fixing its growing water problems. As the state considers its options, many farmers want to revive the approach that worked for them in the last century: building dams. Not far from this tiny hamlet northeast of Fresno, for instance, the government is thinking of building a […]