SLC great river drying up

[ScottySkis]

Slc is dispersing
Members here better ski there before it's gone

Great Salt Lake is shrinking fast. Scientists demand action before it becomes a toxic dustbin | CNN

Great Salt Lake is also known as America's Dead Sea -- owing to a likeness to its much smaller Middle Eastern counterpart -- but scientists worry the moniker could soon take new meaning.

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[MarzNC]

If you're thinking about "lake effect" snow for the Cottonwood Canyons, that actually doesn't account for as much snow as people think. In Prof. Steenberg's book, Secrets of the Greatest Snow On Earth, he goes over that aspect in detail.

 

[ScottySkis]

If you're thinking about "lake effect" snow for the Cottonwood Canyons, that actually doesn't account for as much snow as people think. In Prof. Steenberg's book, Secrets of the Greatest Snow On Earth, he goes over that aspect in detail.

Thanks for that I was wondering been to ski there several times over decade ago Sad that I never got back to greet epic snow average on all 4 Mountain s since around 2012

 

[Milo Maltbie]

The lake is more variable than any other body of water I know about. When I lived in Utah the lake was smaller than it is now. Lagoon and Saltaire were originally built on the shore, but in the 50s and early 60s they were miles from the water. By the 80s they were under water.
OTOH the shrinkage of Lake Mead and the Salton Sea is concerning.

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[raisingarizona]

The affects of climate change are becoming more and more evident out here. Change happens but I think this is sad and especially for our kids.

People need to stop breeding so much. I’m in California right now and it’s so crowded, we are in a major drought, there’s fires all over the place and record breaking heat. Things are seriously getting fucky.

 

[Harvey]

People need to stop breeding so much.

This is actually happening. 2.1 is considered the break even rate, with a "normal" mortality rate.

It's not the same around the world, I think Africa's number is higher but not sure about the mortality rate there.

 

[D.B. Cooper]

OTOH the shrinkage of Lake Mead and the Salton Sea is concerning.

Concerning about Lake Mead, but if there wasn't a lake there to begin with, why should we expect a lake to stay there now? I mean, it's the middle of an f'n desert.

People need to stop breeding so much. I’m in California right now and it’s so crowded, we are in a major drought, there’s fires all over the place and record breaking heat.

Agreed with the breeding. I'm empathetic toward anyone losing a house in a wildfire, but I can't help but think that some of those houses must have been built in areas where they shouldn't have been built. That's gotta be the case, no?

 

[Sbob]

Concerning about Lake Mead, but if there wasn't a lake there to begin with, why should we expect a lake to stay there now? I mean, it's the middle of an f'n desert.

A true Sam Kinison fan LOL Truer words ....

 

[Milo Maltbie]

Concerning about Lake Mead, but if there wasn't a lake there to begin with, why should we expect a lake to stay there now? I mean, it's the middle of an f'n desert.

The reason to be concerned that the lake is disappearing is that there has been the longest period of extended period of drought since the dam was built. Matybe the longest period of drought ever. And millions of people depend on Lake Mead for power and irrigation. If drought becomes the new normal in the Colorado River basin, what happens to Las Vegas, Phoenix and Los Angeles?

OTOH the Great Salt Lake is arguably the least important large body of water in the world.

mm

 

[raisingarizona]

Concerning about Lake Mead, but if there wasn't a lake there to begin with, why should we expect a lake to stay there now? I mean, it's the middle of an f'n desert.

Agreed with the breeding. I'm empathetic toward anyone losing a house in a wildfire, but I can't help but think that some of those houses must have been built in areas where they shouldn't have been built. That's gotta be the case, no?

Oh yeah but to be honest most areas in the west will burn at some point. I’m in California right now (as already mentioned, edit) and this whole dang state or at least most of it is ready to make like Cheech and Chong.