What if it Snows?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Dave_in_AZ, Mar 19, 2018.

  1. 25(2)+2

    25(2)+2 Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    The Palmer drought index shows much less, but like all things based on stats, there's different ways of looking at it.
     
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  3. MagnumaMoose

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    @Dave_in_AZ ! There he is again ! That pm you sent me telling me I was imagining it is hereby found unfounded. I told you I saw it with my own two eyes. Here's more proof. Don't make me find more of your unfounded findings final. Fair ?
     
  4. Accidental Trucker

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    I'm talking about the mountain snowpack upstream from the farm. Basin wide we're at 98% for the season.

    For us, anyway, the drought has been slowly easing, but we were seeing springs drop to historic lows in the 2010's.
     
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  5. Blu_Ogre

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    Here's the thing with "drought". There is a sociological problem in that once the rainwater is captured in a reservoir/aquifer or some other such facility there becomes a number associated with it. As a society we seem to be driven to use all of that number every year (expansion of population and business requirements). So then a new water supply must be obtained. And the process repeats. Never ending cycle.
     
  6. x1Heavy

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    It does not have to be a facility, it could be a basic pond on your farm. As such it falls under the Domain and control of the US Government. That water is theirs, not ours.

    If you really want something of a eyeful, take a look at California, they deliberately allow huge amounts of water to run off to the ocean. With a little work they can capture quite a bit of it.
     
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  7. ad356

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    today was fun. there was a around a foot of snow on the road when i started my route. i saw almost no truck on route 20 today. all or most of the OTR trucks must have been shut down. i usually see van trailers on rt 20, it was very unusual.

    my commute to work was hell. i drove my car through foot deep snow hoping i was going to make it to the yard. i got in the truck went to pick up an empty. i had a hard time getting the kingpin to lock. it took 3 attempts of pulling forward and backing into it to finally get it to lock. the yard had over a foot of snow which made it more of a challenge. i got onto the road which was a bear but passable. i have one fairly large hill that i must go up empty on my way to the first farm. you make a turn at an intersection and the grade is almost immediately after the turn. you cannot turn with the diff locks in, only the power divider. the road goes up a steep grade, levels out and goes up another steeper grade. i got up the first part of it, got up onto the more level part and locked both of the diffs. i dont like the idea of locking diffs in at full fuel going up a hill, so waited to get on the more level part. go up the rest of the grade, when the truck started to feel like it was coming loose, let off the fuel regain traction and get back on it again...... keep the momentum going. i was relieved when i crested that hill. the rest of the day just involved taking it easy, running with the jake on low and giving myself tons of stopping distances. the good news was there was almost NO TRAFFIC.

    i got back to the yard and the adventure continued, my car wouldnt start. i think all of that driving through deep snow and then the extreme cold (6 degrees) caused something to freeze. i called the dispatch and asked her to drive the truck home, no problem. so now i have my truck in my driveway (plugged in) and my frozen car at the yard.

    one major advantage i have driving truck is i am never truely stranded. my employer allows me to bob tail home when i need it, they have drivers that abuse and get away with that privilege but i am not one of those. if i bob tail home either there is something wrong with my car OR i take the truck home and wash it (in the summer). i am grateful.
     
  8. Blu_Ogre

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    My opinion expressed above was cemented by living over 50 years in Cali. IF you build a reservoir the people in L.A. will attempt to find a way to drain it. They should turn that entire metro area back to the desert it was because there is just not enough local water available.

    At least the Los Angeles area is finally looking at capturing their run off to use for landscaping water. Will take some of the load off of NorCal to supply it.

    What needs to happen there is for the corporate welfare farmers to make a good business decision and create their own water systems. But they are unwilling to roll their profits back into the company to enable them to get off of the gov't teet. Either that or stop trying to grow water intensive crops in the desert....
     
  9. Lepton1

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    The Force is strong with this one.
     
  10. Espressolane

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    How they plan to fix Socals water problems

    Desalination
     
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  11. Blu_Ogre

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    I would consider that as more of a hope than a plan... From your referenced news story.

    "About a dozen other ocean desalination projects are still pending or are in various states of environmental studies, design or funding. One of the most prominent is in Huntington Beach, where Poseidon, the company that built the Carlsbad plant, has proposed a similarly sized plant but is running into opposition from environmental groups worried about the impact on fish and other aquatic life."

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    "Some places have rejected projects over concerns about energy use, ocean life and growth. Santa Cruz city leaders withdrew plans for a $115 million desalination plant after voters in 2012 approved a ballot measure banning desalination unless approved by a vote of the people."

    I wish the plan well, But find it difficult to believe it will make more than small localized improvements to the Cali water situations. The plants will have a difficult time getting a plan to dispose of the filtered trash and toxic salts past the eco-terorist types. I'm actually surprised that Antioch got a plan approved....
     
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