[Island Chris]

I suppose everything is green there if you water it enough! I checked the water levels of Lake Cachuma above Santa Barbara on line a week or 2 ago, and it was 28%. I then talked to someone and he said they can't get the last 25% out because the outlet etc is not low enough (so they are working frantically on that). At the time, there was between 60% and 80% of normal water year rainfall for the date, but since it has not rained, and there is no rain in forecast, will be more like 45-65% of normal by end of February.

I lived in Goleta 1988-1994, through the last big drought, and it was beyond dry; was desiccated. I'll take winter (actually, I've always loved winter, although all the -25 F wind chills are a bit brutal (is -17 wind chill right now).

Chris