12-08-2012, 07:10 AM
And the rain last night allowed the production to resume... but still way below capacity...and 'normal'
There are many issues that may/will be coming upon us in the next couple of decades. I have been studying some of the effects other tropical-subtropical windward-rainforest islands have had the last few decades...our extreme oceanic buffer has protected us from much of what others have had, but within the last four years, we are beginning to see similar conditions...these conditions could be a very abnormal periodic cycle changes, or could be the start of a baseline shift...decades - centuries from now, some may be able to look back with the all-knowing 20/20 hindsight... but for us trying to establish action plans....
All we have is the data that has been taken & the data we are getting at present & try to determine if this IS the 'new normal'....which is why any & all data that anyone may have is sooo valuable (even wacky ol' uncle down the street who says he has written down his rain gauge info for the last 70 years... this is the type of data that some may pass off, but we are trying to get)...so those who have posted stating this is normal, if you have the data, really, not kidding... would love to have it!
How much this will effect our really big catchment, the windward aquifers, has yet to be seen.... but that is what I have been trying to tease, with all of the 'extras' this watershed has....
There are many issues that may/will be coming upon us in the next couple of decades. I have been studying some of the effects other tropical-subtropical windward-rainforest islands have had the last few decades...our extreme oceanic buffer has protected us from much of what others have had, but within the last four years, we are beginning to see similar conditions...these conditions could be a very abnormal periodic cycle changes, or could be the start of a baseline shift...decades - centuries from now, some may be able to look back with the all-knowing 20/20 hindsight... but for us trying to establish action plans....
All we have is the data that has been taken & the data we are getting at present & try to determine if this IS the 'new normal'....which is why any & all data that anyone may have is sooo valuable (even wacky ol' uncle down the street who says he has written down his rain gauge info for the last 70 years... this is the type of data that some may pass off, but we are trying to get)...so those who have posted stating this is normal, if you have the data, really, not kidding... would love to have it!
How much this will effect our really big catchment, the windward aquifers, has yet to be seen.... but that is what I have been trying to tease, with all of the 'extras' this watershed has....