Howdy cyberfans!
Work is starting to heat up now. Soon a podcast, vidcast and research brief, all relating to the water project, will be available on the interweb. While the research brief will stick to the water budget model, the pod and vid casts will relate to water issues in the western U.S. in general. I don't if any of you have been reading the papers lately, but their was an article about the future of lake mead. Researchers calculate that there is a better than 50% chance that the lake will be empty by 2021. The forcast for other water supplies in the west don't look much better. There has been speculation on the future of water supplies here on the peninsula as the glaciers shrink and the snowmelt runs off faster due to global warming. The new water budget model, once implemented, will help determine water trends here on the peninsula in the future. Once we have a good measure on how much water we'll have to work with, we'll be able to better plan on how to manage it. Isn't science great.
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Deep Snow
Hi Everybody!
I finally made it out snow sampling again this tuesday. We were going to go again today, but I think the jeep is getting new snow tires and another set of chains (I hope anyway). We are finally able to get snow samples at the Luella sample site as the snow level has been dropping. We had to do a bulk sample though, as the snow isn't deep enough yet to get a good plug for each sample. It was the opposite case up at the top of Bon Jon Pass. There was so much snow up there that we almost didn't make it. Thanks to Dwight's masterfull driving and bravery, we were able to turn back and park. We then made our assault on the hill by foot. It always feels good to get outside and get the blood pumping, even when it means walking three miles uphill in blowing snow with heavy gear on your back. Ah....to be alive. I'm fairly certain that there was about two inches of fresh snow on the bill of my cap by the time we made it back to the jeep. Anyhow nothing to eventful at the (Shea's) Lounge sample site: good snow, easy access, and we got action footage. Keep an eye on the interweb and you might see this very footage on a vidcast coming soon.
I finally made it out snow sampling again this tuesday. We were going to go again today, but I think the jeep is getting new snow tires and another set of chains (I hope anyway). We are finally able to get snow samples at the Luella sample site as the snow level has been dropping. We had to do a bulk sample though, as the snow isn't deep enough yet to get a good plug for each sample. It was the opposite case up at the top of Bon Jon Pass. There was so much snow up there that we almost didn't make it. Thanks to Dwight's masterfull driving and bravery, we were able to turn back and park. We then made our assault on the hill by foot. It always feels good to get outside and get the blood pumping, even when it means walking three miles uphill in blowing snow with heavy gear on your back. Ah....to be alive. I'm fairly certain that there was about two inches of fresh snow on the bill of my cap by the time we made it back to the jeep. Anyhow nothing to eventful at the (Shea's) Lounge sample site: good snow, easy access, and we got action footage. Keep an eye on the interweb and you might see this very footage on a vidcast coming soon.
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