Many of the lakes in California are multi-purpose - among them are flood control. So the lake levels can change dramatically over the course of a year. They let this lake get rather low in the winter time in anticipation of spring snow melt and runoff. But this past summer the lake dropped lower than they would have liked - 3 years of drought conditions are part of the cause. So far, this winter, we are tracking precipitation just a little below normal. So if that doesn't change over the course of the winter, things may not look too rosy with this lake.
Thanks for your comments -- Best regards, Bruce Sunday, January 10, 2010, 8:24:45 AM, you wrote: CA> ----- Original Message ----- CA> From: "frank theriault" <[email protected]> CA> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> CA> Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2010 8:28 AM CA> Subject: Re: PESO- Drought a comin' >> On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 2:50 PM, Bruce Dayton <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> The local reservoir near our home - that tiny bit of water in the >>> distance is the main portion of the lake. >>> >>> Pentax K20D, DA* 16-50/2.8 @ 16mm >>> ISO 200, 1/180 sec @ f/11, Handheld >>> >>> http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd20_1407-1.htm >> >> Or you could have called it "Global Warming 101". >> >> Beautiful (if disquieting) shot. CA> To be sure, a well-executed, but sad picture. It would be interesting to CA> see the lake a few years ago. Bruce, I bet your local keepers of archival CA> material of the area would love to see this photo. Might make for an CA> interesting local photo essay, which they might be interested in--an exhibit CA> at, say, the local library or something. Cheers, Christine -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
