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Old 06-27-2022 | 12:49 PM
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Maybe they could use the same people that built their high speed rail, to build a better water resource.

Gov’t is dumb, but their’s off the charts.
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Old 06-27-2022 | 12:57 PM
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Originally Posted by SB
Maybe they could use the same people that built their high speed rail, to build a better water resource.

Gov’t is dumb, but their’s off the charts.
And they keep electing the same stupidity over and over again.
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Old 06-27-2022 | 01:17 PM
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Today, CA announces…..paying out $4 billion for $.16 per gallon gas off up to $250 total per person.

Put it towards water you fumb ****s and let us make gas so it’s half the cost it is now you dumb mf’rs.
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Old 06-27-2022 | 03:20 PM
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Everytime I go for Phoenix or Las Vegas i wounder who live in a place like this and why do they water the plants and huge golf courses outside?
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Old 06-27-2022 | 07:15 PM
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So goes Lake Powell.
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Old 06-27-2022 | 07:25 PM
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That’s a shame. Which lake was used in the movie Point Break?





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Old 06-27-2022 | 08:38 PM
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Originally Posted by ThisIsLivin
Still can't see the other side from my place on Lake Huron. No water issues here. People panic when the level drops a few feet.
Lakes Huron and St. Clair are down about a foot though. Now many of the docks that were raised a couple years ago are too high.
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Old 06-28-2022 | 06:29 AM
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Originally Posted by carnutsx2
Everytime I go for Phoenix or Las Vegas i wounder who live in a place like this and why do they water the plants and huge golf courses outside?
According to John Oliver's piece last week its the farmers taking most of the water:

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Old 06-28-2022 | 08:12 AM
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Originally Posted by thirdchildhood
Lakes Huron and St. Clair are down about a foot though. Now many of the docks that were raised a couple years ago are too high.
Yes, St Clair is down from the last few years, but it's still a lot above average.

https://www.lre.usace.army.mil/Missi...-Water-Levels/
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Old 06-28-2022 | 08:14 AM
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Originally Posted by thirdchildhood
Lakes Huron and St. Clair are down about a foot though. Now many of the docks that were raised a couple years ago are too high.
Lake St. Clair is +14 inches above average for the month of June. Everyone thinks its low because it's been so high the last 3 years.
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