Locator: 44699CA.
Locator: 44461BT.
Updates
May 20, 2023: California to open relief valves to mitigate Lake Tulare flooding.
The intertie functions like a gated alley connecting two much larger
streets. On one side lies a stretch of the Kern River called the Buena
Vista Channel, and on the other is the California Aqueduct, a simple
name for a complex system of tunnels and pipelines that transports water
from Northern California and the Sierra to the state's arid central and
southern expanses.
Original Post
I
don't know if folks remember this, but if you do, hold that thought.
This was the huge Red River flood of Grand Forks back in 1997. Photo link here.
Fast forward.
Out in California, The Los Angeles Times
reports on something similar facing Tulare, California, central valley,
northwest of Los Angeles, northwest of Bakersfield. Tulare Lake is
back. See also the blog of June 24, 2017.
This story may or may not be behind a paywall. I was able to access it without difficulty.
The flooding has only recently begun and is expected to last at least two more years,
assuming I read the article correctly, which seems correct because the
state is working on a plan to raise the existing earth dikes another 3.5
feet.
What the flood plain looks like on the map:
Why this story is of interest? Not so much what was reported but what was not reported.
The California Bullet Train.
Link here.
The map from the state of California:
Going back to the earlier map:
Note:
this is the easy part of the bullet-train-rail -- flat. No tunnels. No
mountains. No major river crossings. Just absolutely flat.
And flooded.
The good news: they can put 12-foot dikes on either side / both sides of the rails.
The bullet train is tracked (no pun intended) here.
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Current Cost / Funding Status
Link here.
