The fun of living in the Bay Area

[Pigslilspaz]

Just felt my 2rd earthquake in a span of 24 hours, lol. They were baby ones though. The second happened about 5-10 minutes ago and was only about 2-4 seconds long. Always funny in my opinion.

[rpm]

I experience a small earthquake 3 -4 times a week when they pull a shot at one of the rock quarries.

[cattb]

California, slides in the winter, burns in the summer, and shakes inbetween.

[Anaxogoras]

California, slides in the winter, burns in the summer, and shakes inbetween.

Just wait till it runs out of water... Oh, nevermind, that already happened.  Is there going to be a salmon season this year?

[Babalonian]

I have a small earthquake in my office 3-4 times and hour everytime the bus hits this depression in the road infront of the bus stop thats infront of my building.  Stupid tension slabs.

[Babalonian]

Just wait till it runs out of water... Oh, nevermind, that already happened.  Is there going to be a salmon season this year?

Funny you mention this, I've always followed this issue very closely and forsaw the water shortages we're facing now just based purely on seeing the critical lake levels every year for myself.

Last I checked the lakes are doing pretty good this year, lots of rain/snow up north where my family vacations, but we need more and the lakes still aren't close to hitting 90 or 100%.  Still, it's already filled this week to the highest point it filled last year.  This is a quote from the North Trinity Lake website today (the third largest man made lake in CA and one of the top of the line "feeder" lakes that channel water to Shasta Lake and the Sacramento River and ultimatley into it's the many dependent agriculture and domestic water canals and districts, including one of the two mega canals the quench much of Southern California's thrist).  Always trips me out that the water that flows from my land way up there and from that lake is the start of the water system responcible for sustaining so much of southern california, so I'm all for using it conservitavely.

1/31/11 - Trinity Lake is at 2,328'. The lake is up 27' from the annual low water mark in October. Thursday, the lake surpassed its high water mark from last summer, which occurred on July 11, 2010!

January has seen only 2.5" of precipitation while December had 12", and October and November had a combined 13.7". The weather is nice right now, but we really need the rain/snow to start again so that there is water available to replace the April and May water releases to the Trinity River for fishery restoration. The next significant storm is due in the middle of February.

Think rain — and snow (above 4,000')!!

http://www.NorthTrinityLake.com
http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/current/RES

Current Webcam shot of a portion of the lake from looking across the Trinity Center airport runway, facing ~70 degrees (note you can see the lake surface very visibly - this means it's got a very healthy level and is a good visual sign:



The current forecast graph, eagerly awaiting the new one for the comming year.

[Pigslilspaz]

Just read a report that the snow pack in tahoe is holding up great in comparisons with previous years. I haven't seen the mountains this good since about '05 or '06

[AAJagerX]

Now, about Lake Mead....

[Babalonian]

Now, about Lake Mead....

Us west coasters got the same answer you east coasters had for us in '08 and '09 when we were sh!@tting bricks over low reservoir levels and "global warming".  While you guys were occupied complaining of one of your wettest summers ever and that "global warming" was the biggest crock ever.  All ya gotta do is build a reversable canal through the Rockies and across the Mississippi.    Hope you guys enjoy as much as we do the low-flow toilets and watering your lawns only twice a week.

[Mano]

Epicenter was 2 miles north of Concord (around 12:30am).
There were more quakes several hours later in Alamo
........ I live 3 miles away from the Alamo quakes.
They happen all the time, but most are less than a 3.

 

[EskimoJoe]

I live in Alaska, bugger off 

[Curlew]

hahaha the only season i was truely competitve for the runnings in the AHXARL I was thrown off when a 4.5 hit us in san jose and i was forced to evac the dorms, it sucked, but the bay area makes up for it greatly

[Pigslilspaz]

hahaha the only season i was truely competitve for the runnings in the AHXARL I was thrown off when a 4.5 hit us in san jose and i was forced to evac the dorms, it sucked, but the bay area makes up for it greatly

I think I remember that, shook my whole house

[Curlew]

I think I remember that, shook my whole house

Would have been 3 years ago in feb i think? maybe 4, i dont know how to count when im boozed.........

[Anaxogoras]

I lived only a few miles away from the epicenter of the '89 quake.  I was about to watch the A's and Giants in the world series when the TV flipped over.