My brother lives in the southwest and he said normally it is very dry from a historical perspective. The last few hundred years he says have been unusually wet.
He studied atmospheric chemistry, so he’s probably a reliable source.
Buy land where it rains. Lake mead is going lower because a. Global warming or b. 10s of millions more people draw from it now compared to 1940.
Just what we need, in addition to all the other troubles...a water shortage!
Canceling water desalinization projects is the California way.
Sometimes I wonder if these asshol#s are actually able to control the weather.
Gonna be ‘ell on the little spotted owl newts.
Down to about 25% of maximum capacity. Last full about 2000.
https://www.nps.gov/lake/learn/nature/storage-capacity-of-lake-mead.htm
Remember this the next time kalifornia boasts what a strong economy they have...
California could build 100 new reservoirs easily. In a year. If they won’t then That’s on them.
I bet there is mostly environmental crap at the root of this.
Vegas gonna be ok they just put online their “Third straw” they put a tunnel under Lake Mead into the deep waters under the dead pool elevation by 35 feet. Dead pool is at 895’ MSL the third intake draws from 860’MSL and has a 100’ riser above the actual bottom of the intake structure that they could plasma cut holes in down to the base level if they had too. They won’t ever need too. Once dead pool is reached all water flowing down the Colorado River is trapped behind Hoover dam at no point in history has the river flow been below 2 million acre feet per year the lowest ever recorded was 4 million and paleoclimate data shows that even during the Mega drought 1800 years ago stream flow was above 1.5 million acre feet. That’s more than three times what the whole state of Nevada is allowed. That means Vegas will never be dry it’s impossible once they put in the intake below the dead pool elevation. Arizona,California and Mexico are screwed at that point. In theory you could drill out the 1930s era original bypass tunnel concrete plugs and let water out at 750’ MSL that would be uncontrolled flow and would end the use forever of Hoover dam in other words never happening. Once deadpool is reached only Vegas gets water.
I don’t really believe these threats.
But, ok, if so build dams.
It’s not like we don’t know how to completely remedy the situation.
Government and libs, though, don’t believe in addressing problems and fixing things. They want to use problems to their own benefit and power
I’ve always wanted a nation wide water system where pipes can lower or replentish water if needed.
Well, I guess it’s time to go get my boat out of the lake....
Well, you guys better start desalinating, because the Great Lakes are CLOSED.
We’ve wathed Kali squander its resources and advantages so they could coddle invaders of our nation. They...get...nothing.
Seem to recall a verse about God withholding the rains.....might be a good idea to start praying and asking for forgiveness.
Lake Powell is still coming up.
They are releasing only 10k cu/ft per second.
How’s the Delta Smelt doing, by the way?
Lets all live in the desert and act like it isn’t the desert.