Water is the name of the game in California where the rain stops falling for 6 months each year. The last three winters have had less than average rainfall, but 2009-2010 is looking better. For those of you who are interested, I've included a link to the California Drought Update.

This 14 page document includes many graphs and tables comparing current precipitation totals with those of past years, and the driest and wettest years on record. Also, reservoirs conditions are shown compared to the average. Lake Oroville is still pretty low so let's hope our largest reservoir, the snow pack in the Sierra Nevada, is doing well. The state relies on the frozen storage system to get us through the dry summer months.

If you live in California, you should check out this link. It's great information, and pretty positive too.


http://www.water.ca.gov/drought/docs/DroughtUpdate-033010.pdf