El Nino

The El Nino weather pattern that brings heavy rainfall to the Southwest and West may be returning this year. If the El Nino materializes, we might see a dramatic re-filling of depleted reservoirs and serious erosion where wildfires have stripped the hillsides. In the Southern California region, the El Nino can make the difference between delivery of more than 20 inches of rainfall compared to the less than 6 inches per year that we have received over the past 5…