[pct-l] Dry winter in Sierra

[Jeffrey Olson]

 From the Santa Rosa, CA Press Democrat

With the winter of 2007 shaping up to be the driest on record, Sonoma 
County water authorities are pumping up an inflatable Russian River dam 
to its summertime level in order to meet water demand.
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It's too early of course to predict, but I'm starting to open my 
summer's plan to include the possibility of starting my section hike 
from Castle Crags to Seiad in mid- June rather than mid-July.  If you 
run Google EArth, and download current data on precipitation and snow 
water content for the West,  
(http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/snotel/earth/index.html) or check the 
postholer.com website, you'll see the levels throughout California are 
really low. 

This year may be a NOBOs delight!  No predictions though...

Jeff, just Jeff...