This link goes to snow pack images of the Sierras and east of the Sierras comparing January 28, 2022 and January 23, 2023. The link allows one to use a thin slider line to actually compare one image over the other. The two images are also provided below.
The amount of additional snow pack compared to a year ago seems gargantuan. Last year there were record rains in December of 2021. As of January 23, 2023 there may be ten times as much snow as was there a year ago. If there is that much snow waiting to melt, and it appears that below the massive amounts of snow pack there is massive amounts of land that perhaps a strategic spot or two could be used to store water, so why not just do it right now? Just make it happen. Find space that is not inhabited by humans, carve out a hole, and let the melting snow east of the Sierras fill it. Besides, there may be so much snow pack that when it melts and has nowhere to go, it may do damage to existing infrastructures and anything in its wake.
Wake up Gavin Newsom, do something for a change. Harness some of that future water for Californians and Arizonians rather than do nothing but gloat about climate change. If the climate is changing, then it seems one of the most logical things a Governor would do is ensure there is plenty of water for people and farmers.
Is California's finest even studying the situation? Planning for something that may or may not happen 10 or 20 years from now is one thing, being able to make something happen within a month or two, is something a Governor should be able to conceive and make happen.
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