Re: C&TS water situation

et&wnc Wrote:
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> We're coming out of what I think is the second
> consecutive La Nina year, which means the western
> rains over the winter are going to the Pacific NW
> instead of further south as they do in an El Nino
> pattern. I've read we're going through a La Nina
> summer and possibly have yet another
> La Nina winter this coming year as well.
> On behalf of everyone in the Pacific NW, we're
> just fine with a few El Nino years for a while!
> I'm sick of it feeling like early spring in June
> with all the rains and lower temps, with the
> threat of not having a 'summer' in the classical
> sense. I know that the folks on the southwest
> desperately need that rain.
> Last September we drove down to see my wife's
> parents in Phoenix and what I saw along the way
> scared me, with Lake Shasta being insanely low.
> Those weather patterns affect CO/NM as well.
> Give 'em the rain, we can cope without it for a
> while!

Amen brother,
I've got some outdoor projects I want to get started on and I've been waiting until the weather starts to get better. However I also haven't had to turn on the sprinklers yet and maybe a wet summer will keep some fool from burning down the Colombia River Gorge.

Scott