Posted on 06/08/2023 3:19:21 PM PDT by NohSpinZone
And here I always thought that the Salton Sea was created by a Colorado River canal breach sometime around 1905 or there abouts.
In the 50s the Salton Sea was advertised as a vacation paradise in the desert. Fishing, water skiing, and vacation homes for sale. And then it started drying up and the fish all died from the chemical runoffs. The area around it is now like a ghost town. There are YouTube video tours of what little is left.
And so it was, though that basin had been filled with water several times over the centuries. I guess what I meant to say was that if the lack of water was preventing an earthquake, you’d have expected one after the basin filled in 1905.
thanks for the info ...
178 sq miles is not exactly a backyard pond ...
they are still monitoring for possible flooding ...
That is crazy , I can.t imagine a lake that size just ...Popping up ....
So if I had new lake front property would I sell out quick or buy a boat.
Tulare Lake has returned a handful of times since it dried up, 1983 marking the most recent reemergence to the current extent. Then, it took nearly two years for the floodwaters to evaporate. The basin essentially has no outflow.
Tulare Lake, the historical body of freshwater that unexpectedly re-emerged in the San Joaquin Valley with the winter deluge, may have reached its peak size this week: about 178 square miles or nearly the size of Lake Tahoe, according to new state estimates.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/tulare-lake-peak-18128743.php
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Never realized they used a couple of Chocolate Hersey’s Kisses to destroy the Death Star! Of Course in future world they made the wrappers extra sparkley!
The Salton Sea was formed in 1905 when irrigation gates on the Colorado River washed out and flooded the basin.
The Salton Sea was created in 1905...the San Francisco earthquake happened in 1906.
What about the Northridge earthquake?
The Salton Sea is quite filled up. Definitely not dry lake at all.
But it is receding!
There are various “Dry Lake Beds’ all over Calif desert.
An acre foot of water===1 acre of land with 1 foot of wter deep on it.
ONE ACRE FOOT of water==325,851 gallons of water.
A gallon of water weighs 8 pounds....
So an acre foot of water weighs 2,606,808 pounds==1,303.40 TONS
Lakes have multi layers 12” deep.
178 sq miles===113,920 acres. (640 acres to a sq mile also called a section ).
That size == 113,920 acres times 325,851 gallons per acre feet==== 371,209,459.2 gallons
371,209,459.2 gallons times 8 pounds to a gallon ===
2,969,675,674 pounds of water for the current surface of the lake.....12” deep. Almost 3 BILLION POUNDS.
Would have to know the depth of the lake to get the GRAND TOTAL WEIGHT of Tulare Lake.......
ISN’T MATH FUN ??
Probably a CommieCore educated writer.
“It’s the weight of the lake on the Earth’s crust,” said Ryley G. Hill...”
The weight is hardly anything as the land itself weighs so much more and is moving as the earth crust is continuously moving due to plate tectonics and the moon.
The water is like a drop to the earth.
Remember the pacific ocean is right there and slamming gigatons of water against the shore every moment along with the moon causing the water to go up and down and slamming against the land.
yes sir I do love me some good numbers.
And a good variable or 2 makes me giddy.
I have to say that “3 BILLION POUNDS.” sounds like a lot of geologic stimuli to me ... now I'm no rocket surgeon so ...take it as you will.
I just can't get past a 178 sq mile lake just popping up ..
... makes me really wonder now .. how deep this thing is?
so is this thing going to be a giant mosquito pond?
or what ?
About 50 feet at the deepest point, but I don't know the average depth.
Check your orders of magnitude.
Fill that lake up!
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With boating accidents?????
water is very heavy
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I submit that dirt is heaver.
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