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Sierra snow levels stay above average
Sacramento Bee ^
| January 30, 2004
| AP
Posted on 01/31/2004 12:13:36 AM PST by farmfriend
Edited on 04/12/2004 6:04:52 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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Snow levels in the Sierra Nevada remain above average, continuing a promising start to the year's water outlook, state officials said Friday.
The snow pack measured about 119 percent of normal at Echo Summit off Highway 50, 90 miles east of Sacramento near Lake Tahoe when Department of Water Resources officials took measurements Friday. For the Sierra region as a whole, the snow pack measured about 115 percent of normal, said Jeff Cohen, DWR spokesman.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: environment; sierranevadas; snowpack; water
To: Carry_Okie; forester; sasquatch; B4Ranch; SierraWasp; hedgetrimmer; knews_hound; ...
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posted on
01/31/2004 12:14:25 AM PST
by
farmfriend
( Isaiah 55:10,11)
To: farmfriend
Good news bump!
To: farmfriend
Who wants to bet that they’ll be in full water emergency by the End of July
To: farmfriend
After living through this past fire season, I bet that the residents in this area are whistling while shoveling snow. I know that here in Montana, my thought is, rain or snow, bring it on. I do not want to face the same situation we did this last summer ever again.
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posted on
01/31/2004 2:15:23 AM PST
by
Cate
(Bush is da' man.)
To: farmfriend
BTTT!!!!!!
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posted on
01/31/2004 3:02:39 AM PST
by
E.G.C.
To: JustAmy
I thought might be interested in this post.
In talking to my sister near Fowler last night I found out they are on the Consolidated Ditch and not the Fowler Ditch. She said they have been getting very little water compared to the Fresno Ditch which they on when the leased the Marks Ave ranch near you...
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posted on
01/31/2004 6:37:42 AM PST
by
tubebender
(Don't believe anything you hear and only half of what you see...)
To: farmfriend
If we do not get some serious storms in the next few weeks the snow pack is going to be way below normal very soon.
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posted on
01/31/2004 9:33:14 AM PST
by
Uncle Hal
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