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dyna mo · 05-19-2015, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Robbie

I was watching the local news at noon here today in Vegas.

They did a story on how Lake Mead is getting lower and that the allocation for Nevada from the Colorado River is about to be cut even more.
They said that could very well lead to water shortages here by 2017.

Serious stuff huh?

Then they suddenly smiled and announced the headlining acts for this year's "Life Is Beautiful" music festival in Downtown Vegas! lol

"We are running out of water...but here's the good news! We're bringing in lots more tourists!" lol

that news segment was sponsored by a las vegas water park/water show.

crockett · 05-19-2015, 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by **********

Hi Crocket -

I saw a documentary on this recently, and Vice did a good report on it too. It's pretty scary. Do you still live there or were you just visiting when you took those pics? Regardless, it's pretty sad to see what is happening in Texas. Good luck...

I don't live there, I was in Texas about month last year while road tripping and traveled around central Texas quite a bit. There were lakes and dried up river beds like this all over. The other issue which was really bad in Texas more than anywhere else was the algae in the lakes & rivers. Un-regulated fertilizer usage for farming and people's yards has changed the chemistry of the water and it's causing massive algae blooms, which kills fish and other critters which live in the rivers & lakes.. (we have the same issue in FL as well) People seriously need to wake the fuck up and stop fertilizing their shitty lawns.. It's destroying our lakes & rivers.

Colorado was no where near as bad and it rained a decent amount while I was there but I don't think it rained one time the month I was in Texas.