High N Dry in California

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  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    Jason P said:

    The Midwest has gotten a fuckton of rain this year. Too bad we can't share.

    I was planning a backcountry trip in the Sierra Nevada mountains this fall, but I'm concerned about finding sources to filter water from. I've hiked there many of times in the fall and i know it's sparse, but I have no idea what to expect based on this years drought.

    No doubt about the fucktonage! My 'maters are chest high already! The black raspberries are ripening at about a gallon and a half per day and I can't keep up with picking.
    I am hitting RMNP, Tahoe and Yosemite in late September, small world!
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,327
    rgambs said:

    Jason P said:

    The Midwest has gotten a fuckton of rain this year. Too bad we can't share.

    I was planning a backcountry trip in the Sierra Nevada mountains this fall, but I'm concerned about finding sources to filter water from. I've hiked there many of times in the fall and i know it's sparse, but I have no idea what to expect based on this years drought.

    No doubt about the fucktonage! My 'maters are chest high already! The black raspberries are ripening at about a gallon and a half per day and I can't keep up with picking.
    I am hitting RMNP, Tahoe and Yosemite in late September, small world!
    Look for me atop Half Dome around late September. I will be the guy with the "I Wanna Polka" t-shirt.
    Be Excellent To Each Other
    Party On, Dudes!
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    Hahahaha old school Polka fan eh? Half Dome and the Sherman grove are probably all we will have time for.
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,327
    edited June 2015
    rgambs said:

    Hahahaha old school Polka fan eh? Half Dome and the Sherman grove are probably all we will have time for.

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    Total punk rock!
    Be Excellent To Each Other
    Party On, Dudes!
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,674
    Jason P said:

    rgambs said:

    Jason P said:

    The Midwest has gotten a fuckton of rain this year. Too bad we can't share.

    I was planning a backcountry trip in the Sierra Nevada mountains this fall, but I'm concerned about finding sources to filter water from. I've hiked there many of times in the fall and i know it's sparse, but I have no idea what to expect based on this years drought.

    No doubt about the fucktonage! My 'maters are chest high already! The black raspberries are ripening at about a gallon and a half per day and I can't keep up with picking.
    I am hitting RMNP, Tahoe and Yosemite in late September, small world!
    Look for me atop Half Dome around late September. I will be the guy with the "I Wanna Polka" t-shirt.
    Yosemite is beautiful anytime of year although last year it looked like this:

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    Hopefully that will not happen while you're there!

    I had a friend years ago who hiked up (the back side) Half Dome and had some of his other buddies hold him by the ankles and lower him down over the face of the Dome. Not sure if that was a tall tale or not but if it really was possible to do he probably did it. Not advised, Jason!

    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • InHiding80
    InHiding80 Upland,CA Posts: 7,623
    California's got the bends.
  • Godfather.
    Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    InHiding80 said:

    California's got the bends.

    and it's costing us a grip of money...if we like it or not, I just road my bike by one of the local lakes that feed east san diego its water .....the friggin thing is FULL ! and has been for quite some time.

    Godfather.

  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    InHiding80 said:

    California's got the bends.

    Where do we go from here?

    Also, a hearty fuck-you to Tom Selleck.

    (and for another vague Radiohead reference - karma police, arrest this man!)
  • rr165892
    rr165892 Posts: 5,697
    I saw that Hedo.What a Douche move by Magnum.

    I know Brian has Poo pooed my constant suggestion of desalinization based on its enormous cost,but damn,can't we harness what we already have plenty of,and use the salt byproduct sales to help offset costs.With all the liberal wackiness in Cali I'm surprised there isn't a bigger push for it.I believe Sydney is already doin this on a large scale.
  • InHiding80
    InHiding80 Upland,CA Posts: 7,623
    hedonist said:

    InHiding80 said:

    California's got the bends.

    Where do we go from here?

    Also, a hearty fuck-you to Tom Selleck.

    (and for another vague Radiohead reference - karma police, arrest this man!)
    Sam Elliot>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Tom Selleck. This "dude" likes his style. My mom has a huge long lasting crush on him truth be told. Great actor.

    "Just one question, do you have to use too many curse words?"
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,327
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    Do not, my friends, become addicted to water. It will take hold of you, and you will resent its absence!
    Be Excellent To Each Other
    Party On, Dudes!
  • Godfather.
    Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    HAHAHHAHHAHHAHHAHA !!!!!!!
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    InHiding80 said:

    hedonist said:

    InHiding80 said:

    California's got the bends.

    Where do we go from here?

    Also, a hearty fuck-you to Tom Selleck.

    (and for another vague Radiohead reference - karma police, arrest this man!)
    Sam Elliot>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Tom Selleck. This "dude" likes his style. My mom has a huge long lasting crush on him truth be told. Great actor.

    "Just one question, do you have to use too many curse words?"
    Crush on Elliot? That I get - loved him in Lifeguard and Mask as well.

    Jason, we've had three, maybe four?, water main breaks in LA since yesterday morning. Driving me nuts how much is just gone. Curse the DWP and Selleck too!

  • Godfather.
    Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    who's going to fine the DWP ?

    Godfather.
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    Good question, GF. I think it's on the cities to do so...?

    UCLA is going after them for the cost of damages from the huge break a few months ago (20 million gallons lost).
  • Enkidu
    Enkidu So Cal Posts: 2,996
    Godfather. said:

    who's going to fine the DWP ?

    Godfather.

    Fuck the DWP. I was reading the article in the LA Times yesterday about how they're raising rates AGAIN - as my husband walks down the stairs carrying the bucket we use in our shower now to save water to water the plants. I want to see the water bills of the DWP admins - I bet that would be interesting reading.
  • InHiding80
    InHiding80 Upland,CA Posts: 7,623
    He's definitely not AN INNOCENT MAN. I'm not foolish enough to believe H(IS) ALIBI. He thinks he can RUNAWAY from this but he's wrong.
  • Boxes&Books
    Boxes&Books USA Posts: 2,672
    this could possibly help:

    http://abc7.com/weather/strengthening-el-nino-raises-hope-for-drought-stricken-california/758611/
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    I must retract my fuck-you to Selleck, as it appears there was a contract in place for his water use.

    (how the DWP wasn't aware of this, I don't know)
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,674
    We had a light rain up on the coast a few days ago... in JULY! Strange but nice!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

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