Lake Oroville and Magalia Lake

About 5 weeks ago I posted two pictures of Lake Oroville that showed how far the water had dropped over the summer. Today we went to one of the boat ramps on the opposite side of the Lake, at an area called "Lime Saddle," and found this scene. 

The ramp is high and dry. There's a tiny scrap of blue midway in the picture...and that's the only water we found! We had a full day of rain on October 31, and we need many more days just like that. Lake Oriville supplies water to Southern California. 

A few miles up the road from Lake Oroville is a small reservoir for local use only. Magalia Lake had 

sufficient water in it. The water was still and the reflections were perfect. I hope the "powers that be" don't decide to take our local water and ship it south like they are doing with Lake Oroville which is part if the bigger California Water Project.