Return of the Dust Bowl

[DBTrek]

The water level in the master bedroom toilet looks a hair lower than this morning.

CURSE YOU, CFCs!

[Speaker to Animals]

The gays in California are going to turn feral when the water runs out. We've seen this before.

[SuburbanFarmer]

The gays in California are going to turn feral when the water runs out. We've seen this before.

[Okeefenokee]

So in a few tens of millions of years, then?

In your lifetime, almost certainly.

Probably by spring.

[GloryofGreece]

So people are using more water out of an artificial reservoir.

Dude, listen to yourself.

bingo

[Montegriffo]

Original premise was that the Hoover dam would not have enough water to produce electricity soon enough for me to need to get to Binion's in a hurry.

Current water level is arount 1000 feet, the dam was modernised to run efficiently under it previous minimum level of 1050.
The new min level is 950 feet, level is expected to drop 10 feet this year alone... you do the maths.

[Speaker to Animals]

Original premise was that the Hoover dam would not have enough water to produce electricity soon enough for me to need to get to Binion's in a hurry.

Current water level is arount 1000 feet, the dam was modernised to run efficiently under it previous minimum level of 1050.
The new min level is 950 feet, level is expected to drop 10 feet this year alone... you do the maths.

The level of the reservoir has more to do with how much water they allow the city to take out for regular consumption. The levels of the Colorado river, I am quite sure, fluctuate by quite a lot over the years, but the river itself is not going anywhere in our lifetimes.

It's entirely possible that the city will have to get water from elsewhere, however.

Large cities in deserts are not a great idea.

[Montegriffo]

Original premise was that the Hoover dam would not have enough water to produce electricity soon enough for me to need to get to Binion's in a hurry.

Current water level is arount 1000 feet, the dam was modernised to run efficiently under it previous minimum level of 1050.
The new min level is 950 feet, level is expected to drop 10 feet this year alone... you do the maths.

The level of the reservoir has more to do with how much water they allow the city to take out for regular consumption. The levels of the Colorado river, I am quite sure, fluctuate by quite a lot over the years, but the river itself is not going anywhere in our lifetimes.

It's entirely possible that the city will have to get water from elsewhere, however.

Large cities in deserts are not a great idea.

Why are you still talking about the river drying up? No one else has suggested that it will.
Cities in deserts are a really stupid idea.
Drawing more water out when there is less going in is not sustainable.
Population needs to reduce in order to lower power/water consumption.

[Okeefenokee]

Which has nothing to do with your climate change religion.

[Fife]

Which has nothing to do with your climate change religion.

I do sense some sort of deeper meaning here.

Population needs to reduce

Super cereal deep.