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To: george76
That's good news ... The Colorado River system is currently water starved.

Both Lake Powell and Lake Mead need a lot of water to get back to normal.

2 posted on 07/07/2011 10:56:19 PM PDT by OldNavyVet (One trillion days, at 365 days per year, is 2,739,726,027 years ... almost 3 billion years)
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To: OldNavyVet

For July 7th, 2011 ...Snowpack is 488% of average.

Reservoirs above Lake Powell are currently at 89.46% of capacity


3 posted on 07/07/2011 11:08:27 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: OldNavyVet

I was up in the Colorado mountains a few weeks ago and there is a lot more snow to melt.


5 posted on 07/07/2011 11:23:20 PM PDT by tiki
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To: OldNavyVet
Last I read, Lake Mead is supposed to add 40 ft. this year.

yitbos

7 posted on 07/07/2011 11:37:26 PM PDT by bruinbirdman ("Those who control language control minds." -- Ayn Rand)
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