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Will Powell be all dried up by 2021?

Oh, here's an idea. Let's say something outrageous, put in a press release and foist it upon some unthinking journalist who splash it around the newspapers and suddenly our cause/institution will become well known. The more outrageous, the better chance it will be published.

Way to fall for a p.r. set up, Des News and Associated Press.

This group is only feeding off the hysteria caused by unqualified journalists, untrained in scientific matters, practicing poor journalistic methods.

What an embarrassment for the D-News and AP.

It doesn't take this reprot to see the truth in the matter. The Colorado river is drying up and shrinking every year, from its source to the run in to the pacific ocean. In fact it doesn't even make it to the ocean anymore. There is nothing but dry river bed at the oceans delta now. Drought or no drought the Colorado is being wasted and over stressed by developement and growth beyond it's capacity to supply. This is a wake up call to all the states using the Colorado and a conference seems to be in order if anyone cares. Loss of the Colorado water also means loss of electrical power, especially to southern California and Las Vegas. Will these areas return to desert dust? Could happen if they don't control and restrict growth. There is a limit to all things, including growth and the available resources to supplement that growth. Once the growth peak has been reached and non replenishable resources are gone there is nothing left but the renaturalization of the affected area. Growth and demand cannot exceed resources and expect to survive, it's now time to put growth and resources on the front page.

Sounds a lot like a fear tactic is being used here by those who support the bogus science of global warming. Just wait and see how things go over the next few years before we get excited.

"scientists" are complete idiots. Every time they get into the predicting business they flop on their heads. These goofy predictions never come close to being correct; I'm amazed the press even bothers to print them anymore, since they end up looking foolish too.

Let's take this year's winter, in the west. The "experts" all predicted a warmer than normal, drier than normal winter. Oops, they were all way, way off; it's been colder than normal, and way wetter than normal.

Two comments:
(1) Headline should read, "Authorities disagree over odds that Lake Powell will dry up" You put the negative study in headline i.e. New York Times tactics

(2) Desnews should start editorial campaign for nuclear power plants now; plus longterm solutions for water problem. "Do your job" -the Trib won't

There's three things you can count on every year ...

1) "Experts" predict a warmer, dryer winter
2) "Experts" predict a more intense hurricane season
3) "Experts" predict a terrible holiday shopping season

Of course these things don't happen but at least we can get comfort from the consistency of them being predicted every year.

This is why our Federal, State and Local representatives need to work together on great infrastructure projects. EVER HERE OF NAWAPA North American Water and Power Alliance

They will wait until it is too late, they will wait until people die and grops fail, they will wait until our economy can no longer afford these projects.

NAWAPA NOW

Scientists are just people made up to scare conservatives, similar to universal health care or Al Gore.
This is all hooey. Let's wait, yes, that's a good idea. God will intervene, and allow us to add infinitely more poeple to an increasingly dry area, i assume in our efforts to 'repopulate' the earth. Acting on this now would be silly.

Man, are we dumb.

We are having record snow this year and this story comes out. Global Warming is just anoter way for the goverment to tax us. It will be coming. Socialism is slavery.

I've never understood why people live in such dry places. You know it's a desert but you just assume engineers will figure out a way of sustaining your life. The government must start heavily taxing businesses so they won't locate in these locations. It just doesn't make sense to have people living in Nevada, Utah, and Arizona when this country has so much fertile land throughout all the other states that will easily sustain life.

The government official who says they are "committed" to not letting the reservors dry up reminds me of our local politicians who made it illegal for the Great Salt Lake to flood in the '80s.

The sky is falling, the sky is falling. We are all going to die!!!
Report that. Has the same amount of credibility!
PS - I have surplus football helmets for sale.

Just how long do you so called experts that say we don't have water issues facing us in the near future, think we can continue this uncontrolled growth in desert and arrid southern regions without major problems? I live in Washington county in southern Utah and I'll guarantee that without controlled growth by cities in this area and others in states south of here, you will definetly either run out of water or the price for water will be so high that not many will be able to afford it very soon. I have spent alot of time in the Phoenix area also the last 20 years and no one will recongize the need for limited yearly growth. GREED, GREED, GREED by developers, contractors, financial Co's is out of control.

It is about time builder's take a look at what they are doing in Las Vegas. I was born there in 1940. Las Vegas needs to put a long freeze on building. Let the people enjoy Lake Mead. Too many hotels, houses, schools, businesses, green grass yards - take a break Las Vegas.We used to dig a hole in our backyard and wait until the flash floods came in the summer - the hole would fill up with water and we would jump in. Water is a precious commodity. People should think about that when they wash their cars, brush their teeth, etc. I used to ride my bike down to 15th and Oakey and catch polliwogs in the natural spring pond. Doesn't Las Vegas mean many meadows or springs - There were springs all over the valley when I was a kid. Lake Mead is a half-hour drive from Vegas. Take your kids and go swimming there. We used to - because there weren't any swimming pools in the 40's. GIVE LAS VEGAS A BREAK!!! STOP THE BUILDING.

What we ought to do is beat it to the punch, go nuclear for electricity and drain Lake Powell now. It is covering so much beauty. As far as the water goes, people who live in deserts should act like it. Instead, we want our yards and cities in the desert to look like those in Canada (with the exception of palm trees). If the Glen Canyon dam were never put in in the first place, we would still be doing just fine.

Global warming??? can someone please explain why we have so much snow and the whole country has been frozen for the last few months? This morning walking to work I thought I was going to freeze to death...and the city to the west of me had so much water from rain/snow/sleet that they had to close the highways down...I live on the east coast, but looking at the Utah ski report (greatest snow on earth...I must add), doesn't seem like you are going to have issues with water this year either??? Just a thought.

Over-plopulation is caused by builders and developers? Wow they must be real busy at night.

Centralized planning has a beauty all its own. When reality gets in the way, like the writer whining about people living in the desert, just eliminate the people. That is what countries like China and USSR did when people got in the way of the centralized plans. Holy cow do some of the writers on this blog scare me!

As for the prediction of these "experts" I think they have been exposed enough. How pathetic. So they take a snap shot in time, and proceed under the presumption of "modeling" and voila, no more rain.

Sadly, we have to wait until 2013 to show how clueless this prediction is.

For all of you structured economic, quasi-communust thinkers out there, can I make you sad?! The free market just made a big breakthrough yesterday.

Some scientists pattened and held a press conference on some mico-threads (1000 times smaller than a human hair) that when moved around generate electricity. They have to solve on issue about water damage but once solved they can put these threads in clothes and the clothes will generate enough electricty to power cell phones, I-pods, etc. Charge your phone into your shirt.

Free markets will work!

Sounds like Y2K all over again. Hope it happens why don't you just buy a boat!!