Don Strickland
Don Strickland
Donald Darell Stricklandis a former American football cornerback. He was drafted by the Indianapolis Colts in the third round of the 2003 NFL Draft. He played college football at The University of Colorado Boulder...
almost flood high island lost putting racing water winds
Right now we're in a flood fight. We're just racing around putting our fires. They almost lost Twitchell Island yesterday, the water was so high and the winds were so strong.
california looking moved past southern storm
It's looking pretty good. The storm has moved on to the coast, Southern California - past us.
flood good lull rivers shape system
Right now we're at a lull between storms, and the rivers are receding. Overall, the flood system is in pretty good shape right now.
bad good looking
It's looking really good right now. All the reservoirs are pretty much full. ... It's too bad we don't have more storage.
break god thank
Thank God we got a little break in the storms.
bring coming eye heavy impact keeping pressure puts rain storm
The storm that's coming could bring heavy rain for about 12 hours, and that could impact the whole Delta. All that puts a lot of pressure on the levees, and that's what we're keeping an eye on.
adding gone mostly pack percent snow talking
We're talking about a snow pack that's 150 percent of average, and it's mostly still up there. Usually by this time, a lot of the snow is gone -- but we're still adding to it.
closed gate hard open operated
We don't open that thing very often. It's the only manually operated gate in the system. Sometimes it's hard to get it closed again.
early good start
We're getting an early start on the rain-and-snow season, which is good as long as we don't get flooding.
program trying
We're trying to show him that this kind of program can work.