California Drought Update February 5, 2015 by Patrick Ruckert “First-ever rainless January in S.F. History,” was the headline in the San Francisco Chronicle on January 31, after the more than normal rainfall that northern California received in December had raised hopes. Today an atmospheric river will make landfall in the…
California Drought Update By Patrick Ruckert December 29, 2014 A correction to last week’s report: Under “More discussion meant to provoke response,” I misidentified Mathew Ogden by calling him Alan Ogden. The end of December has state officials and the press commenting on the year without precipitation, until we got…
California Drought Update By Patrick Ruckert December 22, 2014 It rained some more The welcomed rain and snow that has arrived in California over the past few weeks has alleviated unfortunately not the drought, but the perceptions of most of the population that the worries about the drought are now…
