"Ask Adonai for rain in the spring,.." Zch 10:1
"I will make rivers flow on barren heights,
and springs within the valleys. I will turn the
desert into
pools of water, and the parched
ground into springs. I will put in the
desert
the cedar and the acacia, the myrtle and the
olive. I will set pines in the wasteland, the
fir and the cypress
together, so that people
may see and know, may consider and understand,
that the hand of Adonai has done this, that
the Holy One of Israel
has created it." Isa 41:18-20
THIS INFORMATION IS ADDED TO HELP YOU PRAY FOR RAIN
Israel has two major water sources, the Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) and its two major underground aquifers. All these fresh water sources are supplied and
replenished by the annual winter and spring rains. The Kinneret is the nation's natural water reservoir and its water level
is the critical indicator of the total water supply.
Without
adequate water crops and industry will fail, and the people will perish. Israel has been in drought with annual rain fall
totals well below its requirements. The Kinneret has been at crisis levels during portions of each year since 2008 (see graph
below). At these levels there are grave concerns for the health of the lake and some worry that the Kinneret may turn brackish
if the drought continues.
Last spring (2011) was wet in the north and rains continued well into the dry season. The Kinneret gained a bit beyond
the previous year. Never the less, its level was still more than one foot below the 2008 spring high-water mark. (In 2008
the Kinneret dropped nearly 6 feet from its March high water mark by the fall).
Pray for abundant rain as the late rains begin.... this past summer's and fall's usage has drawn the lake down
to dangerous levels yet again.
|
| Percent of Same Period Normal |
| The Kinneret Must Rise |
| 13.33 | FEET
|
| TO REACH NORMAL
LEVELS |
As The Late Rains Begin Pray for Abundance.
MILE STONES
- MAY 10 , 2010
697.7 FEET Below Sea Level
- OCT 25, 2009 703.31 FEET
Below Sea Level
-
MAY 3, 2009 699.67 FEET Below Sea Level
-
MAR 31, 2008 695.73 FEET
Below Sea Level
The Official Israeli Kinneret web site has been redesigned.
The table of Kinneret observations has been moved. It has been replaced with
a "current observation" only shown in a window with a ducky like the one below.
My figures are derived from the Official Web Site.
You may also check the official site
by clicking the link below
or on the "Ducky Icon" below.
All the
levels on this Official Israeli site are in Meters below
Sea Level (ie -212.25) and the dates there are
in
European format (DD/MM/YYYY)and... oh yes, the text is in Hebrew.
UPDATED: Wednesday Feb. 15th, 2012
(We
will do our best to update this page weekly)
CLICK OFFICIAL KINNERET MAIN PAGE(Hebrew)
