Baldwin Lake—Now a Giant Mudhole
The California drought of 2014—the worst recorded in the State’s history—was brought home quite suddenly to Martine and me when we visited the Los Angeles Arboretum today. Baldwin Lake, which in normal years looks so beautiful (see photo below) is now a giant mudhole. Typically, the lake is fed from runoff from current rainfall, of which, for iall intents and purposes, there has been none this year.
Migrating ducks and geese still made it a stopover, and Martine was ready for them with some day-old bread. But the fish in the lake looked as if they were gasping for breath. It was heartbreaking.
Baldwin Lake in Better Times
We still had a good time at the Arboretum. The Canada Geese were actually not too proud to accept Martine’s bread, The mallards and squirrels also came up to her for handouts.
I am hoping that our drought will eventually come to an end. I would hate to think that Los Angeles would become like Chile’s awful Atacama Desert, where there is almost no measurable rain over an entire century.
Tarnmoor 
i think you should probably prepare for flood
We are trying to iron out the detail on how to send water through the phone lines . I have 4-5 foot snow drifts out side right now and its still snowing expecting at least another 4in be glad to share
Send us all the water you can: This is the driest year in our recorded history.
Be glad to send water , any tech assistance on which we should use I think cell phones would leak and what the rate for water is I have no idea . On the other hand the landmine company’s will kick up a fuss if we get there equipment wet . what we need is a really good teleporter ask Bill if he could get us one
Bill, do you get that?