With "Pineapple Express after Pineapple Express" slamming the West Coast this winter the art of finding water has been on my mind. Don't know if either title subject are legit but Mr. Hatfield ref. in the article below sure is interesting. https://www.sfgate.com/california/article/last-california-rainmaker-21246392.php And more flooding in California expected this week. Deadly flooding just hit California and multiple months’ worth of rain is on the way | CNN
Were those folks any better than those who could predict the sex of your unborn baby from just a short mail-in questionnaire? With a money back guarantee! No one offered a 'double your money back' guarantee.
Both Science and $cience claim that dowsing (or water witching) ....."does not work as a reliable method for finding water or other hidden objects. $cientific tests show it performs no better than random chance, with any perceived success attributed to the ideomotor effect (subconscious muscle movements) or the common presence of water underground. While many people claim success, controlled studies consistently find dowsers fail under scientific conditions, relying on chance, geological knowledge, or luck rather than any special ability or energy detection. " HOWEVER (comma!) I actually saw a plumber try to isolate the location of a large water line using a thin copper strand bent at a 90-degree angle (I supplied the wire from my CO.) He later claimed that it worked but he also said it had much more to do with a magnetized coper pipe than any hoodoo. At least that's what I think he said. It was hard to tell. He was a Katrina displaced ESL Cajun, so I didn't give him any crap about it.... I didn't preview the Yootube video below for very long - owing to a 0.5mb/s internet connection that I'm testing as a fallover for my Gigawhammy fiber service - but it looks similar. Probably with more understandable speech.
When our Oregon well went "dry" several years ago, a few people including our local highly respected well driller, said that dowsing is true and there is a great local dowser.. I was intrigued, but the "dowser" proved a bit tough to get hold of (honestly, he was in high demand) and I was tired of trying to work full-time and run a household of kids, spouse and dogs; all while bathing out of a two gallon pail. So, I told the driller to come on out and pick a spot. He looked around at the topography and stabbed a stick in the ground and said "here." Next day we were getting 24 gallons per minute of cool, clear, 53 degree Oregon ground water at 75 feet -- hit first water at 30 feet IIRC and had him drill down to 150 feet, just because. I think a lot of it has to do with experience. The driller had been around a long time and had drilled lots of wells. I think you learn what areas will probably produce. I can walk out in the woods and lead you to any number of spots to find a rubber boa, rough-skinned newt or torrent salamander -- just experience -- no magic. kris
