Gov. Scharzenegger Declares Statewide Drough in California

According to an article posted in USA Today.. California Gov., Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a statewide drought for the following reasons…

• two years of below-average rainfall
• low snowmelt runoff
• largest court-ordered restriction on water transfers.

He’s gotta be out of his mind! So it’s a little dry. We had nearly a 100% snowpack and water agencies haven’t been trying to cut back on water. According to the April 1 numbers we’re looking at a “normal” season.

Turns out it has something to do with him trying to generate support for new water projects…

“Schwarzenegger is using the drought declaration to push his nearly $12 billion proposal to build more reservoirs and a canal to direct water around the troubled Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.”
~ Don Thompson, Associated Press

Hey Folks.. if you’re still reading this.. we’re not in a drought… its just a little dry. California’s dam controlled rivers like the South & Middle Fork of the American, the Tuolumne and the Lower Kern will have plenty of water to go rafting all summer long in 2008!

Photo courtesy of All-Outdoors California Whitewater Rafting