'Mythed' again?
With respect to the article "Drying into oblivion?" may I recommend a little book "Drat! Mythed Again" by Steve Warren? According to Warren, the Great Salt Lake drying was predicted by Grove Karl Gilbert, a geologist, in 1890, by Scientific American in 1904 and by many lake watchers in 1966.
I have to assume professor Daniel Bedford wasn't around in 1985 when the lake level hit historical highs. We were raising the freeways and a huge pumping plant was being built to pump water into the western desert.
What has changed to guarantee that won't happen again?
George Hawkins
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It's nice to see a letter-writer refer to Steve Warren's book because...
Steve Warren | Nov. 5, 2009 at 6:23 p.m.
I agree with Heidi. Let nature take its' course. Our artificial...
Thomas | Nov. 5, 2009 at 6:01 p.m.
people lived in the whole salt lake valley. Now over 1 million live...
Um less than half a million | Nov. 5, 2009 at 3:54 p.m.
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