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Storm, Atmospheric river, latest update

Sorry to hear about those3 onions. Just devastating :laughing

Nice video. I really enjoyed it.

ScorpioVI said:
Sorry for all your troubles guys. Meanwhile in Las Vegas we just got a little bit of rain and snow. Worst damage to my house was my poor pot of green onions that I accidentally left outside and whose poor stalks were all bent over. 😂

Made for some epic scenery around Las Vegas though with our snow-dusted mountain peaks. This is Mt. Wilson and Rainbow Mountain, about a 45-minute drive from the strip.

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God's fail for not shaping the earth better? Native Americans chose to live near the resources they needed because doing otherwise made no sense. It's a very american concept to think we should live wherever we want and then expect everyone else to move heaven and sea to bring us the things we like.
 
byke said:
God's fail for not shaping the earth better? Native Americans chose to live near the resources they needed because doing otherwise made no sense. It's a very american concept to think we should live wherever we want and then expect everyone else to move heaven and sea to bring us the things we like.
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VIVAAAAAAA LAS VEGASSSSSS!!! :teeth
 
Bubba_s said:
VIVAAAAAAA LAS VEGASSSSSS!!! :teeth
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I don't know about the original Las Vegas. They wouldn't have stayed there if they didn't have water. I don't know what the original ground water level was.

Vegas, as I understand it, has actually done a really good job of managing growth and water usage. They put a lot of work into capturing and recycling water and planning for growth. And they don't rely on Mead, as I understand it.

From what I've heard, they've done a far better water management task than the Phoenix valley has.

Baker, for example, is pretty much right on top of the Mojave River, which "flows" right beneath, so is (was?) a ready source of water.
 
I've heard some bad stories about Arizona (NPR, trucking in water at huge expense). Not good.

As for Vegas, I thought the only reason it grew so much was due to the Hoover Dam. Maybe Vegas is a bad example but I thought it was dry as a desert with no reason to exist other than being in between some big cities.
 
berth said:
I don't know about the original Las Vegas. They wouldn't have stayed there if they didn't have water. I don't know what the original ground water level was.

Vegas, as I understand it, has actually done a really good job of managing growth and water usage. They put a lot of work into capturing and recycling water and planning for growth. And they don't rely on Mead, as I understand it.

From what I've heard, they've done a far better water management task than the Phoenix valley has.

Baker, for example, is pretty much right on top of the Mojave River, which "flows" right beneath, so is (was?) a ready source of water.
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Vegas, and Nevada, has the lowest allocation of water from the Colorado river. Southern California consumes the most. Always cracks me up when Californians always bitch about that city in the desert that they love to come to.

And yea, Vegas is fantastic at water management. There’s a reason why I don’t have grass at my house. Meanwhile SoCal is nothing but golf courses and green lawns. Also, Vegas can tap into that Lake Mead water another 20ft after it stops flowing downhill. Arizona and California will dry up and I’ll still be able to enjoy my pool.

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California would still have a water problem if all the cities vanished overnight.

The cities aren't the problem- it's the 40% of our water supplies that go to grow cattle feed stock- alfalfa and the like. There's no rational reason in the modern age of fast transportation to have feed lots in the dry west anymore. Move all those things to Iowa and solve our water supply issues immediately.
 
Feed stock isn't the only problem. All the corporate ag in California is unsustainable.
 
Especially when they choose the high water crops like Almonds, of which more than 70% gets shipped out of the country.

But, they seem to always have a friend in Sacramento...
 
CA also grows almost 5 billion pounds of rice, in water. Then disposes of the ‘waste’ straw. So these storms will facilitate more of that hundred year $5B habit. But nonetheless it is good to have ample rain again this year.
 
ScorpioVI said:
Vegas, and Nevada, has the lowest allocation of water from the Colorado river. Southern California consumes the most. Always cracks me up when Californians always bitch about that city in the desert that they love to come to.

And yea, Vegas is fantastic at water management. There’s a reason why I don’t have grass at my house. Meanwhile SoCal is nothing but golf courses and green lawns. Also, Vegas can tap into that Lake Mead water another 20ft after it stops flowing downhill. Arizona and California will dry up and I’ll still be able to enjoy my pool.

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I retract my previous exclamation.

FWIW, never been to Vegas, except the airport for plane transfers.
 
ScorpioVI said:
Vegas, and Nevada, has the lowest allocation of water from the Colorado river. Southern California consumes the most. Always cracks me up when Californians always bitch about that city in the desert that they love to come to.

And yea, Vegas is fantastic at water management. There’s a reason why I don’t have grass at my house. Meanwhile SoCal is nothing but golf courses and green lawns. Also, Vegas can tap into that Lake Mead water another 20ft after it stops flowing downhill. Arizona and California will dry up and I’ll still be able to enjoy my pool.

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Well, and Vegas has a permanent population well under a million and the Greater Los Angeles area has over 18 million people.
 
Start out wet but the rain has taken a break in SF. Not nearly as heavy as the previous storms. I ain't scurred.
 
I dunno what kinda naysayers gonna be saying "oh it wasn't that bad"... and no, it was not very bad where I am... but Santa Barbara apparently has been flooded in many places...
... and now SFGate is all like "LEAVE TAHOE" :wow

https://www.sfgate.com/weather/article/tahoe-snowstorm-winter-weather-travel-18675017.php

wow, seriously? Life-threatening ? Sitting in our comfy armchairs we can barely believe this, so... :dunno

Forecasters urge Tahoe tourists to drive home as 'life-threatening' storm looms
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