Photo by @edkashi/@viiphoto: Helicopter "Sky Cranes", used by the CDF for dropping water on hard to reach fires, uses nearby #ShastaLake to load up their water tanks. Shasta County, CA 1999. A Sept. 2014 article on theatlantic.com states, “According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, 82% of the state of California currently falls in the "Extreme Drought" category. The years-long dry spell has tapped groundwater reserves and left reservoirs at record lows…Shasta Lake is currently near 30% of its total capacity, the lowest it has been since 1977.” Because of this drastic decline in capacity due to a #climatechange-fueled drought, this lake would not be as valuable a resource in extinguishing #forestfires now as it had been when this photo was taken. @everydayclimatechange
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