To much of a good thing

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Hunkydory

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Water is being released at maximum amount at Flaming Gorge Reservoir. This is great for the rafter's and all down stream like Powell and Mead, but not so good for us who live here at the headwaters of the Green and Bear Rivers where the snow moisture content is at record levels and flooding is expected. Continued cool wet spring keeps adding snow at the higher levels and snow that has normally melted at the mid levels has gained moisture content too.

On this chart of Wyoming we live in the lower left corner in the black zone where the number 224 moisture content is printed
http://www-wwrc.uwyo.edu/wrds/nrcs/snowmap/snowmap.html
This is a Salt Lake City KSL article on Flaming Gorge.
http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=1541493 ... 304.145679
Keeping our fingers crossed and a close eye on the local rivers here.

Jay
 
Califorina is going to be in the same boat. record snow fall and rain. I have seen it before. Just need a big heavy snow storm followed by a warn heavy rain and the flood and games begain.
It will be interesting to see how many of the record low lake levels will fill up this year. I was told that shasta was at full a month ago.
 
Jay, just enjoy the place where you live. We went through there last summer (no snow,) spent a few days at Flaming Gorge. It's one of the most beautiful areas we've seen and few people seemed to know about it.

Go to the San Juan Islands this summer, and enjoy the ocean. Then go home and enjoy the Fall.

Boris
 
Yes Boris, for sure no complaints about where we live. Cokeville is about halfway between Yellowstone and Flaming Gorge and the nearest stoplight is 32 miles away, whats not to like about that. The beauty and lack of other people is what got us to migrate to this general area 30 years ago and the first water we launched the Hunkydory into was Flaming Gorge. Thing is this year is making up in a big way for the lack of water over the last 10 years or so. With us living on a known flood plain in the historical past this years record snow fall and its moisture content is good reason for concern and preparation. Like Tom said, we're for sure not the only ones facing this situation, but I think the waters appears higher from the view of your own home or boat.

Jay
 
Jay & Jolee - talked with Christie booking Bridge Bay Marina (I'm putting the Far West II in slip B-8 on June 15) and she says snow levels are very high in Yellowstone. The lake should be nice and high this year. Lakes around here at 5,000 feet are just beginning to thaw. The snow pack may be a record depths in our mountain area. Antelope and deer winter kill is mounting in Montana. But the elk and wolves are thriving.

One lake eight miles away has open water on the edges, and two days ago a friend and I sat on the bank for a few hours and caught a mess of trout. Really good eating. Threw them into a snow bank to keep them fresh. No farm fish these!

Peerhaps we will see you at Yellowstone this suimmer. John & Edna
 
John & Edna

At this point Alaska plans are on hold for this year due mainly to our two new granddaughters and somewhat to my own health concerns I'm working through now, so no doubt we'll be meeting up in Yellowstone off and on during the summer. We'll being doing family things and road tripping with the truckcamper during June and July and this most likely will include Yellowstone too, then thinking about putting the Hunkydory at Bridge Bay from August till the season ends. Looking forward to seeing you two again. Hope this cold wet spring turns into a nice summer and fall in Yellowstone. From your reports last year it stayed wet, cold and windy pretty much all summer. Last year was the first time in 24 years we didn't make it there at all during the summer or fall.

Jay & Jo-Lee
 
Good luck with all that. Last year we had record flooding in MA. The lowest point of our basement had 18" of water. This past winter was the 6th highest snowfall in recorded history in Boston and I expected floods this year. I installed an additional sump hole (party with a jack hammer and masonry blades) but no water yet.

Good luck - get your pumps now if you have not already. When we had our floods you could not buy a pump for 100 miles in any direction. Plan B was a series of pumps and fittings from West Marine (I needed them immediately) and Napoleon's batteries - worked like a champ.
 
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