songbird wrote:
songbird wrote:
songbird wrote:

...Jan 26...
today's report updated to

9,653,802af

...Feb 9...
and now they're up to 11,075,801 acre feet.

...Feb 25...

12,009,924 af. slowed down quite a bit the past
few weeks with very little wet weather, but they
still have a ways to go yet.

....Mar 7...

13,174,697 af (missing one reservoir)

this is not counting today's storms so things will pop
nicely from that over the next few days/weeks with more
still in the forecast.


songbird

On 3/7/2016 9:03 PM, songbird wrote:
songbird wrote:
songbird wrote:
songbird wrote:

...Jan 26...
today's report updated to

9,653,802af

...Feb 9...
and now they're up to 11,075,801 acre feet.

...Feb 25...

12,009,924 af. slowed down quite a bit the past
few weeks with very little wet weather, but they
still have a ways to go yet.

...Mar 7...

13,174,697 af (missing one reservoir)

this is not counting today's storms so things will pop
nicely from that over the next few days/weeks with more
still in the forecast.


songbird

I wish we could send y'all some rain, we're expecting heavy rains today
and for the next several days. I hope it is not like last years spring
rain where we got 18 inches in three days. Heavily overcast out there as
I just went out to check the gardens. We've mostly got our spring garden
planted with minor exceptions.

I'm getting up earlier nowadays since the doctor took me off another
heart med and cut one from three pills a day to half a pill morning and
evening. Also sleeping better since I'm taking a 10 mg Melatonin tablet
at bedtime.

George

George Shirley wrote:
....
I wish we could send y'all some rain, we're expecting heavy rains today
and for the next several days.

the reservoirs added another 300,000af to the totals
in one day. so, yeah, they got a pretty good rain over
most of the state for a change. and the middle and
the south part got some. that is what they really need
is more rain to the south and central parts where the
reservoirs are the most depleted.


I hope it is not like last years spring
rain where we got 18 inches in three days. Heavily overcast out there as
I just went out to check the gardens. We've mostly got our spring garden
planted with minor exceptions.

in spots they say something like 11 inches of rain in
two days.


I'm getting up earlier nowadays since the doctor took me off another
heart med and cut one from three pills a day to half a pill morning and
evening. Also sleeping better since I'm taking a 10 mg Melatonin tablet
at bedtime.

a good night's sleep can make so much difference!
hope you're feeling better?


songbird

On 3/8/2016 7:03 PM, songbird wrote:
George Shirley wrote:
...
I wish we could send y'all some rain, we're expecting heavy rains today
and for the next several days.

the reservoirs added another 300,000af to the totals
in one day. so, yeah, they got a pretty good rain over
most of the state for a change. and the middle and
the south part got some. that is what they really need
is more rain to the south and central parts where the
reservoirs are the most depleted.


I hope it is not like last years spring
rain where we got 18 inches in three days. Heavily overcast out there as
I just went out to check the gardens. We've mostly got our spring garden
planted with minor exceptions.

in spots they say something like 11 inches of rain in
two days.


I'm getting up earlier nowadays since the doctor took me off another
heart med and cut one from three pills a day to half a pill morning and
evening. Also sleeping better since I'm taking a 10 mg Melatonin tablet
at bedtime.

a good night's sleep can make so much difference!
hope you're feeling better?


songbird

I'll never be a spry youngster anymore but I'm going to bed around 2100
and getting up about 0600 and not needing a nap until mid afternoon.
That beats laying around all day dozing off and drooling. Of course the
dawg misses the naps but it doesn't slow her down, she knows she's old
too. She's snoring on the couch behind my desk and its only 1955 hours.
Tilly Dawg knows how to live right. I am feeling better and am not
dragging my leg as much. When the doc tested me n the 1st of March my BP
was 97 over 60, I felt tired and he almost passed out that I could still
be moving at that BP. He really got worried when I mentioned BP's in the
70 and 80 range one day and almost 300 the next. Heck, I'm used to it,
been having a bad heart since 1986, you do get used to it and learn to
pace yourself. Been left for dead twice in all these years but I'm still
kicking. I've still got great grandbabies to train yet. Someone has to
teach them how to fix things and grow their own food. Their parents are
all busy making a living.

George Shirley wrote:
songbird wrote:
....
a good night's sleep can make so much difference!
hope you're feeling better?


I'll never be a spry youngster anymore but I'm going to bed around 2100
and getting up about 0600 and not needing a nap until mid afternoon.
That beats laying around all day dozing off and drooling. Of course the
dawg misses the naps but it doesn't slow her down, she knows she's old
too. She's snoring on the couch behind my desk and its only 1955 hours.
Tilly Dawg knows how to live right. I am feeling better and am not
dragging my leg as much. When the doc tested me n the 1st of March my BP
was 97 over 60, I felt tired and he almost passed out that I could still
be moving at that BP. He really got worried when I mentioned BP's in the
70 and 80 range one day and almost 300 the next. Heck, I'm used to it,
been having a bad heart since 1986, you do get used to it and learn to
pace yourself. Been left for dead twice in all these years but I'm still
kicking. I've still got great grandbabies to train yet. Someone has to
teach them how to fix things and grow their own food. Their parents are
all busy making a living.

true and a lot of kids are too, but even if they
can get a bit of fond memories for later on when they
slow down they can come back to it. like gardening...
it can be picked up later.

napping is dangerous. i've fought all night to not
take a nap so i can get to sleep at a normal time in
a few minutes.

*scritch the dawg for me*

think my BP is doing ok, don't think i ever felt
over 300, when i was hiking and swimming it was probably
the best. now probably 90 - 110. i know my metabolism
is very efficient when i'm resting.

spring flowers will be out soon, too warm for the rest
of the week and they are already poking up. ground isn't
frozen enough. most the snow is now gone.

looks like the rains are hammering y'alls again... eek!


songbird

On 3/9/2016 9:59 PM, songbird wrote:
George Shirley wrote:
songbird wrote:
...
a good night's sleep can make so much difference!
hope you're feeling better?


I'll never be a spry youngster anymore but I'm going to bed around 2100
and getting up about 0600 and not needing a nap until mid afternoon.
That beats laying around all day dozing off and drooling. Of course the
dawg misses the naps but it doesn't slow her down, she knows she's old
too. She's snoring on the couch behind my desk and its only 1955 hours.
Tilly Dawg knows how to live right. I am feeling better and am not
dragging my leg as much. When the doc tested me n the 1st of March my BP
was 97 over 60, I felt tired and he almost passed out that I could still
be moving at that BP. He really got worried when I mentioned BP's in the
70 and 80 range one day and almost 300 the next. Heck, I'm used to it,
been having a bad heart since 1986, you do get used to it and learn to
pace yourself. Been left for dead twice in all these years but I'm still
kicking. I've still got great grandbabies to train yet. Someone has to
teach them how to fix things and grow their own food. Their parents are
all busy making a living.

true and a lot of kids are too, but even if they
can get a bit of fond memories for later on when they
slow down they can come back to it. like gardening...
it can be picked up later.

napping is dangerous. i've fought all night to not
take a nap so i can get to sleep at a normal time in
a few minutes.
Tilly likes long naps to get ready for bed. I'm trying not to listen to her.

*scritch the dawg for me*

She do like being scratched, mostly around the base of her tail, under
her neck, and on top of her head. She seems to be able to reach
everywhere else. She also likes giving kisses and the great grands seem
to think it's the thing to walk over to Tilly and tell her "gimmie a
smooch" and she religiously does it, which gets giggles.

think my BP is doing ok, don't think i ever felt
over 300, when i was hiking and swimming it was probably
the best. now probably 90 - 110. i know my metabolism
is very efficient when i'm resting.

You're still a kid, wait till old age sets in. You will probably be like
my Mother, still going strong into her eighties, went to sleep and
didn't wake up at 89. When I was a young boy I used to watch her weed
her flower beds. She would pick up a snake, snap it like a whip and take
its head off, then want me to go bury it or throw it in the pond. I'm
not like her, I carry a mean hoe and can chop a poisonous snake's head
at six feet. Much safer for someone who can no longer run. Fortunately
the dawg spots them first and runs them under the fence.

spring flowers will be out soon, too warm for the rest
of the week and they are already poking up. ground isn't
frozen enough. most the snow is now gone.

looks like the rains are hammering y'alls again... eek!


songbird

It's not bad 'bird, coming in squalls, had another one just hit us an
hour ago. Left standing water in the gardens and yard so we have
saturated soil and clay now. Probably going to go on for another two or
three days. That's normal rain in SE Texas, the home of floods,
tornadoes, and hurricanes.

Makes the crazy drivers slow down maybe a mile or two. Saw a notice in
the paper the other day that the main thoroughfare in front of our
subdivision handles over 100,000 vehicles a day. Mostly during the go to
work and go home again times. I believe because I don't get out on the
road until after 0900.

George

songbird wrote:
songbird wrote:
songbird wrote:
songbird wrote:

...Jan 26...
today's report updated to

9,653,802af

...Feb 9...
and now they're up to 11,075,801 acre feet.

...Feb 25...

12,009,924 af. slowed down quite a bit the past
few weeks with very little wet weather, but they
still have a ways to go yet.

...Mar 7...

13,174,697 af (missing one reservoir)

....Mar 12...

14,004,806 af

cranking right along, storms still coming.

the storm yesterday made it to the south and the
day before they had a storm rain in the central part
for over a day and a half.


songbird

songbird wrote:
....
...Mar 7...

13,174,697 af (missing one reservoir)

...Mar 12...

14,004,806 af

note: this total is from Mar 10th report totals.
200 - 300 thousand af per day is such a huge amount
of water.


songbird

songbird wrote:
songbird wrote:
...
...Mar 7...

13,174,697 af (missing one reservoir)

...Mar 12...

14,004,806 af

....Mar 15...

15,620,430

most of the gains still in the north. the
south did get some rains, but they still need a lot
more. a break in the weather for a bit before the
storms return.


songbird

songbird wrote:
songbird wrote:
songbird wrote:
...
...Mar 7...

13,174,697 af (missing one reservoir)

...Mar 12...

14,004,806 af

...Mar 15...

15,620,430


....Apr 6...

17,147,962

things have calmed down quite a bit and the snow pack
has begun to shrink even more without new snows piling on
top.

more rains in the forecast, but i don't know how heavy
they will turn out to be. not enough in the central and
southern parts by far...

still hoping for more rain this rainy season, but they
are doing much better this year than last year.


songbird

songbird wrote:
songbird wrote:
songbird wrote:
songbird wrote:
...
...Mar 7...

13,174,697 af (missing one reservoir)

...Mar 12...

14,004,806 af

...Mar 15...

15,620,430


...Apr 6...

17,147,962

looks like it topped out sometime the past few weeks
at about 19maf, which put it at seasonal average of 90%.

still most of the water is far to the north of where
it was really needed. the central part of CA did get
some more rains and snows which did help a lot, but
still could have used a lot more. the southern part of
CA did not get much at all to help it break the drought.

the snow pack is rapidly melting off.

if the coming year is a La Nina year (dryer than
normal) then the drought will be back on for the
central part and the southern part will be even worse
than it currently is (which is hard to imagine).

from the other side Lake Powell and Lake Mead are
also on the low end of their historic averages. the
snow pack there was not too bad, it will be interesting
to see what level Lake Powell tops out at. they've
been keeping the upper reservoirs fairly full (that
feed into Lake Powell).


songbird

songbird wrote:

....about CA water storage/season...

this year is looking pretty good, if there
wasn't the situation with the Oroville Spillway
it would be great.

major reservoir levels are reading about:

Total Storage (AF) 22,656,646
Total Average Storage 20,567,895
Total % Group Average 110.16%


Snow pack is where it is at:

Statewide Average SWEQ 31"
Statewide Percent of April 1 110%
Statewide Percent of Normal 194%

especially considering that two short years ago
it was pretty much zero...


Heading over to the Colorado River basin (which
also supplies water to CA via aqueducts):

the river forecast is that there will be some
extra water for Lake Mead this year, not exactly
sure how much, but anything extra is a help with
it running lower. the more good news is that
there are expectations and hopes that less will
be used.

snow pack there is reported to also be in pretty
good shape. runoff is just now starting to get
into gear.


the overall picture is pretty good. the
drought is mostly considered over and another
bullet was dodged. this extra wet year will
buy them more time to upgrade and enhance the
ground water districts and to try to get a
better balance between pumping and recharge
rates. plenty of projects are going in to
help with this, but it does take time for them
to be put in. water recycling and desalinization
projects are also in the works.

and of course i'm always glad to see environmental
restoration and projects aimed at putting a more
natural water holding systems back in place (forests
and meadows upstream). just returning beavers to
an area can do a great deal for that.


songbird