The Western Water Crisis
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The Western Water Crisis
I feel like we need Sam Kinison to yell "YOU LIVE IN THE FUCKING DESERT!"
‘All bad options’ as Biden administration faces Western water crisis
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/1 ... s-00051235
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Which Great Lake state is going to be the one to cave and allow a pipeline to the west? Fuck you Illinois. I know it will be you.
‘All bad options’ as Biden administration faces Western water crisis
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/1 ... s-00051235
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Which Great Lake state is going to be the one to cave and allow a pipeline to the west? Fuck you Illinois. I know it will be you.
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Re: The Western Water Crisis
There will likely be more desalinization plants, although the surfriders foundation fights them because it affects ocean life. More toilet to tap(look it up if you don't know) is likely as well.CHEEZY17 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 12, 2022 7:59 pm I feel like we need Sam Kinison to yell "YOU LIVE IN THE FUCKING DESERT!"
‘All bad options’ as Biden administration faces Western water crisis
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/1 ... s-00051235
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Which Great Lake state is going to be the one to cave and allow a pipeline to the west? Fuck you Illinois. I know it will be you.
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Cool.
From Toilet to Tap
Facility uses sophisticated technology to transform wastewater into clean water.
https://education.nationalgeographic.or ... oilettotap
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Re: The Western Water Crisis
Suddenly the left decides they like pipelines.CHEEZY17 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 12, 2022 7:59 pm I feel like we need Sam Kinison to yell "YOU LIVE IN THE FUCKING DESERT!"
‘All bad options’ as Biden administration faces Western water crisis
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/1 ... s-00051235
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Which Great Lake state is going to be the one to cave and allow a pipeline to the west? Fuck you Illinois. I know it will be you.
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A disastrous megaflood is coming to California, experts say, and it could be the most expensive natural disaster in history
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/08/12/weat ... index.html
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/08/12/weat ... index.html
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I read an article about that today. But it led me to another article that was talking about how the "deserts" in the western US were having the biggest monsoon season in 20 years. flooding streets, casinos being flooded, etc. Las Vegas was the city they were reporting on. Anyway, I was reading it about it to find out if it had helped Lake Meade, etc. It sounded so catastrophic. Turns out they had about 1/2 inch of rain. And all total this "monsoon season" they have had about 2 inches of rain. The level of Lake Meade is down like 190 feet. It has risen 1 inch in the past few days.
that was the most deceiving headline I have read ever.
that was the most deceiving headline I have read ever.
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FascinatingAnimal wrote: ↑Sat Aug 13, 2022 1:11 am I read an article about that today. But it led me to another article that was talking about how the "deserts" in the western US were having the biggest monsoon season in 20 years. flooding streets, casinos being flooded, etc. Las Vegas was the city they were reporting on. Anyway, I was reading it about it to find out if it had helped Lake Meade, etc. It sounded so catastrophic. Turns out they had about 1/2 inch of rain. And all total this "monsoon season" they have had about 2 inches of rain. The level of Lake Meade is down like 190 feet. It has risen 1 inch in the past few days.
that was the most deceiving headline I have read ever.
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i'm not the least bit surprised that you can't find anything of interest in that.saltydog wrote: ↑Sat Aug 13, 2022 1:42 amFascinatingAnimal wrote: ↑Sat Aug 13, 2022 1:11 am I read an article about that today. But it led me to another article that was talking about how the "deserts" in the western US were having the biggest monsoon season in 20 years. flooding streets, casinos being flooded, etc. Las Vegas was the city they were reporting on. Anyway, I was reading it about it to find out if it had helped Lake Meade, etc. It sounded so catastrophic. Turns out they had about 1/2 inch of rain. And all total this "monsoon season" they have had about 2 inches of rain. The level of Lake Meade is down like 190 feet. It has risen 1 inch in the past few days.
that was the most deceiving headline I have read ever.
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Over how many acres was that 1"?Animal wrote: ↑Sat Aug 13, 2022 1:11 am I read an article about that today. But it led me to another article that was talking about how the "deserts" in the western US were having the biggest monsoon season in 20 years. flooding streets, casinos being flooded, etc. Las Vegas was the city they were reporting on. Anyway, I was reading it about it to find out if it had helped Lake Meade, etc. It sounded so catastrophic. Turns out they had about 1/2 inch of rain. And all total this "monsoon season" they have had about 2 inches of rain. The level of Lake Meade is down like 190 feet. It has risen 1 inch in the past few days.
that was the most deceiving headline I have read ever.
When you consider the watershed that feed Lake Meade and how dry tit was when it started to rain, to raise the level 1""it rained a bunch.
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Re: The Western Water Crisis
Deathproof wrote: ↑Sat Aug 13, 2022 12:31 amSuddenly the left decides they like pipelines.CHEEZY17 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 12, 2022 7:59 pm I feel like we need Sam Kinison to yell "YOU LIVE IN THE FUCKING DESERT!"
‘All bad options’ as Biden administration faces Western water crisis
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/1 ... s-00051235
The master:
Which Great Lake state is going to be the one to cave and allow a pipeline to the west? Fuck you Illinois. I know it will be you.
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A Meteorologist from the University of Reading shows just how long it takes water to soak into parched ground, illustrating why heavy rainfall after a drought can be dangerous and might lead to flash floods. click link to see the video
https://img-9gag-fun.9cache.com/photo/a ... 0svav1.mp4
https://img-9gag-fun.9cache.com/photo/a ... 0svav1.mp4
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Well, lake Meade has a surface area of around 250 sq miles. a square mile is 640 acres. So, for it to have raised that lake level 1" then it would have had to rain 1/2 inch over a 500 square mile area. That's an area about 22 miles x 22 miles.Antknot wrote: ↑Sat Aug 13, 2022 2:04 amOver how many acres was that 1"?Animal wrote: ↑Sat Aug 13, 2022 1:11 am I read an article about that today. But it led me to another article that was talking about how the "deserts" in the western US were having the biggest monsoon season in 20 years. flooding streets, casinos being flooded, etc. Las Vegas was the city they were reporting on. Anyway, I was reading it about it to find out if it had helped Lake Meade, etc. It sounded so catastrophic. Turns out they had about 1/2 inch of rain. And all total this "monsoon season" they have had about 2 inches of rain. The level of Lake Meade is down like 190 feet. It has risen 1 inch in the past few days.
that was the most deceiving headline I have read ever.
When you consider the watershed that feed Lake Meade and how dry tit was when it started to rain, to raise the level 1""it rained a bunch.
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So 13,333.33 acre feet of rainAnimal wrote: ↑Sat Aug 13, 2022 10:59 pmWell, lake Meade has a surface area of around 250 sq miles. a square mile is 640 acres. So, for it to have raised that lake level 1" then it would have had to rain 1/2 inch over a 500 square mile area. That's an area about 22 miles x 22 miles.Antknot wrote: ↑Sat Aug 13, 2022 2:04 amOver how many acres was that 1"?Animal wrote: ↑Sat Aug 13, 2022 1:11 am I read an article about that today. But it led me to another article that was talking about how the "deserts" in the western US were having the biggest monsoon season in 20 years. flooding streets, casinos being flooded, etc. Las Vegas was the city they were reporting on. Anyway, I was reading it about it to find out if it had helped Lake Meade, etc. It sounded so catastrophic. Turns out they had about 1/2 inch of rain. And all total this "monsoon season" they have had about 2 inches of rain. The level of Lake Meade is down like 190 feet. It has risen 1 inch in the past few days.
that was the most deceiving headline I have read ever.
When you consider the watershed that feed Lake Meade and how dry tit was when it started to rain, to raise the level 1""it rained a bunch.
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is it unusual in other parts of the country for a 1/2 inch rain to cover an area larger than 22 miles by 22 miles? I mean, that's 1/2 the size of Dallas County.Antknot wrote: ↑Sun Aug 14, 2022 12:35 amSo 13,333.33 acre feet of rainAnimal wrote: ↑Sat Aug 13, 2022 10:59 pmWell, lake Meade has a surface area of around 250 sq miles. a square mile is 640 acres. So, for it to have raised that lake level 1" then it would have had to rain 1/2 inch over a 500 square mile area. That's an area about 22 miles x 22 miles.Antknot wrote: ↑Sat Aug 13, 2022 2:04 amOver how many acres was that 1"?Animal wrote: ↑Sat Aug 13, 2022 1:11 am I read an article about that today. But it led me to another article that was talking about how the "deserts" in the western US were having the biggest monsoon season in 20 years. flooding streets, casinos being flooded, etc. Las Vegas was the city they were reporting on. Anyway, I was reading it about it to find out if it had helped Lake Meade, etc. It sounded so catastrophic. Turns out they had about 1/2 inch of rain. And all total this "monsoon season" they have had about 2 inches of rain. The level of Lake Meade is down like 190 feet. It has risen 1 inch in the past few days.
that was the most deceiving headline I have read ever.
When you consider the watershed that feed Lake Meade and how dry tit was when it started to rain, to raise the level 1""it rained a bunch.
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I know here in Michigan if a heavy storm blows through we can get .5 to over an inch of rain and they can stretch across multiple counties. Thats a shit load of water though and it causes problems when we get that much in short time.Animal wrote: ↑Sun Aug 14, 2022 1:03 amis it unusual in other parts of the country for a 1/2 inch rain to cover an area larger than 22 miles by 22 miles? I mean, that's 1/2 the size of Dallas County.Antknot wrote: ↑Sun Aug 14, 2022 12:35 amSo 13,333.33 acre feet of rainAnimal wrote: ↑Sat Aug 13, 2022 10:59 pmWell, lake Meade has a surface area of around 250 sq miles. a square mile is 640 acres. So, for it to have raised that lake level 1" then it would have had to rain 1/2 inch over a 500 square mile area. That's an area about 22 miles x 22 miles.Antknot wrote: ↑Sat Aug 13, 2022 2:04 amOver how many acres was that 1"?Animal wrote: ↑Sat Aug 13, 2022 1:11 am I read an article about that today. But it led me to another article that was talking about how the "deserts" in the western US were having the biggest monsoon season in 20 years. flooding streets, casinos being flooded, etc. Las Vegas was the city they were reporting on. Anyway, I was reading it about it to find out if it had helped Lake Meade, etc. It sounded so catastrophic. Turns out they had about 1/2 inch of rain. And all total this "monsoon season" they have had about 2 inches of rain. The level of Lake Meade is down like 190 feet. It has risen 1 inch in the past few days.
that was the most deceiving headline I have read ever.
When you consider the watershed that feed Lake Meade and how dry tit was when it started to rain, to raise the level 1""it rained a bunch.
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Somewhere in the dark recesses of my memory is that acre-feet is the term used to describe the volume of rainfall.Animal wrote: ↑Sun Aug 14, 2022 1:03 amis it unusual in other parts of the country for a 1/2 inch rain to cover an area larger than 22 miles by 22 miles? I mean, that's 1/2 the size of Dallas County.Antknot wrote: ↑Sun Aug 14, 2022 12:35 amSo 13,333.33 acre feet of rainAnimal wrote: ↑Sat Aug 13, 2022 10:59 pmWell, lake Meade has a surface area of around 250 sq miles. a square mile is 640 acres. So, for it to have raised that lake level 1" then it would have had to rain 1/2 inch over a 500 square mile area. That's an area about 22 miles x 22 miles.Antknot wrote: ↑Sat Aug 13, 2022 2:04 amOver how many acres was that 1"?Animal wrote: ↑Sat Aug 13, 2022 1:11 am I read an article about that today. But it led me to another article that was talking about how the "deserts" in the western US were having the biggest monsoon season in 20 years. flooding streets, casinos being flooded, etc. Las Vegas was the city they were reporting on. Anyway, I was reading it about it to find out if it had helped Lake Meade, etc. It sounded so catastrophic. Turns out they had about 1/2 inch of rain. And all total this "monsoon season" they have had about 2 inches of rain. The level of Lake Meade is down like 190 feet. It has risen 1 inch in the past few days.
that was the most deceiving headline I have read ever.
When you consider the watershed that feed Lake Meade and how dry tit was when it started to rain, to raise the level 1""it rained a bunch.
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Yes, they measure large volumes of water (lakes, etc) in acre-feet. But, last May Dallas county got about 6 inches of rain in one day. In terms of "acre feet" of rain, that would be about 110,000 acre feet. in one day.Antknot wrote: ↑Sun Aug 14, 2022 1:16 pmSomewhere in the dark recesses of my memory is that acre-feet is the term used to describe the volume of rainfall.Animal wrote: ↑Sun Aug 14, 2022 1:03 amis it unusual in other parts of the country for a 1/2 inch rain to cover an area larger than 22 miles by 22 miles? I mean, that's 1/2 the size of Dallas County.Antknot wrote: ↑Sun Aug 14, 2022 12:35 amSo 13,333.33 acre feet of rainAnimal wrote: ↑Sat Aug 13, 2022 10:59 pmWell, lake Meade has a surface area of around 250 sq miles. a square mile is 640 acres. So, for it to have raised that lake level 1" then it would have had to rain 1/2 inch over a 500 square mile area. That's an area about 22 miles x 22 miles.Antknot wrote: ↑Sat Aug 13, 2022 2:04 amOver how many acres was that 1"?Animal wrote: ↑Sat Aug 13, 2022 1:11 am I read an article about that today. But it led me to another article that was talking about how the "deserts" in the western US were having the biggest monsoon season in 20 years. flooding streets, casinos being flooded, etc. Las Vegas was the city they were reporting on. Anyway, I was reading it about it to find out if it had helped Lake Meade, etc. It sounded so catastrophic. Turns out they had about 1/2 inch of rain. And all total this "monsoon season" they have had about 2 inches of rain. The level of Lake Meade is down like 190 feet. It has risen 1 inch in the past few days.
that was the most deceiving headline I have read ever.
When you consider the watershed that feed Lake Meade and how dry tit was when it started to rain, to raise the level 1""it rained a bunch.
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Gotta keep those golf courses green!
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Damn straight.
That golf course goes belly up and here comes the housing projects.
That golf course goes belly up and here comes the housing projects.
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Surprisingly solid video on the pipeline theory. I didnt know that the Great Lakes states and Canada have signed an agreement all but eliminating the possibility of a pipeline to the west. Cost and other factors mitigate the chances as well.
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There’s plenty of water for people in northern and southern California. But there isn’t enough for growing almonds and cotton. when it comes to water gravity is not an issue. It always flows towards money.
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Nestle agrees wholeheartedlyCharliesheen wrote: ↑Fri Aug 19, 2022 1:40 am There’s plenty of water for people in northern and southern California. But there isn’t enough for growing almonds and cotton. when it comes to water gravity is not an issue. It always flows towards money.
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Re: The Western Water Crisis
I want to know how much of the Great Lakes water will my retarded state flush out into the Pacific Ocean to save the Delta Smelt?