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Old Posted Jul 10, 2010, 4:45 AM
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the lake is sooooo low...
It does look bad.

http://www.arachnoid.com/NaturalResources/

Will this be a repeat of Atlanta? Nobody notices that shit has hit the fan until it's too late and everyone sits around praying that it rains?


"LAS VEGAS -- If you have been to Lake Mead, you can visibly see how low the water supply is getting. Conditions have now pushed the federal government to meet with western states to plan the water future.

The drought has surged on for about 11 years, but the Southern Nevada Water Authority says the state has plans in place that will allow homes and lawns to continue to exist.

"When we hit 1,025 (feet), we will have stopped generating electricity. When we hit 1,025, the amount of water left in Lake Mead is barely enough to meet a single year's allocation," said Pat Mulroy with the SNWA.

Right now, the lake level is at 1,100 feet and the water authority has managed to store, lease, or buy enough water to keep things running smoothly even if Lake Mead was to drop below 1,025 feet."
http://www.8newsnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=12286324

Yup, looks like they wont make the "conserve water!" call until it's too late.
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Old Posted Jul 12, 2010, 4:32 PM
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^^ apparently some people arent too concerned with the water level since (supposedly) the lake has been even lower twice in the past - around 1950s-ish

some say its a cycle......
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Old Posted Jul 12, 2010, 9:15 PM
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Wait, people in Las Vegas are still keeping lawns? I did know that lawns were a feature in the 90s but figured that, overall, moving to Vegas was a tacit agreement among people that they wouldn't have grass. That could be first step in solving the equation, no?
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Old Posted Jul 12, 2010, 10:58 PM
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the first phase of the south point expansion opens on friday.

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010...ots-restauran/
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Old Posted Jul 13, 2010, 3:09 AM
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^^ apparently some people arent too concerned with the water level since (supposedly) the lake has been even lower twice in the past - around 1950s-ish

some say its a cycle......
Sure, the drought is a cycle, but compare the water use 50 years ago and today. And based on the graph I linked, the lake is almost at the lowest level ever.

Im just concerned that the same government incompetence we saw in the southeast two years ago will be repeated over here.
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Old Posted Jul 13, 2010, 3:32 AM
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If they would just blowup Glenn Canyon Dam that would solve the problem. They should have never built Glenn Canyon Dam.
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Old Posted Jul 13, 2010, 5:08 PM
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Old Posted Jul 14, 2010, 5:55 AM
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If they would just blowup Glenn Canyon Dam that would solve the problem. They should have never built Glenn Canyon Dam.
Glenn canyon dam actually did a very good job of stabilizing water flow into Lake Mead. Here is a chart, Glenn canyon dam was build in 1966 and you can see conditions change rapidly.

The problem is simple: the river compact that gave all the states water rights was negotiated during a period of higher than average rainfall. It needs to be renegotiated to under drought conditions.

Then again, all the states will lose out, so the problem keeps getting passed along. Nobody wants to lose rights to the imaginary water that doesn't actually exist.

The problem will eventually be solved, but it will be absurdly expensive to fix because we will wait until the last minute.
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Old Posted Jul 14, 2010, 10:32 AM
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Here is an article from today, about the future I-11 between Vegas and Phoenix.

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010...-become-focus/
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Old Posted Jul 14, 2010, 4:15 PM
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Arena developer tries again and says he has NBA team "under contract" if he gets approval.
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010...-builds-arena/
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Old Posted Jul 14, 2010, 5:11 PM
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The latest on Cosmo

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Old Posted Jul 14, 2010, 6:59 PM
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Has there been any movement on the FB front? Any chance they'll start that back up this year?
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Old Posted Jul 15, 2010, 4:43 PM
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Wynn wants the former Frontier/Plaza site?

http://www.vegastripping.com/news/news.php?news_id=3393
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Old Posted Jul 16, 2010, 4:32 PM
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VEER Towers at citycenter is now open, wish them the best.

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010...r-towers-open/
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Old Posted Jul 18, 2010, 8:39 PM
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Wynn wants the former Frontier/Plaza site?

http://www.vegastripping.com/news/news.php?news_id=3393
this would be a PLUS
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Old Posted Jul 18, 2010, 11:56 PM
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Yeah if Wynn nabbed that spot, he would have a ton of room to expand AND he could keep his gold course.
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Old Posted Jul 21, 2010, 4:15 PM
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As Expected, Caesars is planting trees on the land where the power lines were removed. More green is good.
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Old Posted Jul 21, 2010, 11:23 PM
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As Expected, Caesars is planting trees on the land where the power lines were removed. More green is good.
That is unless you're Lake Mead.
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Old Posted Jul 22, 2010, 2:29 PM
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Seva photos please!
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Old Posted Jul 25, 2010, 6:25 PM
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Cosmopolitan Signage

That's huge...

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