As was apparent a few weeks ago in Belmont, and every where else in the bay area, precipitation in California is anything but lacking. Record-breaking systems are passing not only throughout the coastal regions of the Golden State, but also the mountainous inland areas and Lake Tahoe resorts.

Just as rain dumps on the coastal regions of California, those on the inland are getting pounded by intense amounts of snow. A recent measurement reports that eastern California is receiving more snow than it has in the last 50 years and is continuing to increase.

Given the current economy, the number of visitors to resorts that are receiving said snow aren’t increasing, and in that sense resorts don’t end up making that much more money. It is the case, however, that resorts will spend less money on the fabrication of snow. In addition, the presence of a larger amount of snow means that the season will probably be extended in to late June.

To the bulk of Californians benefit from this increase in precipitation, rain and snow, means that another drought is nowhere close to our near future. Snow pack reserves and water reservoirs have such excess that much of it isn’t even being contained at this point.

Long story short: this Winter’s excessive dumping of snow means an all over better skiing/snowboarding season and an prolonged spring season. With this much snow, really the only people unhappy with the excess are those stuck in heavily hit areas where too much snow, as one could guess, is a nuisance.