Here we go again? Drought??? And a little tour/history/ SF Pen

[cellboy]

I remember the drought of the late 80's. "If it's yellow, let it mellow. If it's brown, flush it down", was the slogan. The peninsula, with Hetch Hetchy as it's source (water from Yosemite) is usually drought free, for awhile at least. But the East Bay, with all that new growth? I thought we had good snow pack last winter. And it seemed that it rained forever last year into this spring. Oh well. I think we need to rethink lawns and the such. California *is* a semi arid state. Why do we keep wanting to make it like the East Coast?

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aXfOhojHq.X8&refer=us

Hetch Hetchy Reservoir; water travels from Yosemite, over 300 miles to the Crystal Springs Reservoir (on the San Francisco Peninsula). Note; The Filoli Estate, a public garden and home, was the scene for Dynasty and other movies etc. The 23,000 acres of water shed (Redwood Groves) behind this estate, also feed the reservoir. This water serves San Francisco. The peninsula cities get their water *directly* from the massive pipes, before it reaches the reservoir. It is considered 99% pure mountain water. One of the cleanest for large cities.

Yosimite/ Hetch Hetchy Reservoir


Crystal Springs Reservoir - Woodside, CA.

Filoli Estate and Gardens
Note: South of the Reservoir, are grand estates of the 1800's to today. Many famous have their "hide away", 2nd homes, from the press. In the town of Woodside, it is not uncommon to see, Neil Young, Joan Baez, Michelle Pheiffer, Shirly Temple Black, the Shillings(of seasonings), Roths (shipping), Crocker (banks) Folger(coffee), Jobs, and other Dot com moguls, and more. With a 3 acre minimum, they have their privacy. This is horse country, so it is casual. And only 20 minutes to Palo Alto, and 30 minutes to San Francisco. This is one reason why the SF Peninsula is one of the most expensive areas in the world. Country and city are so close. And as a little secret; the mid peninsula, with the redwoods, beaches, and charming towns, can outdo Marin County any day. And less tourists!

Comments

[grizzlyzone.livejournal.com]

Curiously, thr Crystal Springs reservoir is DIRECTLY on the San Andreas fault.

[cellboy.livejournal.com]

Yep! I wonder if the dam could hold up to it. It has so far. In fact the fault goes through neighboring Stanford U lands (10,000 acres), and right under the Stanford Linear Accelerator! Having lived here most of my life, except for the 89 quake, the fault has been pretty tame (at least for now)

( I can't believe I typed Damn instead of Dam. Time for coffee!!!)