Wahington state declares drought emergency
Washington has just declared a drought emergency for about 1/2 the state due to snow packs being down to about 50% of normal. Snowpack levels in BC are way down this year too. Fasten your seat bel...
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"Western Washington’s record snowfall may have wreaked havoc on roads and school schedules, but it gave the state’s snowpack a huge bump, jumping from 74 percent of normal at the beginning of the February to 91 percent of normal on Friday.
Most of that increase came between February 8 and 12 when nearly a foot and a half of snow fell in western Washington. The Cascades also got pounded, including Crystal Mountain, which got 7 feet of snow in seven days."
It's all another excuse for more regulations.
Years ago Seattle declared a water emergency. Told people then needed to water on odd days if house number ended in odd number same with even number hones. OMG they later came out and said we don't have enough revenue because people stopped using so much water. Guess what the rates went UP and then the water crisis was no longer!
Most of that increase came between February 8 and 12 when nearly a foot and a half of snow fell in western Washington. The Cascades also got pounded, including Crystal Mountain, which got 7 feet of snow in seven days."
It's all another excuse for more regulations.
Years ago Seattle declared a water emergency. Told people then needed to water on odd days if house number ended in odd number same with even number hones. OMG they later came out and said we don't have enough revenue because people stopped using so much water. Guess what the rates went UP and then the water crisis was no longer!
