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IntrigueDossier t1_jbppxog wrote

Reply to comment by marker8050 in La Niña, which worsens Atlantic hurricanes and Western droughts, is gone by LifeTableWithChairs

The snow should definitely help, but severe drought conditions generally make flooding worse while having little effect on a region’s moisture, due to the fact that dry soil is less absorbent than already-damp soil, so it just tends to run right off like it would on a sidewalk.

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HereOnASphere t1_jbpvqk9 wrote

I dug weirs across a horse-damaged hill that had no plant life except a few daisies. I was able to mostly stop erosion and got some grasses growing. I tried for several years to get native western red cedar established, but they never took. I finally planted a grove of Sequoias, which are now getting big. Even when most of the topsoil is gone, keeping the remaining soil damp can promote plant growth and regeneration.

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ArtisticFerret t1_jbpyqwj wrote

But it has been raining for the last couple months on and off so I’d imagine some of the soil was damp already

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jason2354 t1_jbrkiwe wrote

Soil in most of the West is saturated above average due to a wet summer and fall.

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