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In reply to the discussion: Is the drought over? [View all]

CrispyQ

(39,957 posts)
1. One good season does not end a drought. This year was an exception.
Thu Apr 20, 2023, 09:17 AM
Apr 2023
It took 17 years to fill Lake Powell.

Also, the estimates they used for how much water would flow into Lake Powell over time were based on several years when precipitation was higher than normal.

We refuse to address the the issue at the base of all of our issues: There are too damned many of us! Eight billion people all trying to live large, consuming as much as they can, in a finite system. Gee, what could go wrong?

Six billion miracles is enough!

I bought that bumper sticker back at the turn of the century.

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