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04-09-2019, 04:04 PM
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Homeless or bums were rescued from an island in the Willamette as it was being covered with high water. The Clackamas river is high enough near my home it has cleaned out lots of garage and homeless tents. Only problem they will be back and bring others in a couple months.
It has been raining around here so hard at times the police radars will not show vehicle speeds. Good thing is most slow down when it rains that hard.
BTW: The Governor McCall statement is not working, we are getting over 90,000 new residents in the PDX area yearly now for several years. No data on from where.
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04-09-2019, 04:56 PM
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Just traveled from Bandon, Oregon to Grants Pass along the Coquille River on 42S and 42. All of the streams and rivers seem to be at flood stage. Lots of flooded barns and pastures. Looks like Oregon and NW California could use a break from the rain.
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04-09-2019, 05:18 PM
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Remember the old saying:
"A bad day of camping is better than a great day at work."
When I was born there were 150 million Americans. Today there are 330 million Americans. They have to go somewhere. Governor McCall not withstanding.
Of course there are two more states now.
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04-09-2019, 05:48 PM
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Location: North Plains
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ken / Claudia
Homeless or bums were rescued from an island in the Willamette as it was being covered with high water. The Clackamas river is high enough near my home it has cleaned out lots of garage and homeless tents. Only problem they will be back and bring others in a couple months.
It has been raining around here so hard at times the police radars will not show vehicle speeds. Good thing is most slow down when it rains that hard.
BTW: The Governor McCall statement is not working, we are getting over 90,000 new residents in the PDX area yearly now for several years. No data on from where.
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I had to kick a bum out of our parking lot at 4:30 this morning. I never thought I’d see the community I live in look like this.
Some unofficial data you could use is U-Haul’s website. It costs three times as much going from L.A. to Portland as is does going from Portland to L.A. when renting a truck.
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04-10-2019, 01:07 AM
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To back up what Danny said, "The reservoir is down 147 feet from when it was at full capacity in 1983. It's currently 38 percent full."
Las Vegas has built a bath tub type drain at the bottom of Lake Mead to insure water for the future. Total cost will approach 2 billion US dollars. Hmmm....
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/las-veg...-water-supply/
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04-10-2019, 07:05 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tonkatoy77
I meant it as a joke. I’m sorry if you took it any other way.
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I think what McCall was trying to say certainly wasn't a dispersion on Californians or any other visitors. It's kind of like I feel about my grandkids. I love it when they come over and I love it when they go back home.
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04-10-2019, 01:22 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by notanlines
To back up what Danny said, "The reservoir is down 147 feet from when it was at full capacity in 1983. It's currently 38 percent full."
Las Vegas has built a bath tub type drain at the bottom of Lake Mead to insure water for the future. Total cost will approach 2 billion US dollars. Hmmm....
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/las-veg...-water-supply/
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The story you saw was written in September of 2015.
Currently it is 88% full.
http://mead.uslakes.info/level.asp
Wait till this snowfall here in Colorado hits it this spring.
Last years drought (worst ever recorded here in the San Juan's) killed a bunch of my trees that I had planted 20 to 30 years ago.
And this year???
We are currently at 140% of normal
Unfortunately we will need to stay at that level for 3 years to make up for last year
And I am sooooo tired of winter
A blizzard is currently blowing outside my window.
Sorry for you folks in the northern plains, this storm is a daisy.
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04-10-2019, 02:23 PM
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I'm sorry to burst any bubbles, but today's level is at 1089.67 mean sea level. One year ago Christie Vanover, public information office for Lake Mead National Recreational Area, said “The top of the white ring is about 140 feet above the current lake elevation." The last time the lake was at full capacity was in 1983.
As far as losing water is concerned, “Lake Mead is a reservoir that is meant to fluctuate. Over the past 80-plus years, its capacity has varied greatly. Storing more than 3 trillion gallons of water, Lake Mead is currently at 39% capacity, so it's lost nearly two-thirds of its stored water in the past 35 years.
She also said "There's a bit of good news for Lake Mead, which rose from 1,075 feet (above sea level) at the end of 2016 to 1,082 feet at the end of 2017. It rose 7 feet in one year."
This is fact, from the horse's mouth.
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04-10-2019, 02:59 PM
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Yea I see that, but it says that "full pool" is 1,229.00 which would indicate it is only down about 12%. Am I reading something wrong? I so want the drought to be over and I thought what I saw supported that. Now you have really bummed me out Jim.
OK, is it because the bottom of the lake would not = zero so that being down 139 feet is a larger percentage?? I think I am beginning to to see. Oh no, now I am really deflated and have been suffering this hard winter and it isn't making as big an impact as I thought.
At least I was happy for a few hours until you decided to bust my bubble.
Oh well, back to square one.
Deflated and bummed Oak
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04-10-2019, 03:43 PM
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Actually, even though the 88 didn’t “hold water,” I was a little excited that the water actually rose over the last few years. If you laid eyes on the lake, it is a sorry site.
And cheer up, spring has sprung and all that!
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