I enjoyed a nice bottle of Pinot last night. Then I didn’t enjoy the workout this morning – it hurt. Thus, I have a new name for my wine cellar – The Hurt Locker.

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The news is full of dire news about rain and flooding in a lot of California, but there is an upside. Lakes and reservoirs are refilling, fast.

The table below shows the changes in the water level of the state’s 15 largest lakes by volume, with water level measured in feet above average sea level.

Lake	Water Level (ft MSL) 12/26/22	Water Level (ft MSL) 01/09/23	Change in water level (ft)
Shasta Lake	921	942	+21
Lake Oroville	673	735	+62
Trinity Lake	2,189	2,204	+15
New Melones Lake	883	908	+25
San Luis Reservoir	412	430	+18
Don Pedro Reservoir	737	765	+28
Lake Berryessa*	394	401	+7
Lake Almanor	N/A	N/A	N/A
Folsom Lake	386	406	+20
Lake McClure	676	735	+59
Pine Flat Lake	766	801	+35
New Bullards Bar Reservoir	1,861	1,890	+29
Diamond Valley Lake	N/A	N/A	N/A
Lake Tahoe	6,223	6,224	+1
Lake Havasu	447	448	+1

Source: Lakes Online *Lake Berryessa data from Solano County Water Agency

A rise of more than sixty feet of water in some lakes in less than a month! And that’s without the snow melt. From where I sit (not flooded), this all sounds pretty great.