Lack of Moisture 2013

      Screaming from the front pages as headlines do, comes the announcement of the latest snow depth measurement at Echo Summit, our southern neighbor on Highway 50.  "Only" 29 inches were measured at the famous Phillips Station, that solitary cabin near the summit. 2 months ago it was 4'.
California just recorded the driest January/February on record.
     Writer Peter Fimrite(great name, like his Papa), notes facts about the winter '12-'13: we are below average to date.   Trot out the gloom and doom descriptions.   State of california water resouurces director, Mark Cowlin, predicts a bad year(summer/spring) for consumers of water: fish, people, crops,etc.  Protect the smelt, save the fish, shut off the pumps(in the Delta).
     We've heard it all before, unless you arrived yesterday.   People: let's review a few "facts"-we live in1)California, 2) California has a mediterrenean type climate, 3) it rains in winter, not summer, 4)summers are dry, winters are wet, usually,5) rain and temperatures vary year to year.
     So, after a couple of generations of living in California(Tahoma is in California), we don't panic.
So, don't panic.  Look at the Lake.  Enjoy the serene surface, the deep color, the surrounding mountains, the ever changing views.  Ahhhhhhh, Tahoma.   We will not run out of water in Tahoma for at least the next 275 years if it doesn't rain anymore this year.   Even if you shower twice a day!