The snow vaporized. It didn't run off. It went from solid to vapor with the benefit of being water to run into water supplies. That was throughout the country. I watched it happen. The snow became fog and when the thick fog lifted the ground was bare.
The fire is brilliant white after entering Yosemite. The reason for that is because of the beautiful trees with intact and full canopies. These are not the ancient trees dating back nearly 3000 years before the year of Christ. These are still aged trees.
The winter of 2013 was among the driest on record for California, (click here) setting the stage for an active fire season. By August 26, the Rim Fire had made its way into the record books. At just 15 percent contained, the fire is now the 13th largest in California since records began in 1932. The fire is also threatening one of the United States’ greatest natural treasures: Yosemite National Park.
The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the Suomi NPP satellite tracked the growth of the fire between August 23–26. The VIIRS day-night band is extremely sensitive to low light, making it possible to see the fire front from space at night. The brightest, most intense parts of the fire glow white, exceeding the brightness of the lights of Reno, Nevada, to the north. Pale gray smoke streams away from the fire, generally to the north....
26-Aug-2013
The reservoirs in California are low. They didn't receive snow runoff this year.
The two reservoirs in Southern California are at historic levels and Millerton Lake is over it's historic level.
It's bad. The water situation in California is stressed.
As a point of interest, Pine Flat Lake is a manmade lake and it is nearly dry. It is near King's Canyon National Park. It is where the Sequoias live.
This is not what Yosemite is supposed to be remembered for or was never supposed to look like. This is criminal. Absolutely. It is robbing the future of our children from their heritage. (click here)
The USA federal government did nothing for decades to prevent what was predicted. It is criminal.
The fire is brilliant white after entering Yosemite. The reason for that is because of the beautiful trees with intact and full canopies. These are not the ancient trees dating back nearly 3000 years before the year of Christ. These are still aged trees. The winter of 2013 was among the driest on record for California, (click here) setting the stage for an active fire season. By August 26, the Rim Fire had made its way into the record books. At just 15 percent contained, the fire is now the 13th largest in California since records began in 1932. The fire is also threatening one of the United States’ greatest natural treasures: Yosemite National Park.
The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the Suomi NPP satellite tracked the growth of the fire between August 23–26. The VIIRS day-night band is extremely sensitive to low light, making it possible to see the fire front from space at night. The brightest, most intense parts of the fire glow white, exceeding the brightness of the lights of Reno, Nevada, to the north. Pale gray smoke streams away from the fire, generally to the north....
The reservoirs in California are low. They didn't receive snow runoff this year.
The two reservoirs in Southern California are at historic levels and Millerton Lake is over it's historic level.
It's bad. The water situation in California is stressed. As a point of interest, Pine Flat Lake is a manmade lake and it is nearly dry. It is near King's Canyon National Park. It is where the Sequoias live.
This is not what Yosemite is supposed to be remembered for or was never supposed to look like. This is criminal. Absolutely. It is robbing the future of our children from their heritage. (click here)The USA federal government did nothing for decades to prevent what was predicted. It is criminal.
