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sjvwater.bsky.social • 22 days ago

Why did army corps dump water from 2 Tulare co lakes? Welllll….

https://sjvwater.org/trumps-emergency-water-order-responsible-for-water-dump-from-tulare-county-lakes/

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n0rmalguy.bsky.social•22 days ago

He doesn’t know the term “channel capacity”. I want to know what insane thing he ordered that translated to that.

kirkmurphy.bsky.social•22 days ago

As ever, thank you Lois Henry for your expertise and journalism!
I'd love to know why, of all the Corps' CA facilities, Trump's regime chose these for water release.. and whether immensely politically powerful J.G. Boswell or even Delta Smelt hating Westlands WD will get more total water from this.

box-of-frogs.bsky.social•22 days ago

Was this a malicious “mistake “? I am aware that spite is the primary motivation for just about everything Drumpf does.

tallgirll.bsky.social•19 days ago

I think it was malicious

newyorka.bsky.social•22 days ago

Madman

jenvictor.bsky.social•22 days ago

Thank you for your reporting.

raymondpwest.bsky.social•21 days ago

I live a hundred feet from the Tule River, which feeds success dam and Shaffer reservoir and am following this story carefully. This should be a major national scandal, but so far the story has not gained much traction.

wadewarrens.bsky.social•22 days ago

A bit off-topic, but the fusegate design of the Terminus Dam’s spillway on the Kaweah River are a bit if an engineering marvel.

https://www.waterpowermagazine.com/analysis/they-might-be-giants-terminus-dam-s-new-fusegates/

rebekahr.bsky.social•22 days ago

Thank you for sharing this on the ground reporting about local conditions and issues.

infinigon.bsky.social•22 days ago

Boy I sure hope the red-leaning Central Valley farmers remember who ordered this when there is no water this summer when they need it.

ronruma.bsky.social•22 days ago

It will be interesting to see whether/how/by whom this season’s crops of those Central Valley farmers will be harvested.

kamprov.bsky.social•22 days ago

You don't need migrant workers if there are no crops to pick, a big brain move for the ages

slindquist.bsky.social•22 days ago

They won’t. They’ll blame Newsom.

jlindy.bsky.social•22 days ago

Probably they're dumbfucks who love racism more than anything tangible, so

do-no-evil.bsky.social•22 days ago

I guess this is the find out phase for these farmers. I wonder if they will still vote MAGA next time.

brettbutlerisok.bsky.social•22 days ago

I'm pretty sure this water ends up in the Tulare Lake basin. Who precisely benefits from having it there?
(I'm sure someone does)

nawoman.bsky.social•22 days ago

It’s not like we tend to need to hang onto water in California as it hardly ever rains, is it? Omg.

hungrykate.bsky.social•22 days ago

Banana Republicans are incompetent and govern by PR stunts.

Send Bananas to your local Banana Republican. Banana candies, photoshop a banana on their head, whatever.

Their incompetence and corruption is already causing major failures.

Banana Republic nonsense.

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joseph-yossarian.bsky.social•22 days ago

The Giant Faucet has been found!

ricecp.bsky.social•22 days ago

We're here for the rumble.
While this TRO may not be relevant to this water issue. It demonstrates that pushing back does work. It hasn't got much media coverage so pass it on. Finding allies in your state AG office is the tactic. It does work.

https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/politics/2025/01/31/ri-judge-blocks-trumps-federal-spending-freeze/78091384007/

robbieevans.bsky.social•22 days ago

I’m curious about the chain of command here. Who were the Good Germans who carried out these orders from Trump? What are their names?

moemoemh.bsky.social•22 days ago

I think they did it, even though it wouldn’t be effective, to satisfy the orange baboon’s pathetic ego.

moemoemh.bsky.social•22 days ago

What idiot wanted this?

tallgirll.bsky.social•19 days ago

The biggist idiot in the country-

matticusrexxor.bsky.social•22 days ago

If you've never encountered California Republicans, you'd never know that the real reason for the drought is that 100% of our water isn't being used by farmers.

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