Early Signs of the Upcoming El Nino

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Re: Early Signs of the Upcoming El Nino

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some have and they go deeper. I don't want to do that. $$$$ They've curtailed those around the Russian river and even fined. I'm not in that drainage.

drizzled today.. sweet.

Shasta is important as it feeds the delta and the fish and evidently Brown's dual 40' pipes to feed water to the South.
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Re: Early Signs of the Upcoming El Nino

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rlown wrote:How much water was actually captured in the last storm, South-wise?
Patchy. But Kings River went from 130cfs to over 300 yesterday and is at 250 right now. Still getting a bit more today but almost over I think.

Rough fire is going to make things exciting in the Kings this year. Inflows to the reservoirs could be double to triple what they would have been pre-fire.
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acidic water? not sure of the chemistry involved in forest fire run-off.
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rlown wrote:Shasta is important as it feeds the delta and the fish
So does the San Joaquin and other river systems to the south. We need water in all reservoirs.
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ERIC wrote:
rlown wrote:Shasta is important as it feeds the delta and the fish
So does the San Joaquin and other river systems to the south. We need water in all reservoirs.
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rlown wrote:acidic water? not sure of the chemistry involved in forest fire run-off.
From a fisheries standpoint the bigger issue (I think) is dissolved oxygen. The organic debris eats it up. But there will also be lots of sediment flow issues, too.
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