Lake Mead is dropping quick.....

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06-29-2022 | 08:56 PM

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Here some colorado river / lake mead info i haven’t seen in the news. Right from the source:
https://www.watereducation.org/aquap...do-river-water

06-30-2022 | 09:52 AM

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I got these photos on my flight from Vegas back home to NY. Crazy to see the level it was once at

06-30-2022 | 09:55 AM

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Great pics ^^^
On 2nd pic, lower right, winder what that place with such a large parking lot is ? In middle of seemingly (by pic) nowhere.

06-30-2022 | 11:39 AM

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And may they wallow in in it till they turn prune. They tell the rest of us how we should run our lives as they make a fock mess of theirs and then want all of us to bail their sorry azzes out of their self inflicted mess.

yup, they did the same thing with the national forests.. were advised to do some thinning and get up some off the floor.. didnt listen, it combusted or was set, and now the fires are out of control.

06-30-2022 | 11:55 AM

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Great pics ^^^
On 2nd pic, lower right, winder what that place with such a large parking lot is ? In middle of seemingly (by pic) nowhere.

I think that's a boat launch/marina?

06-30-2022 | 12:04 PM

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Whats the backup plan for water in Vegas? Is there a backup plan?

06-30-2022 | 12:26 PM

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Whats the backup plan for water in Vegas? Is there a backup plan?

Probably what used to be Plan A. Vodka and cocaine. Maybe a non diet soda in between.

Real old days, people drank booze because water carried diseases.

06-30-2022 | 12:54 PM

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More pics

06-30-2022 | 12:58 PM

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I was same spot 5-6 yrs ago. At the Hoover Dam (we were going to Grand Canyon from Vegas) same or higher by a touch. Hmmm. Gonna’ have to look into that.

06-30-2022 | 01:01 PM

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I was same spot 5-6 yrs ago. At the Hoover Dam (we were going to Grand Canyon from Vegas) same or higher by a touch. Hmmm. Gonna’ have to look into that.

Okay, literally within just a couple of feet since i was there.

Here’s the level every year since 1935
https://www.usbr.gov/lc/region/g4000/lakemead_line.pdf

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