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…
http://www.californiadroughtupdate.org/pdf/20170323-California-Drought-(and-Flood)-Update.pdf Our first Republican President, Abraham Lincoln, was born right here in Kentucky…. And the great 19th Century American statesman Henry Clay represented Kentucky in the United States Congress. Henry Clay believed in what he called the American System. And proposed tariffs to protect American industry and finance American infrastructure……
http://www.californiadroughtupdate.org/pdf/20170316-California-Drought-(and-Flood)-Update.pdf A Note To Readers We have had a week or more of relief from the rain, snow and floods, and it may last a little longer– or maybe a lot longer. Whatever the weather gods decide, the emerging picture of the breaking down of the California water management system…
http://www.californiadroughtupdate.org/pdf/20170309-California-Drought-(and-Flood)-Update.pdf Today, March 9, the American Society of Civil Engineers’ 2017 Infrastructure Report Card was posted on their website. Like their 2013 report, which I referenced in my article on the Orovilled Dam disaster in last week’s report, this year’s report demonstrates not only that just to bring America’s infrastructure…
http://www.californiadroughtupdate.org/pdf/20170302-California-Drought-(and-Flood)-Update.pdf Who would have thought, even just weeks ago, that I would feature a quotation from President Trump to introduce an issue of this publication? Definitely not myself. The challenge before us all is to make the last sentence quoted, “This is our mission,” really our mission. His reference to…
http://larouchepub.com/eiw/private/2017/2017_01-09/2017-09/pdf/35-38_4409.pdf Late Sunday afternoon on February 12, an emergency alarm was sounded by the Yuba County, California Sheriff: “This is an evacuation order. Immediate evacuation from the low levels of Oroville and areas downstream is ordered. A hazardous situation is developing with the Oroville Dam auxiliary spillway. Operation of the…
http://www.californiadroughtupdate.org/pdf/20170227-EIR-article.pdf By Patrick Ruckert February 26, 2017 February 26, 2017—Late Sunday afternoon on February 12, an emergency alarm was sounded by the Yuba County, California Sheriff: “This is an evacuation order. Immediate evacuation from the low levels of Oroville and areas downstream is ordered. A hazardous situation is developing with…
http://www.californiadroughtupdate.org/pdf/20170223-California-Drought-(and-Flood)-Update.pdf I guess I’ll maintain the new title for this report for at least a few more weeks. Floods, like droughts, come and go, but we scribes shall always be. Ours is not to do or die, but to, hopefully, enlighten a few minds and give some direction. And direction…
California drought and flood update By Patrick Ruckert February 20, 2017 Here is a headline from February 20: “Atmospheric River Brings Historic Flood Risk to California.” As of last week, the drought in its sixth year, and the worst drought the state has experienced since records have been kept, still…
http://www.californiadroughtupdate.org/pdf/20170216-California-Drought-(and-Flood)-Update.pdf You may notice that I renamed the report, at least for this week, as “California Drought (and Flood) Update.” About one month ago, you may recall, I wrote that perhaps this winter’s storms of record or near record rain and snow signals something more fundamental is happening with the…
