Quotes by Don Strickland

“Were getting an early start on the rain-and-snow season, which is good as long as we dont get flooding.”

“Right now were at a lull between storms, and the rivers are receding. Overall, the flood system is in pretty good shape right now.”

“If the snow level drops, then its staying up there in the mountains and not coming down in the rivers and melting the snow thats already there.”

“We dont open that thing very often. Its the only manually operated gate in the system. Sometimes its hard to get it closed again.”

“Right now were in a flood fight. Were just racing around putting our fires. They almost lost Twitchell Island yesterday, the water was so high and the winds were so strong.”

“Its looking pretty good. The storm has moved on to the coast, Southern California - past us.”

“The storm thats coming could bring heavy rain for about 12 hours, and that could impact the whole Delta. All that puts a lot of pressure on the levees, and thats what were keeping an eye on.”

“Its looking really good right now. All the reservoirs are pretty much full. ... Its too bad we dont have more storage.”

“Thank God we got a little break in the storms.”

“Were talking about a snow pack thats 150 percent of average, and its mostly still up there. Usually by this time, a lot of the snow is gone -- but were still adding to it.”