On Sunday, May 24, 2015 at 12:32:44 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> I have noticed several people here mention California. We have had a lot of
> stuff on tv about the lack of water there. We were shown the huge
> reservoirs with very little water in them. They were showing how people
> with lush grass and full swimming pools were being demonised.
>
> Is anyone here affected? It sounds very frightening!
>
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My sister-in-law lives in Oroville CA. They have the largest dam in the country made of dirt and rubble. The lake created by the dam is at such a low level that it's being used as a symbol for the drought in CA. It's expected that people using the lake this Memorial Day will be down by around 50%. OTOH, some of the old timers there will tell you the water level was worse back in the 1976 drought.

I have been on Lake Oroville in my in-law's pontoon boat. My daughter gave me a ride on their jet ski thingie. Ha ha, she just went balls out the whole time. I don't know what the hell that was about. I think she might have wanted to show me something...