DancingYetiCrab
DancingYetiCrab t1_izjwwt8 wrote
Reply to comment by AmethystOrator in Officials grant California girl's request to keep a unicorn if She locates one by AmethystOrator
Animal control doesn't get to determine what animals are allowed in CA. That falls to the CA Department of Fish and Wildlife. A cute story nonetheless. Good job LA animal control.
DancingYetiCrab t1_ixdr7op wrote
Reply to comment by kevdogger in U.S. regulators approved a plan to demolish four dams on the lower Klamath River and open hundreds of miles of salmon habitat in the largest dam-removal and river-restoration project in the world. by doginasweater39
As a salmon biologist that is categorically false
DancingYetiCrab t1_j4k7dxc wrote
Reply to [OC] The impact of the rain in California. Just north of Santa Barbara, the Gibraltar Dam's water storage has nearly 3x in January. by ale_goldie
The rain is great but this graphic misses the mark on a lot of points in my opinion. First, water storage is in acre feet not just feet (unless you are looking at lake level elevation but I can tell you now the lake level didn't increase 1500 ft). Second, this mosses any and all context. Is the lake level 3 months ago low? Is it low because of drought or was it lowered for downstream water releases or water rights discharges? To add additional context it might be good to show how much rain has fallen, maybe percent to year average rainfall or something. Finally, this is just 4 bars highlighting 4 months. This is the definition of picking and choosing data and imo doesn't really display the data in any beautiful or meaningful way. It's just 4 bars. From the county of Santa Barbara you can get auto generated charts showing the increase in storage with more detail on your x axis (days) and using a line as well, just a better way to represent data and give the reader an idea of how fast or slow reservoirs fill.