SLC great river drying up

While in Bozeman I went to McDonald’s for a coffee (just got off the plane)they were closed on a sat afternoon. No staff

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TheGreatAbyss said:
When walking in Downtown Maplewood NJ the other day I ran into a college buddy of mine who moved to SF 10 years ago. He was back on the East Coast looking at houses because he didn't want his daughter breathing in smoke for another summer. He said: "Climate change is real, it's here, and California is fucked. People with money are starting to leave".

Not to bring open political warfare to the blog, but Idaho, Montana, and Utah are either drought ridden or literally burning, yet are completely represented by a certain political party that refuses to even acknowledge the issue. Maybe this could finally be a wake up call, but I'm not hopeful.
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It's pretty rough just seeing the amount of smoke and haze that is making its way east today. Even where water is still falling we are being impacted by these fires. Can't wait for the great climate migration to even further drive up property values here in the north east.
 
raisingarizona said:
Well it sure has become more crowded with humans everywhere. I’ve been out west since 94 and it’s a very different place now since then.
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I looked into it by state. Definitely the population growth is coming from the South and the West. California is growing but much slower than most of the rest of the West. Northeast is barely moving. Not sure if that is births or moving or how much of each.

ETA: That "Northeast migration" isn't happening yet.
 
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Just left work you can really smell it.

ETA: I'm home now. I was basically sneaking out early (5pm) to get a bike ride in, before 7pm daughter pickup.

Forget it. It is nasty out.
 
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Harvey said:
Just left work you can really smell it.

ETA: I'm home now. I was basically sneaking out early (5pm) to get a bike ride in, before 7pm daughter pickup.

Forget it. It is nasty out.
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This is the new normal, especially in the west. The quality of life is going down. It’s either smoke, fire, drought, extreme weather, closed forests etc. that are becoming damaging to recreation and tourism.

I’m not even sure how to articulate how f-d things are getting.

You guys should see the flooding we’ve been having on the east side of flagstaff. Monsoon season came in full swing two weeks ago and has been going big over the museum burn scar. The whole things runs right into east flag.

www.instagram.com

Ray😻Walker on Instagram: "Dunno who to credit, this got passed on to me... Looks like Upper Greenlaw area flooding earlier today ☔ stay safe out there in the flood zone! 🌊"

188 likes, 39 comments - raymondrewalker on July 14, 2021: "Dunno who to credit, this got passed on to me... Looks like Upper Greenlaw area flooding earlier ..."
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now, don’t get me wrong, I’m not freaking out about it and I’m still enjoying my time but I can’t totally turn a blind eye to this. It’s real and it’s now.
 
One more thing and I promise I’m done…..for now ?.

For being such a smart animal humans sure can’t do long term, big picture thinking. We suck at it. I have very little hope for our future.
 
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