3rd manmade Grand Canyon flood planned

AP on Yahoo ^ | 2/25/08 | AP

[rednesss]

Who cares about chubs????

[svcw]

I agree.
Adapt or die.

[NormsRevenge]

one good flush deserves another..

[BurbankKarl]

That and it will wash all the plastic bags further downstream.

[JerseyHighlander]

Any Freepers have a way to white water raft this monsoon?

Freepmail me.

[ridesthemiles]

We are short of water all over the west, and they are going to send millions of gallons downstream.
Is there any reference in the plan that shows it will eventually be caught up in another reservoir? Or will it go down the Rio Grande and drown alot of illegal intruders????

[SF Republican]

will it go down the Rio Grande - the Colorado river goes to California not Texas

[Old Professer]

Come July or August they will be complaining about water shortages downstream.

[NormsRevenge]

actually, the marshlands and wildlife in Mexico will welcome any water they can get out of this flush job

[jazusamo]

Surprising that they’d do this now, the level of Lake Powell has been way down.

It must be because of the enviros but the enviros won’t be happy until Glen Canyon Dam is removed.

[Deaf Smith]

"The dam traps almost all the sediment that once flowed down the river"

Just use a Dredging barge to pump the sediment over the backside of the dam and they'll have their muddy river back.

[NormsRevenge]

I’m gonna pop a link or two for those who would like to see the flow of the colorado river.. and where it goes south of the border.

http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/salton/DecidingAboutCoR%20Delta.html

[mamelukesabre]

If we had any sense, we’d dam up the grand canyon.

[Rb ver. 2.0]

“Surprising that they’d do this now, the level of Lake Powell has been way down.”

Spring thaw is coming.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Meanwhile, in a related development, Las Vegas is preparing to go to war with Los Angeles because of lack of water.

[jazusamo]

Spring thaw is coming.

Yes, it is but the level has been way down for years and the Spring thaw won't come close to filling it even if they didn't do this.

[3Lean]

But its a humpback chub. It is the best bait for humpback whales nature ever devised.

[Soliton]

We were on Lake Powell a couple of years back and they were complaining that it was drying up. Now they want to open the flood gates for chubs?

[Bender2]

I say put Obama in a rowboat just before the gate is openned... then let us see how his 'Hope' does!