Should California transport water to the Pacific Northwest? – Watt?

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President Trump has suggested transporting water from the Pacific Northwest to California to help put out fires and agricultural uses.

The idea was strongly criticized by many, including the authoritative Seattle Times Climatelab, which is supported by selfless, ideological advocacy groups and individuals (see below).

But maybe, when studying the weather this year, President Trump’s mistake is not a general idea, In the direction of the water flow.

Specifically, California should consider sending water to the Pacific Northwest, especially this year.

To illustrate, here are the latest 180-hour forecast precipitation accumulation in the western United States

The mountains of Northern California and Sierra Nevada will receive at least twice as much as the Cascade and Olympics.

Los Angeles, yes, Los Angeles…will get the same amount of precipitation as Seattle.

Do you want to be shocked? If so, check out the predicted precipitation at Blue Canyon Airport next week on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada (northwest of Lake Tahoe). The high-resolution US GFS model will snow about 50 inches!

This pattern happened again, and it was directed to this winter. As a result, California’s reservoirs are above average, with some almost full, even before the massive CA Snowpack starts to melt.

Comparing California’s wet bounty with the current situation at Yakima drainage, which is currently well below normal levels (see below).

I've convinced many of you that it is necessary to transport water from northern Soderden, California to the Pacific Northwest region of the Pacific Northwest, is the idea practical?

may be!

Much easier than the famous water plants in Southern California, where water plants transported from the water in the Owens Valley to Los Angeles (La) spanning powerful terrain hundreds of miles.

Using Google Maps, it only took me a few seconds to find a nice route from the wet northern CA hill to the dry domain of Yakima and WA. I'm sure many of you will do better.

Mainly horizontal or downhill…and I barely optimized the route!

In short, thinking is needed out-of-the-box to cope with frequent north-south imbalances in precipitation. Northern California water must not only go south. In many ways, going north is more practical.

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