The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers just opened up two California dams. A spokesperson says the flows are 'controlled' and being coordinated with local officials.
MAGA assholes were practically dancing in the streets during the L.A. Fires. They'll be giddy if Orange Hitler can burn the entire state to the ground.
That article is really struggling hard to avoid bluntly saying that there was absolutely fuck-all reason to release the water. "Unclear," my ass -- it's blatantly obvious that, without even any vaguely plausible good reason, the only reason that remains is malice: to deliberately fuck over the state by depriving it of water it's gonna need later.
This is such a stupid fucking idea. They've had a dry winter already. Shits gonna be bad for water come this summer and if they have a dry summer they're pretty much fucked.
According to federal data, the flow from Terminus Dam into the Kaweah River near Visalia increased from 57 cubic feet per second to more than 1,500 on Friday morning. The flow from Lake Success near Porterville into the Tule River increased from 105 cubic feet per second to 990.