http://www.californiadroughtupdate.org/pdf/20170330-California-Drought-(and-Flood)-Update.pdf
A Note To Readers
The following must be said in order for us to discuss California water issues in the context of the real world.
Not since the Presidency of John F. Kennedy has a President set the nation on a mission, at least not until now. President Trump’s extraordinary Address to the Nation on March 25, may have only been five minutes long, but like Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address (which was less than five minutes), will live forever. The text of that address by the President is the last item in this report.
Though the President did not say it, I will: The only real solution to both the nation’s infrastructure needs and California’s drought/flood bipolar personality will be found on the Moon. It is only by launching an aggressive manned space program, and an aggressive research program for fusion power, that we can set in motion the scientific discoveries, technological advances and the upgrading of the skills and intelligence of the American people required to solve the problems here on Earth. Without that approach, as Lyndon LaRouche has emphasized, whatever the good intentions of the President may be, he will not succeed.
Last week I featured the speeches of the President in which he invoked the return to the American System of economics as created by Alexander Hamilton. That, with his address last Saturday, show us that he is on the right path. But, the follow-through will define success or failure.
With new estimates that the repair to the Oroville Dam spillway could be as high as $500 million now, the mooting by some around the administration that the setting up of an Infrastructure Bank is being considered is good news. That means we really are getting close to LaRouche’s Four Laws for a real economic recovery. And perhaps the visit by Chinese President Xi with President Trump on April 6-7 can be the first step for funding such a bank.
Now, here is what else is in this week’s report:
First, after the drought and snowpack report, we have an update on the Oroville Dam spillway, which includes the warning of the independent commission that the danger of something even more serious than the disaster already experienced cannot be ruled out.
Then, comes the flood report. The subsidence problem, especially in the Central Valley, may bring a new problem. With the land having sunk, the melting snow this spring may bring back Tulare Lake. Until the rivers of the southern Central Valley were put under control a hundred years ago, every Spring, as those rivers emptied the melting snow, the Tulare area became the largest fresh water lake in the country.
We round out this week with an update on the response to the 65 percent allocation of water to the western Central Valley, and a few more items of interest.
