Comments by "Michael Deierhoi" (@michaeldeierhoi4096) on "KTVU FOX 2 San Francisco" channel.

  1. That's about the best speculative idea I have heard yet.
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  2. As Raphael Warnock said at his acceptance speech. The people have spoken!!
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  3. Gas prices are down over a dollar in the past year, but some people are still addicted to the same old failed rhetoric. The republican base is sad bunch!!
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  4. In your dreams little Richie!! 😂🤣
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  5. At 1:40 the reporter stated that 90 % of the water coming into Lake Shasta is from rainfall. That means that a good snowpack may only have a marginal impact.
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  6. You don't know much about California weather do you? You must live in the east somewheres. California goes from one extreme to another with drought for years followed by heavy snow fall and deluges of rain. Even within one year there can be drought in part of the state and heavy precipitation in another part.
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  7. Not much. Atmospheric rivers greatly increase the threat of landslides, and catastrophic flooding throughout the state. Flooding can come on very quickly as well which can put a lot of people at risk in short order. It's also not about people being scared, but that threat of severe and even catastrophic flooding which can lead to a high casualty rate. An example was the 43 people killed in the eastern Kentucky flood last July.
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  8. That's not even good sarcasm.
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  9. Trees and shrubs won't necessarily stop a slope from collapsing especially when it is steep like this one. When a hill becomes saturated with water from repeated rains the hill can slide down from well below where trees roots reach. And the kinetic energy in a hill like that is also greater then tree roots can hold back. It's best not to live near such hills.
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  10. California has different seasons from the rest of the country. Their seasons are drought, fire, flood and earthquake though not necessarily in that order.
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  11. You people need to work on your developing your attention span. Because it said in the video that a wet year with a lot of snow could could fill this reservoir in on year. And as everyone knows California goes from one extreme with drought for several years to intense snowfall and rainfall.
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  12.  @seeharvester  😅😂. You obviously don't know California weather!
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  13.  @seeharvester  😂😅. Here's some wisdom for wounded ego When you get too caught up in your own self importance don't be surprised when you aren't taken seriously.
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  14.  @ericmaclaurin8525  😂😅. So true, so true!!
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  15. There are weather cycles that bring more moisture to the west coast in play all the time, but those cycles are intensified into atmospheric rivers by climate change. If the short term predictions with the parade of storms coming to the state play out, California could see the reservoirs filled and massive flooding and landslides throughout the state. The last four items on your list have negligible or zero impact on the weather or the climate.
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  16.  @kimweaver1252  There is not always a better way immediately available. When record breaking storms overwhelm the network of reservoirs, dams and diversion canals which is inevitable then upgrades will happen only to overwhelmed in some future record storms. That happens EVERYWHERE and not just California..
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  17. @JRT You call it inducing fear, I call it informing the public about the hazardous realities with too much rain. Besides this is the first story that I have seen on this subject.
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  18. The problem isn't a lack of reservoirs. It's too many people. John Wesley Powell forecast this over 100 years when explored the west and created a map of the states based on water basins. But he was ignored and now we are seeing the consequences of too many people, increasing drought. Until people come together with a comprehensive solution this problem will only get worse. More severe flooding, more intense forest fires may force people to leave the state.
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  19. By doing what exactly? There is a limit to how much the potential damage from flooding can be mitigated in advance especially when the flooding is getting more severe all the time.
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  20. Rain and especially heavy rain comes with consequences just like heat waves drought do as well. It is best to be prepared.
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  21. Some people still deny climate change is playing a significant role in our more extreme weather despite the increasing frequency and intensity of extreme weather conditions.
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  22.  @rockpadstudios  Renewable energy in the form of wind, solar and geothermal are gaining market share all the time. In time if this switch to renewables continues to advance along with new tech innovation the carbon emissions will start to come down. That is part of the necessary change that has to be made in our energy future.
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  23.  @rockpadstudios  Those are all good points indicating that you are well informed. The crux of the matter seems to be settling on a nuclear technology which I left out of my comment because of ambivalent feelings about nuclear. Thorium reactors have some promise, but there is controversy if they are as effective and easy to run and build as the proponents claim. And there are the mininuke plants which apparently ramping toward local installations. That will take uncounted thousands of tens of thousands to make a difference. Not at all a proven technology. The bottom line is that we can't go back to the meganuke plants which cost in excess of ten billion $$ each and are only good for maybe 70 years or so. The only nuke plants being built in the country are a couple of those big reactors for 25 billion $$ in Georgia. France has done well with its nuclear energy, but the US has a long way to go toward actually getting to a comparable workable nuclear energy program. imo I will also add that I agree that a population of 0.5 to 1 billion will be necessary for this planet to continue with life as we know it. But getting there through war and starvation is not a plan. If it comes to that then dying might be preferable to living given the hell that one would see going from 8 billion to 10% of that. Thanks for your thoughtful comments which seems kind of rare these days.
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  24.  @CChartier1  There is no such thing. That is the same baseless claim made by others with no evidence.
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  25.  @kimweaver1252  Quite true. Imagine if we did have the cost to the environment added into the cost of gas. That would surely change the argument!
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  26. Desalination plants are expensive to build, require a lot of energy to run and produce a lot of toxic brine that can't be just dumped back in the office ocean. In addition to that desal plants provide at best supplemental water.
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  27. Probably cuz you have a cynical attitude. But why are you asking that question?? Don't you know yourself?? 😅😂
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  28.  @AdaptEdgeInstatute  I can see that you are struggling with life. Hang in there and things will improve. Best of luck to you!
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  29. As the video stated the water would only be diverted in years of high flow.
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  30. Trump is going to lose BEFORE 2024 because he will be indicted next year.
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  31. And tell us how Raphael Warnock steal the election in a Republican controlled state?? That trump drug is worse than heroin addiction and you don't even know it!!
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  32.  @lomasgrandberry7845 In the first case that 7$ gas price was brief if at all and only in California. Second there has been a global recession with prices up everywhere. But we get that trump and his blind followers like yourself will distort an issue to push your own argument. So in other words it's all about the price of gas for you then irrespective of countless other issues. Under Biden there have been record job gains. Under Biden the US has regained much respect from allies whom trump chose to trash in favor of authoritarian leaders like Bolsonaro, "dear leader Kim Jong Un, Victor Orban etc. Under a Biden a trillion $ infrastructure bill was passed which trump only talked about doing a long with the incompetent republican party who got hardly anything done in four years. This was despite trump having the Senate and house under his control. Even then the only thing they got done in the first two years was a trillion dollar tax break to the rich donors of repubs and of course dump benefited!! Then there is the long list criminal actions undertaken by the trump crime family. Maybe you noticed that the trump organisation was found guilty on 17 charges!! You've got nothing cuz trump is nothing, a big zero!!
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  33. It says right there in the video that it could take five years to fill the reservoir in a dry year, but one year in a wet year when a normal snow fall happens presumably in the mountains where the most snow falls.
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  34.  @thomasjohn6041  Democrats and Raphael Warnock are for addressing all of those issues and more. Republicans and trump are for none of those issues. Hershel Walker was more interested in werewolves being more powerful than vampires!! 🙄
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  35. @Holly Burnette Not held accountable YET! This game is far from over.
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  36.  @thomasjohn6041  😅😂🤣😅🙁🤣. Thanks for the laugh and have a good day!
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  37. The problem is the ones we have now AREN'T FULL or even close because of the prolonged drought. This is water that would only be taken when the river flows are high. Normally I would object to another reservoir, but if water is only diverted at high flow periods it could make a difference.
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