As I was getting ready this morning, I saw a story about the record amounts of snowfall in CA and how horrible it is. As I was listening to the story, I realized that there could have been an alternate perspective on this phenomenon. Maybe the headline should have been, "Record snowfall should end CA drought". It seems as if CA has a problem. They regularly have periods of time when the lack of precipitation causes everything to dry up, which increases the danger of fires, and causes problems. Then they get large amounts of rain and get mudslides. I could be wrong, but it seems like humans have been able to collect water from precipitation for thousands of years, yet CA seems content to wring their hands as millions of gallons of water run off into the Pacific. I suspect that this years melted snow pack, if collected, has the capacity to make a significant difference in the availability of water for the rest of 2023. If only there was a way to channel all of that water into some sort of containment area and utilize it...
On a related note, the Wasatch and Uintas have also been getting huge snowfall totals this year. So far it looks like the Great Salt Lake is up about a foot already and the bulk of the snow hasn't even melted yet.
Ultimately, this huge snow year seems like a good thing for much of the west, but the MSM will never report that.
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