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Originally Posted by litesong
In the past, to this Puget Sounder, I thought the best climate would be northern California(adored Susanville). As climate warmed & California dried out, I figured maybe southern Oregon would be nice. With our past decades of winter warming & this last winter being our warmest, the best climate is.......right here!!! However, we also just had a winter with the least snow. Our reservoirs have a good chance of emptying in the next 5 months, hopefully not as bad as in California.
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I've always wondered why the Army Corps of Engineers spills most of the water held back by the dams on the North Santiam river the day after Labor day every year. If they had held on to most of it last Sept, they would still have plenty available for hydro power and recreation this summer.
I don't think they even generate electricity with the spill; they just dump it to the Willamette -> Columbia -> Ocean.