Missing lake returns

[snowcraig2.0]

The largest body of water west of the Mississippi disappeared 130 years ago. Now it's back

The San Joaquin Valley of California, despite supplying a significant percentage of the country's food, is nevertheless a dry, arid place. Fresno, at the heart of the valley, receives just over 10 inches of rain a year on average, according to the National Weather Service, and sometimes as...

phys.org

 

[khardbored]

There it is!!!!

 

[keepngoal]

Holy ****.

Once, Underhill says, there was so much water that a steamship could carry "agricultural supplies from the Bakersfield area up to Fresno and then up to San Francisco"—a distance of nearly 300 miles.

Very hard to envision.

 

[3TrueFans]

It’s always in the last place you look.

 

[Lafaester54]

This is a fascinating book about how California changed ‘Tulare Lake’ into Central Valley agricultural land. Truth is stranger than fiction. I picked this up in the neighborhood ‘little library’…glad I did. This lake was once the second largest lake in the USA.

 

[soakitinCYder]

lived in tulare county. its a very unique area. hispanics, portuguese, and the dutch. great food. good people

 

[isucyfan]

Might want to consider slapping an Apple AirTag on that thing.

 

[Jeremy]

Aliens unloading their waste water.

 

[NorthCyd]

lived in tulare county. its a very unique area. hispanics, portuguese, and the dutch. great food. good people

 

[intrepid27]

My guess is that someone ordered one of these (XXL size)

 

[mramseyISU]

lived in tulare county. its a very unique area. hispanics, portuguese, and the dutch. great food. good people

Ever go to a backyard bullfight while you where there?

 

[mramseyISU]

All jokes aside this is equal parts a good thing for the habitat and a bad thing for your grocery bill. Having those native species of waterfowl back is a great thing but that part of California grows half of the fruits and vegetables we eat so supplies are going to be a problem.

 

[Die4Cy]

All jokes aside this is equal parts a good thing for the habitat and a bad thing for your grocery bill. Having those native species of waterfowl back is a great thing but that part of California grows half of the fruits and vegetables we eat so supplies are going to be a problem.

Actually produce growers in that region have been running at reduced capacity for several years due to imposed restrictions on irrigation water. So some net benefits if those are lifted.

 

[Drew0311]

At 29 palms Marien Corps base a lake of pretty good size shows up when it rains for a bit, then disappears after a while. Even when the lake is gone people say stuff like “down by the lake”

 

[Sigmapolis]

Make the Salton Sea great again...

https://unchartedterritories.tomaspueyo.com/p/seaflooding

 

[coolerifyoudid]

I'm going to start a petition to have it renamed 'Missing Lake'.
If it stays, that's a great name to confuse everyone.
If it dries up again, that's what will show up on Google Maps when someone looks at a satellite view of a bunch of dirt

 

[simply1]

Actually produce growers in that region have been running at reduced capacity for several years due to imposed restrictions on irrigation water. So some net benefits if those are lifted.

Hard to grow that stuff when it’s under water and you lost your home.

 

[Cyclonscin]

The largest body of water west of the Mississippi disappeared 130 years ago. Now it's back

The San Joaquin Valley of California, despite supplying a significant percentage of the country's food, is nevertheless a dry, arid place. Fresno, at the heart of the valley, receives just over 10 inches of rain a year on average, according to the National Weather Service, and sometimes as...

phys.org

Publishing that article without a series of maps comparing the original lake, dried up lake, and current water levels should be a firable offense.

 

[soakitinCYder]

Ever go to a backyard bullfight while you where there?

i did not. but there is a place in Tulare called Vejar's that has mexican sweet n sour sauce for chips n salsa. i will kill someone for this recipe

 

[snowcraig2.0]

Publishing that article without a series of maps comparing the original lake, dried up lake, and current water levels should be a firable offense.

You're a fireable offense.