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"content": "\u003cp>SpaceX sent a Falcon rocket soaring toward orbit Monday night with 11 small satellites, its first mission since an accident last summer. Then, in an even more astounding feat, it landed the 15-story leftover booster back on Earth safely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was the first time an unmanned rocket returned to land vertically at Cape Canaveral, Florida, and represented a tremendous success for SpaceX. 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Previous landing attempts ended in fiery blasts, but those aimed for an ocean platform.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10803939\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/GettyImages-502234880.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10803939\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10803939\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/GettyImages-502234880-400x533.jpg\" alt=\"A handout picture made available by SpaceX shows its Falcon 9 rocket after it had landed at Cape Canaveral on Monday night. \" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/GettyImages-502234880-400x533.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/GettyImages-502234880-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/GettyImages-502234880-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/GettyImages-502234880-1440x1920.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/GettyImages-502234880-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/GettyImages-502234880-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/GettyImages-502234880.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A handout picture made available by SpaceX shows its Falcon 9 rocket after it had landed at Cape Canaveral on Monday night. \u003ccite>(SpaceX via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Thought Rocket Had Exploded \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Musk said he ran outside and heard the sonic boom of the returning booster just as it landed; he assumed it had exploded. He learned the happy truth when he went back into Launch Control and saw video of the standing rocket.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I can't quite believe it,\" he said. \"It's quite shocking.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Musk said the landing appeared close to perfect and the company \"could not have asked for a better mission or a better day.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The top officer at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brig. Gen. Wayne Monteith, noted that the returning booster \"placed the exclamation mark on 2015.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This was a first for us at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, and I can't even begin to describe the excitement the team feels right now having been a part of this historic first-stage rocket landing,\" Monteith said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across the country, SpaceX employees jammed company headquarters in Hawthorne, California, anxiously awaiting success. They cheered at full throttle when the first stage separated cleanly two minutes into flight and reoriented itself for an unprecedented return to Cape Canaveral. Then the roar became deafening, as TV cameras showed the first-stage booster landing on extended legs at its new, dedicated landing zone. SpaceX commentators called it \"incredibly exciting\" and were visibly moved by the feat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This has been a wildly successful return to flight for SpaceX,\" said one SpaceX launch commentator. \"We made history today.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Blue Origin, another billionaire's rocket company, successfully landed a booster last month in West Texas. That rocket, though, had been used for a suborbital flight. The SpaceX booster was more powerful and flying faster in order to put satellites into orbit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ultimate Goal: Colonizing Mars\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The touchdown was a secondary objective for SpaceX. The first was hoisting the satellites for OrbComm, a New Jersey-based communication company. All 11 were successfully deployed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>OrbComm chief executive officer Marc Eisenberg seemed just as excited about the booster landing as about his satellites reaching orbit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Here she comes back,\" Eisenberg said via Twitter, sharing a photo of the returning booster. Then: \"Bullseye.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The booster-landing zone, a former Atlas missile-launching site, is about 6 miles from the launch pad. SpaceX is leasing the touchdown area — marked by a giant X — from the Air Force. The reinforced concrete provides a stable surface, unlike the barges used for the initial attempts, primarily for increased safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On its previous flight back in June, SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket failed shortly after liftoff, destroying a supply ship intended for the International Space Station. A snapped strut in the upper stage was to blame. 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"content": "\u003cp>A few miles northeast of Fresno, Chris Pluhar walks through a field pockmarked with little holes. It’s dry, scrubby and surrounded by rolling brown hills. You’d never know that in a normal year, where he’s standing would be under 20 feet of water. It’s usually a part of Millerton Lake, a major but rapidly shrinking reservoir in the Sierra foothills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Rather than being in a lake, which is how it’s shown on the map, we’re standing in the middle of a grassland,” says Pluhar, who teaches geology at Fresno State University. “We were here about three weeks ago and since then, a few new islands have popped up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘The Sierra Nevada is a highly studied mountain range, and yet us scientists can’t agree on some of the most basic things—like did it uplift recently or not?’\u003ccite>Chris Pluhar, Fresno State University\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Right now, Millerton’s filled to about a third of its total capacity. The high water line scars the hillside far above Pluhar’s head, and some boat ramps lead to nowhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While most people overlooking Millerton would see only a shriveled reservoir, Pluhar saw an opportunity: he could study rocks revealed for the first time in years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is kind of virgin territory for mapping,” he says. “If you look at the U.S., it’s mapped all across the country except for places like this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pluhar studies tectonics—the process by which geologic plates pull apart and jam together to form ridges and mountains—and he’s interested in what these rocks can tell him about the Sierra Nevada. So he brought along a student to help figure it out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wynter Erickson is mapping this area for her senior thesis—a process that involves tracking the boundaries between rock layers and measuring how much they’ve tilted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You kind of just get in your own little world while everyone’s on their speedboats,” she says. “It’s awesome.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These geologists are piecing together pre-history. Some of the rocks here formed more than 100 million years ago, long before the Sierra began to rise. Pluhar hopes Erickson’s measurements will help answer an important question: when did the mountains grow to their current size? And how quickly?\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_419846\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-419846 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2015/12/IMG_4785-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Fresno State student Wynter Erickson uses a compass to measure how much ancient volcanic rocks underneath Millerton Lake have tilted.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2015/12/IMG_4785-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2015/12/IMG_4785-400x267.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2015/12/IMG_4785-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2015/12/IMG_4785-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2015/12/IMG_4785-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2015/12/IMG_4785-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2015/12/IMG_4785-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Erickson uses a compass to measure how much ancient volcanic rocks underneath Millerton Lake have tilted. \u003ccite>(Kerry Klein/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The Sierra Nevada is a highly studied mountain range,” says Pluhar, “and yet us scientists \u003ca href=\"http://arstechnica.com/science/2015/05/mountain-mystery-the-stop-and-go-growth-of-the-sierra-nevada/3/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">can’t agree on some of the most basic things\u003c/a>—like did it uplift recently or not?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Sierra is a jumble of sediments transported from the deep ocean and piled up on top of the continent, with scars of granite and lava from defunct volcanoes. Its history is complex, and it’s not easy to figure out what happened when.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s no telling if this one little part of the foothills will resolve a big, longstanding scientific debate. But one thing is certain: now is the time to investigate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re probably, overall statewide, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/05/14/california-drought-pictures-reservoirs-rivers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">about half of what we would normally see in reservoir storage\u003c/a>” for this time of year, says Jay Lund, director of the Center for Watershed Sciences at UC Davis. “Some of the reservoirs are the lowest that they’ve ever been.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As worrisome as that is, Lund says it does present some rare opportunities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You get to see what used to be in the reservoir before they filled it,” he says, like relics and building foundations from towns submerged long ago. “And there are sometimes\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/09/21/lake-county-cracks-down-on-looting-of-native-american-artifacts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> old Indian artifacts around the state.\u003c/a>”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lund also says drought years are the best time to perform maintenance and repairs on dams.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_419847\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 408px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2015/12/IMG_4761-e1450478782261.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-419847\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-419847\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2015/12/IMG_4761-e1450478782261-800x653.jpg\" alt=\"Pluhar consults a mapping app to find the contact between two rock layers.\" width=\"408\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2015/12/IMG_4761-e1450478782261-800x653.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2015/12/IMG_4761-e1450478782261-400x326.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2015/12/IMG_4761-e1450478782261-768x626.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2015/12/IMG_4761-e1450478782261-1440x1175.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2015/12/IMG_4761-e1450478782261-1920x1566.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2015/12/IMG_4761-e1450478782261-1180x962.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2015/12/IMG_4761-e1450478782261-960x783.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 408px) 100vw, 408px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pluhar consults a mapping app to find the contact between two rock layers. \u003ccite>(Kerry Klein/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He’s hopeful that an El Niño winter will top up the state’s thirsty reservoirs. But he’s quick to point out that high water levels wouldn’t mean all of the state’s water worries are over.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For long droughts, it’s groundwater which is really by far the largest reservoir for California,” he says—like the over-pumped aquifer underlying the Central Valley. “It’ll take a very very long time, if ever, for those groundwater levels to recover.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s hard to find an upside when farms are going fallow and thousands of people are out of drinking water. 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And how quickly?\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_419846\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-419846 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2015/12/IMG_4785-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Fresno State student Wynter Erickson uses a compass to measure how much ancient volcanic rocks underneath Millerton Lake have tilted.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2015/12/IMG_4785-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2015/12/IMG_4785-400x267.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2015/12/IMG_4785-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2015/12/IMG_4785-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2015/12/IMG_4785-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2015/12/IMG_4785-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2015/12/IMG_4785-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Erickson uses a compass to measure how much ancient volcanic rocks underneath Millerton Lake have tilted. \u003ccite>(Kerry Klein/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The Sierra Nevada is a highly studied mountain range,” says Pluhar, “and yet us scientists \u003ca href=\"http://arstechnica.com/science/2015/05/mountain-mystery-the-stop-and-go-growth-of-the-sierra-nevada/3/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">can’t agree on some of the most basic things\u003c/a>—like did it uplift recently or not?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Sierra is a jumble of sediments transported from the deep ocean and piled up on top of the continent, with scars of granite and lava from defunct volcanoes. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"https://embed.windyty.com/?37.562,-122.124,7,rain,menu\" width=\"800\" height=\"571\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you're like me, and I sincerely hope you're not, the job of obsessing about our winter weather involves occasional glances out the window coupled with marathon sessions geeking out over weather forecasts and staring at radar loops and puzzling over terminology like \u003ca href=\"http://www.atmo.arizona.edu/students/courselinks/fall12/atmo336/lectures/sec1/info500mb.html\" target=\"_blank\">500-millibar heights\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/the-animated-global-map-total-precipitable-water-so-freaking-cool-i-cant-even\" target=\"_blank\">total precipitable water\u003c/a>. While we wait to see how this whole El Niño winter pans out in California, here's a brief list of sites that prove consistently useful, interesting and fun. \u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10800727\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Screenshot-2015-12-19-13.35.26.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10800727\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Screenshot-2015-12-19-13.35.26-400x213.png\" alt=\"Visualization from earth.nullschool.net of waves in the Pacific Ocean off California. (Click for larger image.)\" width=\"400\" height=\"213\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10800727\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Screenshot-2015-12-19-13.35.26-400x213.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Screenshot-2015-12-19-13.35.26-800x425.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Screenshot-2015-12-19-13.35.26-768x408.png 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Screenshot-2015-12-19-13.35.26-960x510.png 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Screenshot-2015-12-19-13.35.26-280x150.png 280w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Screenshot-2015-12-19-13.35.26.png 1168w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Visualization from \u003ca href=\"http://earth.nullschool.net/\" target=\"_blank\">earth.nullschool.net\u003c/a> of waves in the Pacific Ocean off California. (Click for larger image.) \u003ccite>(\u003ca href=\"http://earth.nullschool.net/\" target=\"_blank\">Earth\u003c/a>)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>So, starting with stuff that you can spend hours, maybe, just staring at and playing with: Cameron Beccario's \u003ca href=\"http://earth.nullschool.net/\" target=\"_blank\">Earth\u003c/a>, a site that turns raw data from weather observations and models into \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/02/28/california-storm-the-coolest-view-you-will-see-today/\" target=\"_blank\">dynamic portraits\u003c/a> of current and upcoming weather. There is a lot to the visualizations here -- you need to open the controls under the label \"earth\" at the pages lower left to get an idea of the different slices of data and views available here. A newer site based on Beccario's open-source code and similar weather model input is \u003ca href=\"https://www.windytv.com\" target=\"_blank\">Windytv.com\u003c/a> -- embedded at the top of the post -- which is geared toward delivering observations and forecasts that people like pilots, kitesurfers and other adventurers can use.\n\u003c/p>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10787886\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/nwsmtrimage.png\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10787886\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/nwsmtrimage-400x345.png\" alt=\"A high surf advisory from the National Weather Service in Monterey. (Click for larger image.)\" width=\"400\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/nwsmtrimage-400x345.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/nwsmtrimage.png 652w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A high surf advisory from the National Weather Service in Monterey. (Click for larger image.)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mtr/\" target=\"_blank\">National Weather Service, San Francisco Bay Area/Monterey\u003c/a>: A one-stop shop for the basics -- everything from hourly \u003ca href=\"http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mtr/rainfall.php\" target=\"_blank\">rainfall reports\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://w2.weather.gov/climate/index.php?wfo=mtr\" target=\"_blank\">climatology\u003c/a> for the Bay Area locations to \u003ca href=\"http://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?rid=mux&product=N0R&overlay=11101111&loop=no\" target=\"_blank\">weather radar\u003c/a>. The site's indispensable feature -- one common to every local National Weather Service office -- is its \u003ca href=\"http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/total_forecast/getprod.php?prod=XXXAFDMTR&wfo=MTR\" target=\"_blank\">Area Forecast Discussion\u003c/a>. In essence, it's a forecaster's narrative of the reasoning behind the current outlook and includes details about timing of storms that are often obscure in the simple forecast. (For similar insights into the Sierra Nevada weather outlook -- especially how much snow to expect in the mountains and when -- check out the \u003ca href=\"http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/total_forecast/getprod.php?prod=XXXAFDSTO&wfo=STO\" target=\"_blank\">NWS Sacramento forecast discussion\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10787550\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/map.png\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10787550\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/map-400x474.png\" alt=\"Quantitative Precipitation Forecast (QPF) map from NOAA's California Nevada River Forecast Center. Map depicts weather models' forecast precipitation from Tuesday, Dec. 8 through early Monday, Dec. 14. (Click for larger version.)\" width=\"400\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/map-400x474.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/map.png 663w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Quantitative Precipitation Forecast (QPF) map from NOAA's California Nevada River Forecast Center. Map depicts weather models' forecast precipitation from Tuesday, Dec. 8 through early Monday, Dec. 14. (Click for larger version.) \u003ccite>(CNRFC/NOAA)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.cnrfc.noaa.gov/\" target=\"_blank\">California-Nevada River Forecast Center\u003c/a>: This site contains an almost limitless reservoir of data on precipitation -- both what's forecast to fall and what's coming -- and on near-real-time river conditions for California, Nevada and southern Oregon. A couple of favorite features to navigate to on the CNRFC home page: The Forecast Precipitation (QPF) and Observed Precipitation (QPE) pages, both of which open from tabs on the page's right side. Those pages give a comprehensive picture of California precipitation for the past five days and coming six days. If you're into the text discussion thing, the CNRFC's daily \u003ca href=\"http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/cnrfc/rsa_getprod.php?prod=RNOHMDRSA&wfo=cnrfc&version=0\" target=\"_blank\">Hydrometeorological Discussion\u003c/a> gives a quick rundown of storm impacts in major watersheds and a thorough forecast analysis based on numerical weather models.\u003c/p>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10787672\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/814prcp.new_.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10787672\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/814prcp.new_-400x422.gif\" alt=\"The 8- to 14-day precipitation outlook from NOAA's Climate Prediction Center. \" width=\"400\" height=\"422\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The 8- to 14-day precipitation outlook from NOAA's Climate Prediction Center. \u003ccite>(CPC/NOAA)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/\" target=\"_blank\">NOAA's Climate Prediction Center\u003c/a>: A portal for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's precipitation and temperature outlooks for periods ranging from the next six to 10 days to three months. The CPC's maps give a quick overview of expected precipitation patterns and whether a given region is expected to get above or below median rainfall. For the details, and to understand exactly what's being forecast, it's necessary to read the \u003ca href=\"http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/610day/fxus06.html\" target=\"_blank\">prognostic discussion\u003c/a> that's published in concert with the shorter-term maps.\u003c/p>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10787889\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Screenshot-2015-12-08-23.12.56.png\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10787889\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Screenshot-2015-12-08-23.12.56-400x110.png\" alt=\"The California Weather Blog, by Stanford climate scientist Daniel Swain. \" width=\"400\" height=\"110\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Screenshot-2015-12-08-23.12.56-400x110.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Screenshot-2015-12-08-23.12.56-800x220.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Screenshot-2015-12-08-23.12.56-960x264.png 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Screenshot-2015-12-08-23.12.56.png 967w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The California Weather Blog, by Stanford climate scientist Daniel Swain.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.weatherwest.com/\" target=\"_blank\">California Weather Blog\u003c/a>: This is a site featuring technical model analysis by Daniel Swain, the Stanford doctoral candidate who \u003ca href=\"https://baynature.org/articles/watching-the-weather-with-daniel-swain/\" target=\"_blank\">coined\u003c/a> the term \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/science/ci_24904396/california-drought-whats-causing-it\" target=\"_blank\">Ridiculously Resilient Ridge\u003c/a>\" to describe the persistent dome of high pressure that blocked most winter storms from reaching California each of the last two winters. Swain doesn't add to the blog often, but his posts draw wide attention and lots and lots of comments -- an online conversation that he participates in. Also worth following: Swain's \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Weather_West\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter feed\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Screenshot-2015-12-09-06.58.03.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-10788275\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Screenshot-2015-12-09-06.58.03-400x87.png\" alt=\"Tahoe Daily Snow\" width=\"300\" height=\"66\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Screenshot-2015-12-09-06.58.03-400x87.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Screenshot-2015-12-09-06.58.03.png 561w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://opensnow.com/dailysnow/tahoe\" target=\"_blank\">OpenSnow.com/Tahoe Daily Snow\u003c/a>: A smart, well-written site with a simple, straightforward mission: detailed snow forecasts for the Sierra Nevada around Lake Tahoe (it turns out people like to partake in winter sports up there -- things like skiing and snowboarding and chaining up while they sit in I-80 and U.S. 50 traffic).\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Screenshot-2015-12-08-23.18.14.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-10787939\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Screenshot-2015-12-08-23.18.14-400x228.png\" alt=\"Golden Gate Weather Services\" width=\"400\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Screenshot-2015-12-08-23.18.14-400x228.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Screenshot-2015-12-08-23.18.14.png 755w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ggweather.com/links.html\" target=\"_blank\">Golden Gate Weather Services\u003c/a>: Jan Null, a consulting meteorologist and proprietor of Golden Gate Weather Services, has long been the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/science/article/Jan-Null-is-the-hot-name-in-weather-4246555.php\" target=\"_blank\">go-to source\u003c/a> for journalists looking for insight into Bay Area weather. He's amassed \u003ca href=\"http://ggweather.com/links.html\">a staggering volume\u003c/a> of information on his website, ranging from San Francisco's \u003ca href=\"http://ggweather.com/sf/monthly.html\" target=\"_blank\">complete monthly rainfall record\u003c/a> going back to 1849 to an explainer on \u003ca href=\"http://ggweather.com/enso/enso_myths.htm\" target=\"_blank\">the myths and realities of El Niño\u003c/a>. One caveat: While we've found lots of cool stuff here -- hey, look at \u003ca href=\"http://ggweather.com/sf/season.html\" target=\"_blank\">this tabular history of San Francisco rainfall\u003c/a>, sorted by season, total amount and days of rain! -- the site is actually a little hard to navigate.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://glossary.ametsoc.org\" target=\"_blank\">American Meteorology Society's Glossary of Meteorology\u003c/a>: I mentioned precipitable water somewhere up above. If you really want to know \u003ca href=\"http://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Precipitable_water\" target=\"_blank\">what that is\u003c/a> -- or find the meanings of thousands of other meteorological terms, many of which include math stuff that's beyond me -- this is the place.\n\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"https://embed.windyty.com/?37.562,-122.124,7,rain,menu\" width=\"800\" height=\"571\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you're like me, and I sincerely hope you're not, the job of obsessing about our winter weather involves occasional glances out the window coupled with marathon sessions geeking out over weather forecasts and staring at radar loops and puzzling over terminology like \u003ca href=\"http://www.atmo.arizona.edu/students/courselinks/fall12/atmo336/lectures/sec1/info500mb.html\" target=\"_blank\">500-millibar heights\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/the-animated-global-map-total-precipitable-water-so-freaking-cool-i-cant-even\" target=\"_blank\">total precipitable water\u003c/a>. While we wait to see how this whole El Niño winter pans out in California, here's a brief list of sites that prove consistently useful, interesting and fun. \u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10800727\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Screenshot-2015-12-19-13.35.26.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10800727\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Screenshot-2015-12-19-13.35.26-400x213.png\" alt=\"Visualization from earth.nullschool.net of waves in the Pacific Ocean off California. (Click for larger image.)\" width=\"400\" height=\"213\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10800727\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Screenshot-2015-12-19-13.35.26-400x213.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Screenshot-2015-12-19-13.35.26-800x425.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Screenshot-2015-12-19-13.35.26-768x408.png 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Screenshot-2015-12-19-13.35.26-960x510.png 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Screenshot-2015-12-19-13.35.26-280x150.png 280w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/Screenshot-2015-12-19-13.35.26.png 1168w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Visualization from \u003ca href=\"http://earth.nullschool.net/\" target=\"_blank\">earth.nullschool.net\u003c/a> of waves in the Pacific Ocean off California. (Click for larger image.) \u003ccite>(\u003ca href=\"http://earth.nullschool.net/\" target=\"_blank\">Earth\u003c/a>)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>So, starting with stuff that you can spend hours, maybe, just staring at and playing with: Cameron Beccario's \u003ca href=\"http://earth.nullschool.net/\" target=\"_blank\">Earth\u003c/a>, a site that turns raw data from weather observations and models into \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/02/28/california-storm-the-coolest-view-you-will-see-today/\" target=\"_blank\">dynamic portraits\u003c/a> of current and upcoming weather. There is a lot to the visualizations here -- you need to open the controls under the label \"earth\" at the pages lower left to get an idea of the different slices of data and views available here. A newer site based on Beccario's open-source code and similar weather model input is \u003ca href=\"https://www.windytv.com\" target=\"_blank\">Windytv.com\u003c/a> -- embedded at the top of the post -- which is geared toward delivering observations and forecasts that people like pilots, kitesurfers and other adventurers can use.\n\u003c/p>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10787886\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/nwsmtrimage.png\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10787886\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/nwsmtrimage-400x345.png\" alt=\"A high surf advisory from the National Weather Service in Monterey. (Click for larger image.)\" width=\"400\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/nwsmtrimage-400x345.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/nwsmtrimage.png 652w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A high surf advisory from the National Weather Service in Monterey. (Click for larger image.)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mtr/\" target=\"_blank\">National Weather Service, San Francisco Bay Area/Monterey\u003c/a>: A one-stop shop for the basics -- everything from hourly \u003ca href=\"http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mtr/rainfall.php\" target=\"_blank\">rainfall reports\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://w2.weather.gov/climate/index.php?wfo=mtr\" target=\"_blank\">climatology\u003c/a> for the Bay Area locations to \u003ca href=\"http://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?rid=mux&product=N0R&overlay=11101111&loop=no\" target=\"_blank\">weather radar\u003c/a>. The site's indispensable feature -- one common to every local National Weather Service office -- is its \u003ca href=\"http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/total_forecast/getprod.php?prod=XXXAFDMTR&wfo=MTR\" target=\"_blank\">Area Forecast Discussion\u003c/a>. In essence, it's a forecaster's narrative of the reasoning behind the current outlook and includes details about timing of storms that are often obscure in the simple forecast. (For similar insights into the Sierra Nevada weather outlook -- especially how much snow to expect in the mountains and when -- check out the \u003ca href=\"http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/total_forecast/getprod.php?prod=XXXAFDSTO&wfo=STO\" target=\"_blank\">NWS Sacramento forecast discussion\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10787550\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/map.png\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10787550\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/map-400x474.png\" alt=\"Quantitative Precipitation Forecast (QPF) map from NOAA's California Nevada River Forecast Center. 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Swain doesn't add to the blog often, but his posts draw wide attention and lots and lots of comments -- an online conversation that he participates in. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Update: 7 January 2016, 12:20 p.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, UC Davis released the first estimates of methane emissions from an underground gas storage field north of Los Angeles. Owned by Southern California Gas Company, the gas has been leaking since October.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UC Davis pilot and scientist Stephen Conley measured the plume and estimates nearly 80,000 tons of methane have been released, or about 1,000 tons per day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To put this into perspective, the leak effectively doubles the emission rate for the entire Los Angeles Basin,” says Conley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The methane has traveled and affected nearby Los Angeles suburb Porter Ranch, displacing thousands of residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yesterday, California Governor Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency over the leak and its impact on the Porter Ranch community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Update: 31 December 2015, 1:45 p.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Utility officials in Southern California say they have determined the underground location of a pipe leak that has spewed natural gas into the air since late October, but it could be months before they’re able to fix the rupture that has driven up the state’s methane emissions and chased thousands of families from their homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has called the leak an “environmental disaster,” and the Los Angeles Unified School District shuttered two area schools for the rest of the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, the leak at Southern California Gas Company’s Aliso Canyon storage facility is pouring methane into the air at a rate equal to putting an additional 7 million cars on the road daily. The Environmental Defense Fund created this real-time counter showing how many metric tons of methane are estimated to have escaped from the Aliso Canyon facility since Oct. 23:\u003cbr>\n\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://www.edf.org/embed/methane-counters\" width=\"100%\" height=\"515\" style=\"width: 100%; border: none; height: 515px;\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Original Story:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>World leaders left Paris over the weekend with an aggressive agreement to cut methane emissions and other so-called short-lived climate pollutants. Methane doesn’t last as long in the atmosphere as carbon dioxide, but it’s much more potent. That’s one reason the city of Los Angeles is suing over the methane leak from a natural gas well north of L.A., and it’s why state leaders are concerned about a long-hidden source of methane emissions: leaking natural gas pipelines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For decades, utilities in California have logged, but not repaired, thousands of pinprick leaks in pipelines criss-crossing the state. These leaks are considered non-hazardous because they don’t pose a health or safety risk. But they do pose an environmental risk. Tim O’Connor, an attorney with the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), says not many people, from utilities to state leaders, have been thinking about it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is this hidden environmental issue which is quite significant,” O’Connor says.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘Certain situations—not all, I want to be very clear on this—you’d find some leaks that would go unrepaired for literally years.’\u003ccite>Eric Hofmann,\u003cbr>\nUtility Workers Union of America\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>If you add up the greenhouse gas emissions coming from all pipeline leaks statewide, he says, it’s as if we’re putting 700,000 more cars on the roads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Methane is a Potent Greenhouse Gas\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most Californians who care about climate change understand that carbon dioxide emissions are a key part of the problem, but methane – which can seep from landfills, oil and gas infrastructure, wastewater ponds or agricultural facilities – is an important piece of the puzzle when it comes to combating climate change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It has a stronger global warming potential,” explains Riley Duren, a climate scientist who has been tracking atmospheric methane with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. “On a 20-year timeline, methane is about 80 times more efficient at trapping heat than an equivalent amount of carbon dioxide.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Right now, the biggest single source of methane emissions in the state is in a hilly territory north of Los Angeles, where a massive natural gas leak from Southern California Gas Company’s underground Aliso Canyon storage field has permeated the nearby community of Porter Ranch with a foul smell, sickening some residents and prompting hundreds to relocate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I moved here, I didn’t know about the gas facility,” said Matt Pakucko, who lives near the leaking gas well and started a grassroots organization called Save Porter Ranch. Even before the leak started, he said, he’d notice the smell of gas sometimes. “Late night or early morning, it smells like natural gas, like my stove is on,” he explained. “I’d call the gas company, they would come out, and nothing in my house was leaking.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aO8HraNes9w\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But when the leak started Oct. 23, he said the fumes grew to an extreme level – and started to affect residents’ health. “It was hard to breathe,” he said. “It’s the kind of thing where you call the emergency number. It’s that strong all over the neighborhood.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three weeks after the rupture began, the Los Angeles Department of Public Health issued \u003ca href=\"http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/eh/docs/AlisoCanyonFactSheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a fact sheet\u003c/a> noting that exposure to the methane gas wasn’t expected to cause long-term health impacts, but an additive called mercaptans is known to cause dizziness, respiratory issues, headaches and other short-term health issues. SoCalGas made several unsuccessful attempts to plug the leak, and it’s now \u003ca href=\"https://www.alisoupdates.com/main\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">drilling a relief well\u003c/a> to contain it—a process that could take up to four months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SoCalGas now faces a class-action lawsuit from residents of Porter Ranch, charging the company showed a “willful disregard for public health,” and a lawsuit from the city of Los Angeles charging that the utility failed to notify residents of the health hazard in a timely manner and didn’t have a sufficient plan in place to repair the breach. The company has also drawn heat from environmentalists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”j8ZKAhTyX6vUmZUPJsNS6vYz2BUiiQ2Q”]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At a calculated rate per hour of about 50,000 kilograms of methane emissions, this single leak is likely responsible for over 25 percent of the state’s daily total methane emissions from all sources, including landfills and agriculture,” O’Connor wrote in a recent blog post. “Depending on when it is fixed, this one leak is also likely to single-handedly double the methane emissions associated with natural gas use in California this year.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the Aliso Canyon leak has released a staggering amount of heat-trapping gases, leaking natural gas pipelines are a more insidious problem that has persisted for years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Hidden Source of Climate Change\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Non-hazardous pipeline leaks are graded differently from ruptures that cause gas explosions – under state law, utilities must respond immediately if a detected leak is deemed hazardous. But leaks that vent outdoors, or emit only a small amount of gas, are classified as Grade 3 and have historically ranked as utilities’ lowest priority for repair. Usually the amount of gas they leak is so minuscule you can’t smell it, and if they’re venting outdoors, there’s no danger of a gas build-up that could lead to explosion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Listen to the Story:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nhttp://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio//2015/12/WEBLeakyPipelinesBowe151214.mp3\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If there are really high levels that could be dangerous, flammable, [utilities] come out immediately,” explains Francesca Hopkins, who works with Duren on the NASA carbon monitoring team. “What we’re talking about is worrying about methane leaks because of their impact on climate, not finding leaks because they’re a public safety hazard. We care because it’s those smaller, long-term leaks that affect global warming.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Air Resources Board estimates gas pipeline leaks will account for 12 percent of the state’s methane emissions by 2030—a problem that will translate to higher utility bills in the long run, since customers pay for that wasted fuel. Policymakers have only recently started taking action to require utilities to fix them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2014, Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation requiring utilities to seal non-hazardous pipeline leaks that don’t pose a threat to public safety. Before this policy, it was common practice to simply allow them to vent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_408396\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 497px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-408396\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2015/12/armato-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"A PG&E crew member uses soap to identify the exact location of a gas pipeline leak.\" width=\"497\" height=\"373\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A PG&E crew member uses soap to identify the exact location of a gas pipeline leak. \u003ccite>(Rebecca Bowe/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Certain situations — not all, I want to be very clear on this — you’d find some leaks that would go unrepaired for literally years,” said Eric Hofmann, business agent with the SoCalGas utility workers’ union. He said leaks from plastic pipes were more likely to be repaired, but leaks from steel pipes could persist for years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Partly because the deadly 2010 explosion in San Bruno drew attention to leaky pipelines, and partly because of the new state law, utilities are paying more attention to these small, non-hazardous leaks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across the industry, Hofmann said, “there’s definitely been a sense of a more aggressive approach.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Utilities are currently working with state regulators to formulate long-term plans for complying with the new legislation. In the meantime, Hofmann and others say the gas companies have started adopting new practices, with the recognition that addressing environmentally hazardous leaks is now mandated under state law.\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nAround the time of this paradigm shift, PG&E adopted new air-monitoring technology that’s 1,000 times more sensitive than the devices it used to rely on. Now they’re finding leaks they couldn’t detect before. In 2014, PG&E reported to regulators that crews found more than 18,800 new, non-hazardous pipeline leaks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Methane has drawn a lot of attention from policymakers lately. Speaking at a press conference in Paris, Democratic Senator Ricardo Lara of Los Angeles County issued a proposal to slash methane emissions in California to 40 percent below current rates by 2030.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The scientific evidence is really quite clear,” O’Connor said. “Methane, actual methane into the air, is responsible for 20 to 30 percent of the temperature increases we’re feeling today.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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That’s one reason the city of Los Angeles is suing over the methane leak from a natural gas well north of L.A., and it’s why state leaders are concerned about a long-hidden source of methane emissions: leaking natural gas pipelines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For decades, utilities in California have logged, but not repaired, thousands of pinprick leaks in pipelines criss-crossing the state. These leaks are considered non-hazardous because they don’t pose a health or safety risk. But they do pose an environmental risk. 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