Is any of that flood water being stored in California?

We are storing as much as we are structured to be able to save. Most of California’s water storage is in the snowpack in the Sierra, which is currently at 250% of normal.

And there are dams at the bottom of most of the rivers. They have risen from 30% of capacity to 40% of capacity in the last three weeks.

The reservoirs in Marin County are at 100% and are spilling, there isn’t room to store anymore water there.

The aquifers in the state have been so depleted, that it would take many more months such we have had this month for the groundwater to replenish, and it would need to do so for many years.

Improving capture of rainfall is being actively discussed up and down the state.

Some is getting stored but most runs off into the ocean. And any runoff would have to be treated severely due to all the chemicals, animal/human waste, and other crap that is getting washed along with the rain waters. Too much too soon to be controlled and kept for later.

My understanding from past news articles (when is California drought/flood not in the news?) is that they have very limited storage capacity, and in fact environmental laws require them to flush alot of it out of their river system regularly because there’s a fish species that is endangered that needs alot of water flow or something. Add on top of that that California is a freaking desert where they decided to put a lot of water intensive farm crops (which is bad planning) and California is just going to be perpetually in water trouble.