Lake Mead water levels lowest level since 1930's.

[L-Pink]

Lake Mead lowest level since Hoover Dam was built in the 1930's The slide show is worth viewing. Kind of scary when you think about the tremendous volume of water that's no longer there.






Water level in Lake Mead, largest reservoir in the US, drops 150 feet in 14 years


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[babeterminal]

Originally Posted by L-Pink

Lake Mead lowest level since Hoover Dam was built in the 1930's The slide show is worth viewing. Kind of scary when you think about the tremendous volume of water that's no longer there.






Water level in Lake Mead, largest reservoir in the US, drops 150 feet in 14 years


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its been bottled?

[_Richard_]

isn't there a water level where the generators will stop operating?

[just a punk]

As an offtopic. The Hoover Dam is a real great building. I've made this picture when was traveling to Vegas:

[Harmon]

Originally Posted by CyberSEO

As an offtopic. The Hoover Dam is a real great building. I've made this picture when was traveling to Vegas:

Why would you even come here? You hate Americans. Also, we don't want you here. Stick to photographing things in your own 3rd world country such as Government Food assistance lines and abandoned nuclear missile silos.

[Barry-xlovecam]

Interesting to see the white waterline in such sharp contrast - calcification?

Low Water May Halt Hoover Dam's Power | Circle of Blue WaterNews

[just a punk]

Originally Posted by Harmon

Why would you even come here?

Why not? As a citizen of this planet I can travel anywhere I want.

Originally Posted by Harmon

You hate Americans.

Where did I say I hate them? Also which ones? Native Americans or immigrants from Europe, Africa and Asia that live there? Be more specific with your silly statements please.

Originally Posted by Harmon

Also, we don't want you here.

Who are "we", clown? I have many friends and customers in the States and you are definitely not one of them (I have no business with morons).

Originally Posted by Harmon

Stick to photographing things in your own 3rd world country

My country has nothing to do with 3rd-world. Russia is the only country which can send your astronauts to the outer space (yours can't). So, eat your crustyburger and try to not fart that much and not spoil the atmosphere

[blackmonsters]

Originally Posted by L-Pink

Lake Mead lowest level since Hoover Dam was built in the 1930's The slide show is worth viewing. Kind of scary when you think about the tremendous volume of water that's no longer there.






Water level in Lake Mead, largest reservoir in the US, drops 150 feet in 14 years


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This is why Republicans need to speed up global warming; to melt more polar ice to replace this water.

[blackmonsters]

Tell the people in Vegas to stop putting their beer on ice and the problem is solved.

[brassmonkey]

last time i was there it was low. that was over 5 years ago think almost 10. more people less water.

[SilentKnight]

Interestin' slideshow. Looks rather severe.

And yet, we just went through one of the worst winters for precipitation we've had in many years.

How long before Obama gets the notion to twin the oil pipelines and use one to run water from the Great Lakes to the midwest?




It's gonna take a lot of Mr. Clean to scrub out that 'bathtub ring'.

[crockett]

It's like that from Texas to Cali in the southern states..

This was Lake Buchanan in Texas. Where I was at in the first picture should of been completely under water. That's a boat ramp in front of me.. Keep in mind this wasn't a natural lake as it's on the Colorado River and was made by a dam. I guess there isn't enough water to keep it filled anymore.



The sign says no boats left unattended.. I don't think there have been boats here in a long long time. I'm bet the people whom own those houses are not enjoying the water front property..




Canyon Lake which was further south and closer to Austin was very bad as well. There was only a single boat ramp on the entire lake which was still in water and able to launch boats. There were tons of boat storage businesses whom had gone out of business because no one was storing their boats for week end get a ways at the lake.

[HowlingWulf]

Is the water in Lake Mead being diverted to help grow California crops?

[Barry-xlovecam]

Originally Posted by SilentKnight

How long before Obama gets the notion to twin the oil pipelines and use one to run water from the Great Lakes to the midwest?

Excuse me? The shithole state I live in, Michigan ( famous for Detroit and Robocob :P) is surrounded by one of the greatest assets of mankind -- the Great Lakes -- the Great Lakes also owned by Canada, Ohio (remember Cleveland - ''the mistake on the Lake''), Illinois (Chi-town), New York State (the hydro-electric plants at Niagara feed both Canada and the US Eastern Area).

You are welcome to build a pipeline but we may charge you $10 a gallon at the 'wellhead'.

It rained last night 2" here -- set some buckets out to collect it next time and truck it to LA -- it will cost you $200 / gal delivered.

I used to laugh at everyone here saying ''one day the world will move here for our water'' -- now I take the thought more seriously. If people immigrate here for the water we have, my property values will zoom With global warming our winters may be milder +

[Robbie]

The Colorado River is the source of Lake Mead. And Lake Mead is a man-made lake, not natural.

When I go to Laughlin, the river is full up to it's banks. Not drying up. But with California siphoning off the main percentage of the water that is allocated to Lake Mead and Las Vegas having a huge poplulation full of homes with yards that must be watered every day (it's a desert here)...something has to give.

Too many people in Cali and Vegas.

[SilentKnight]

Originally Posted by Barry-xlovecam

Excuse me? The shithole state I live in, Michigan ( famous for Detroit and Robocob :P) is surrounded by one of the greatest assets of mankind -- the Great Lakes -- the Great Lakes also owned by Canada, Ohio (remember Cleveland - ''the mistake on the Lake''), Illinois (Chi-town), New York State (the hydro-electric plants at Niagara feed both Canada and the US Eastern Area).

You are welcome to build a pipeline but we may charge you $10 a gallon at the 'wellhead'.

It rained last night 2" here -- set some buckets out to collect it next time and truck it to LA -- it will cost you $200 / gal delivered.

I used to laugh at everyone here saying ''one day the world will move here for our water'' -- now I take the thought more seriously. If people immigrate here for the water we have, my property values will zoom With global warming our winters may be milder +

You just gave a geography speech on the Great Lakes - to a guy who lives between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. My Loyalist ancestors settled the area in the 1700s.

About a mile from here is a hilltop where I can see both lakes - Lake Ontario to the north and Erie to the south.

A few more miles from here is the Niagara hydro plants you speak of. We kept the lights on and the beer cold during the northeast blackout in '03.

[dyna mo]

you know what this is?
this is sand.

you know what it will be in 100 years?

fucking sand!
it's the fucking desert!

[SilentKnight]

Originally Posted by dyna mo

you know what this is?
this is sand.

you know what it will be in 100 years?

fucking sand!
it's the fucking desert!

And as funny as hell that is - it's all too true.

[Barry-xlovecam]

Originally Posted by SilentKnight

You just gave a geography speech on the Great Lakes - to a guy who lives between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. ...
03.

Then you know what I am sayin' LOL

We lake landers will eat cold slaw for the winter

[brassmonkey]

Originally Posted by Robbie

The Colorado River is the source of Lake Mead. And Lake Mead is a man-made lake, not natural.

When I go to Laughlin, the river is full up to it's banks. Not drying up. But with California siphoning off the main percentage of the water that is allocated to Lake Mead and Las Vegas having a huge poplulation full of homes with yards that must be watered every day (it's a desert here)...something has to give.

Too many people in Cali and Vegas.

a lot of lakes are man made!

[Robbie]

Originally Posted by brassmonkey

a lot of lakes are man made!

yep, I used to live in the foothills of South Carolina and the biggest lake there is Lake Hartwell. Also man-made.

Except you can't eat the fish there and it's not the best place to swim...it was built to support the nuclear plant there.

Lake Mead on the other hand, was built with the dam.

And as I understand it...the water that would normally be diverted from the Colorado River to Lake Mead has been diverted instead to take care of California.

I believe there is some kind of tri-state committee of Nev, Cali, and Arizona that makes that decision?

[Maqua]

Nice pictures but it is pretty wild just how much it dropped

[Rochard]

Originally Posted by HowlingWulf

Is the water in Lake Mead being diverted to help grow California crops?

That and then water to the population in Southern California.

It just doesn't rain here - at least not very often.

[Tom_PM]

Originally Posted by dyna mo

you know what this is?
this is sand.

you know what it will be in 100 years?

fucking sand!
it's the fucking desert!

What's really really sad is I figured I would share the laugh with someone. Sent them a link to the video. A minute later I get this reply "I stopped it. Can't handle the screaming."

Just fucking kill me. That was his entire act!

Incredibly depressing. It's like sending a link of jugglers and they say "too much throwing things in the air". fucking hell.

[SuckOnThis]

Originally Posted by Tom_PM

What's really really sad is I figured I would share the laugh with someone. Sent them a link to the video. A minute later I get this reply "I stopped it. Can't handle the screaming."

Just fucking kill me. That was his entire act!

Incredibly depressing. It's like sending a link of jugglers and they say "too much throwing things in the air". fucking hell.

He was one of the greats. Saw him live back in the late 80's.

[12clicks]

too many people living in the desert.

[sandman!]

Originally Posted by CyberSEO

As an offtopic. The Hoover Dam is a real great building. I've made this picture when was traveling to Vegas:

[Robbie]

Originally Posted by Maqua

Nice pictures but it is pretty wild just how much it dropped

And that big dam (the Hoover Dam) in those nice pictures can refill it any time the powers that be want to. But right now...that water is being sent to California.
And my water bill is high as hell here in Vegas.

[dyna mo]

Robbie, that water in lake mead is colorado river water, 7 states and mexico have rights to that water from the beginning.

The Colorado River Compact is a 1922 agreement among seven U.S. states in the basin of the Colorado River in the American Southwest governing the allocation of the water rights to the river's water among the parties of the interstate compact. The agreement was signed at a meeting at Bishop's Lodge, near Santa Fe, New Mexico, by representatives of the seven states the Colorado river and its tributaries pass through on the way to Mexico.




Colorado River Compact - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[brassmonkey]

i didnt catch a damn thing over there. black canyon lake i can catch trout all day. trout corn and taters

[2MuchMark]

Originally Posted by SilentKnight

Interestin' slideshow. Looks rather severe.

And yet, we just went through one of the worst winters for precipitation we've had in many years.

How long before Obama gets the notion to twin the oil pipelines and use one to run water from the Great Lakes to the midwest?

Actually, I read that there's a business opportunity here. Someone somewhere (from Canada maybe) is exploring the idea of building water pipelines into places like California and Las Vegas.

[SilentKnight]

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

Actually, I read that there's a business opportunity here. Someone somewhere (from Canada maybe) is exploring the idea of building water pipelines into places like California and Las Vegas.

That really wouldn't surprise me, actually. I'm sure it's been looked at.

[Penny24Seven]

Originally Posted by brassmonkey

more people less water.

Are you serious?

Originally Posted by brassmonkey

a lot of lakes are man made!

I bet you were teachers pet, I mean the shit you say just blows me away

[SilentKnight]

Originally Posted by Brian837

I bet you were teachers pet, I mean the shit you say just blows me away

He's a veritable fountain of mind-expanding knowledge.

[brassmonkey]

Originally Posted by Brian837

Are you serious?






I bet you were teachers pet, I mean the shit you say just blows me away

why do u think cali put the watering lawn restrictions dumb ass. they have lots of what fuking tool????

[brassmonkey]

Originally Posted by SilentKnight

He's a veritable fountain of mind-expanding knowledge.

you are a fuking old ass tool. its not rocket science you are just stupid

[2MuchMark]

Originally Posted by crockett

It's like that from Texas to Cali in the southern states..

This was Lake Buchanan in Texas. Where I was at in the first picture should of been completely under water. That's a boat ramp in front of me.. Keep in mind this wasn't a natural lake as it's on the Colorado River and was made by a dam. I guess there isn't enough water to keep it filled anymore.



The sign says no boats left unattended.. I don't think there have been boats here in a long long time. I'm bet the people whom own those houses are not enjoying the water front property..




Canyon Lake which was further south and closer to Austin was very bad as well. There was only a single boat ramp on the entire lake which was still in water and able to launch boats. There were tons of boat storage businesses whom had gone out of business because no one was storing their boats for week end get a ways at the lake.

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...

[Robbie]

Originally Posted by dyna mo

Robbie, that water in lake mead is colorado river water, 7 states and mexico have rights to that water from the beginning.

The Colorado River Compact is a 1922 agreement among seven U.S. states in the basin of the Colorado River in the American Southwest governing the allocation of the water rights to the river's water among the parties of the interstate compact. The agreement was signed at a meeting at Bishop's Lodge, near Santa Fe, New Mexico, by representatives of the seven states the Colorado river and its tributaries pass through on the way to Mexico.




Colorado River Compact - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Thanks. I couldn't remember the stuff they were telling us on the Dam tour. I knew it was something like that.

Back when that was hammered out...I don't think the entire state of Nevada had the population of Las Vegas. So they didn't see the need to allocate much water.

[2MuchMark]

If you've never been to lake meade before, it's really worth checking out. A few years ago I was visiting friends in Las Vegas and we went to the Hoover Damn first (Amazing!), and then later that day we went boating and swimming in the lake. The thing that hit me the most were the crazy high red cliffs. I felt like I was swimming on mars.

[Robbie]

Yes, it's absolutely beautiful. Completely man-made (even that scenery because those vivid colors are revealed from where the place was dynamited to create the lake and the dam uncovering all those beautiful layers).

The first time I was there was Jan. of 2000. And I drove over the dam coming into Vegas at night.
As I looked around myself I kept thinking "This place was built by extra-terrestrials" lol

Nothing like it can even BE built now because of ecological concerns. blah-blah-blah.

But it's definitely one of the man-made wonders of the world.

[SilentKnight]

Originally Posted by brassmonkey

you are a fuking old ass tool. its not rocket science you are just stupid

Ouch, you really got me there.

Insulted by a barely-functioning, illiterate 'tard.

[klinton]

and there reasons for it are ?
fracking ?
excessive water consumption ?
exploiting environment for money by various ways ?

[TrashyGirl]

Originally Posted by _Richard_

isn't there a water level where the generators will stop operating?

yes, they are changing out the turbines

article here

aerial pic my bf took 6 months ago

[Major (Tom)]

I was in a vineyard recently & there was no drought. It's politics.
Ds

[Robbie]

Originally Posted by TrashyGirl

yes, they are changing out the turbines

article here

aerial pic my bf took 6 months ago

I just looked at that article.
WTF?

It says that Lake Mead's water level is affecting the ability of the Dam to generate electricity.

Uhmmm...HELLO! The Hoover Dam generates electricity from damming up the Colorado River NOT Lake Mead.

Lake Mead is a man-made lake that is a byproduct of The Hoover Dam. It's used for water in Vegas and recreation. Not to "generate electricity" like that article says. lol

[AdultSites]

There is a lot of people living around there, and they need water. They will need to get it from somewhere else. Lake Mead is artificial source of water too, Nevada is desert, originally, especially around there.

[PR_Glen]

Originally Posted by AdultSites

There is a lot of people living around there, and they need water. They will need to get it from somewhere else. Lake Mead is artificial source of water too, Nevada is desert, originally, especially around there.

people need water and Nevada is a desert. got it.

[dyna mo]

Originally Posted by PR_Glen

people need water and Nevada is a desert. got it.

i chortled.

[just a punk]

Originally Posted by AdultSites

There is a lot of people living around there, and they need water. They will need to get it from somewhere else. Lake Mead is artificial source of water too, Nevada is desert, originally, especially around there.

[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