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[raisingarizona]

Yeah, they're all shiny and new. Somebody told me that was slowed by the chopper demand to fight last year's fires, which made sense.

If we don’t get a miracle March this summers fire season might make last years look trivial. It will probably still be bad even with a massive March. The ground out here is mega thirsty.

The drought is about to get very real.

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Feds tighten Colorado River flow at Glen Canyon Dam as ever-shrinking Lake Powell nears critical level

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation announced Friday that, over the next four months, it plans to hold back 350,000 acre-feet of water that would normally flow through Grand Canyon into Lake Mead, which is also struggling with a receding shoreline in the face of a stubborn drought.

www.sltrib.com

 

[jasonwx]

If we don’t get a miracle March this summers fire season might make last years look trivial. It will probably still be bad even with a massive March. The ground out here is mega thirsty.

The drought is about to get very real.

Weather West - California weather and climate perspectives

Home of the Weather West blog by Daniel Swain

weatherwest.com

Feds tighten Colorado River flow at Glen Canyon Dam as ever-shrinking Lake Powell nears critical level

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation announced Friday that, over the next four months, it plans to hold back 350,000 acre-feet of water that would normally flow through Grand Canyon into Lake Mead, which is also struggling with a receding shoreline in the face of a stubborn drought.

www.sltrib.com

I have been screaming this for all winter
The west needs the snow not the east. 100 million pp are in big trouble

 

[raisingarizona]

I have been screaming this for all winter
The west needs the snow not the east. 100 million pp are in big trouble

It’s insane. Driving around Phoenix right now, it’s like none of this is happening. Grasses are green, water features are blasting, pools are full and if you talk to people that have just moved here their response is, “drought? I didn’t know anything about that?”.

It has a Don’t Look Up vibe to it but I’m not laughing.

 

[raisingarizona]

I have been screaming this for all winter
The west needs the snow not the east. 100 million pp are in big trouble

It’s ground zero as far as visible affects but it’s a telltale that we are all in big trouble.

 

[tirolski]

If we don’t get a miracle March this summers fire season might make last years look trivial. It will probably still be bad even with a massive March. The ground out here is mega thirsty.

The drought is about to get very real.

Latest map before the storm that came up thru here.
Maine even had some burnt orange color toit. That may have changed.

Current Map | U.S. Drought Monitor

droughtmonitor.unl.edu

 

[jamesdeluxe]

Hah, I asked on a different forum about this pic that @Andy_ROC reposted, and it's allegedly from a commercial that's been playing during the Olympics TV coverage? If so, pretty brilliant how someone draped the Epic logo over it.

 

[DomB]

Oh my God! I'd rather get a couple root canals than experience something like this!

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Is this from an actual Vail place this year? How do you even turn or ski?

 

[tirolski]

How to ya forget yer in the resort business when ya’ve sold Pepsi and/or credit default swaps?

Council members talk Vail’s relationship with Vail Resorts at retreat

The Vail Town Council does a lot of talking, but the group every couple of years takes some time to talk and think.

www.vaildaily.com

 

[Benny Profane]

How to ya forget yer in the resort business when ya’ve sold Pepsi and/or credit default swaps?

Council members talk Vail’s relationship with Vail Resorts at retreat

The Vail Town Council does a lot of talking, but the group every couple of years takes some time to talk and think.

www.vaildaily.com

Somebody forgot to send a few envelopes of cash to the local politicians. This might be a public reminder.

But, when Vail loses Vail, hoo boy.

 

[tirolski]

Somebody forgot to send a few envelopes of cash to the local politicians. This might be a public reminder.

But, when Vail loses Vail, hoo boy.

A lot of locals there have more than enough money.
They just want their playground nice.
Don’t blame 'em.