Situation At Lake Mead Points To A New Kind of Horror
Jul 13, 2021 18:07:39 GMT -5
Post by maybetoday on Jul 13, 2021 18:07:39 GMT -5
Can anyone doubt the Tribulation is at hand?
This One Photo Shows Just How Much Trouble We're In
The situation at Lake Mead, which supplies water to 25 million people, points towards a new kind of horror.
By Charles P. Pierce
Jul 13, 2021
boulder city, nv july 1 the white "bathtub ring" around lake mead shows the record low water level of lake mead as drought continues to worsen on july 1, 2021 near boulder city, nevada large portions of the west are now classified as being in ‘exceptional drought’, the most extreme drought category many major reservoirs have reached historic low levels and fire officials are warning that another devastating wildfire season has already begun photo by david mcnewgetty imagesDAVID MCNEWGETTY IMAGES
Not long ago, we mentioned that Lake Mead, the water source for 25 million people and for massive tracts of American farmland, and a big part of the existence of the states of California, Nevada, and Arizona, was reaching record lows. As the Los Angeles Times illustrated with one terrifying photo, the problem is getting worse, and quickly, too.
But after years of an unrelenting drought that has quickly accelerated amid record temperatures and lower snowpack melt, the lake is set to mark another, more dire turning point. Next month, the federal government expects to declare its first-ever shortage on the lake, triggering cuts to water delivered to Arizona, Nevada and Mexico on Jan. 1. If the lake, currently at 1,068 feet, drops 28 more feet by next year, the spigot of water to California will start to tighten in 2023.
The crisis, said Eric Kuhn, former general manager of the Colorado River Conservation District, can no longer be ignored. “According to Merriam-Webster, a drought is a temporary condition,” he said. What is happening, he suggested, is something more permanent and troubling. “This is aridification.”
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This One Photo Shows Just How Much Trouble We're In
The situation at Lake Mead, which supplies water to 25 million people, points towards a new kind of horror.
By Charles P. Pierce
Jul 13, 2021
boulder city, nv july 1 the white "bathtub ring" around lake mead shows the record low water level of lake mead as drought continues to worsen on july 1, 2021 near boulder city, nevada large portions of the west are now classified as being in ‘exceptional drought’, the most extreme drought category many major reservoirs have reached historic low levels and fire officials are warning that another devastating wildfire season has already begun photo by david mcnewgetty imagesDAVID MCNEWGETTY IMAGES
Not long ago, we mentioned that Lake Mead, the water source for 25 million people and for massive tracts of American farmland, and a big part of the existence of the states of California, Nevada, and Arizona, was reaching record lows. As the Los Angeles Times illustrated with one terrifying photo, the problem is getting worse, and quickly, too.
But after years of an unrelenting drought that has quickly accelerated amid record temperatures and lower snowpack melt, the lake is set to mark another, more dire turning point. Next month, the federal government expects to declare its first-ever shortage on the lake, triggering cuts to water delivered to Arizona, Nevada and Mexico on Jan. 1. If the lake, currently at 1,068 feet, drops 28 more feet by next year, the spigot of water to California will start to tighten in 2023.
The crisis, said Eric Kuhn, former general manager of the Colorado River Conservation District, can no longer be ignored. “According to Merriam-Webster, a drought is a temporary condition,” he said. What is happening, he suggested, is something more permanent and troubling. “This is aridification.”
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