IS CALIFORNIA HEADING FOR A DROUGHT?
Pink blossoms from fruit trees are falling; fields are green; nights are cold; animals are roaming with their young for food; some rain some snow--are these signs that summer has arrived?
As I said in an earlier article, "We would have rain in December, January, February, and one or two storms in March." So far, as far as I can see, this is happening. It has been almost four weeks since we have had a good, good rain storm and accountable snow in the Sierras. If we do not get more rain storms, California would be back in a drought.
Talking to several friends, the other day, in Foster City, California, I was told animals that have been extinct--hunted by the early gold miners and paid hunters--are now being seen in the high Sierras: example, the wolverine and the fisher. After talking to these friends, Channel 7, ABC, showed a picture of a wolverine on their nigh time news.
As we hear and read in newspapers, cougars and bobcats have been seen near subdivisions. As example, near Manteca, California, around 500 Ft., for several days, a cougar was spotted and then track down. Near Oakdale, California, several years ago, a mammal that was not human was seen--it turned out to be a primate that escaped a carnival that was in Northern California.
In Foster City, late at night, you can see raccoons; little rabbits, near Beach Park Blvd; and you can smell the flower of the woods: a skunk roaming, but not this early in the year!
In the past, they would start roaming with their young in late April or early May, mostly at night. Of course they are out feeding all year at night, but not with their young. Several times, I have seen rabbits--around 6:00 o'clock--feeding along Beach Park Blvd. on my way home from shopping, again, not with their young.
Here is the question that I am asking,"Is California heading for a drought or just an early summer?"
