Colorado wasn't nearly this bad last year. Fortunately Wyoming is mostly OK, and ID/MT are, too.

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May 12, 2022
12:32:50pm

SingleStrapBackpack Truly Addicted User

Colorado wasn't nearly this bad last year. Fortunately Wyoming is mostly OK, and ID/MT are, too.

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SingleStrapBackpack

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Well this isn't good.

SingleStrapBackpack Truly Addicted User

5/12/22 12:30pm

Bad year for water in the west. but not as bad as last year was

5/12/22 12:32pm

Colorado wasn't nearly this bad last year. Fortunately Wyoming is mostly OK, and ID/MT are, too.

SingleStrapBackpack

5/12/22 12:32pm

Does snowpack really mean all that much at this point in the year?

5/12/22 12:39pm

yes

HingleMcCringleberry

5/12/22 12:41pm

Most of the melt starts now and river flow peaks in a month or so. So yeah it does.

5/12/22 12:42pm

April 1 is when it means the most because that's typically the height of the snowpack each spring. But it still matters

SingleStrapBackpack

5/12/22 12:51pm

We seriously need to run pipelines of water from the northwest and east coast as

Chefcurry

5/12/22 12:47pm

Both are problematic.

HingleMcCringleberry

5/12/22 12:50pm

Those are real issues, but California wastes an astronomical amount of $$ on a variety of stupid things. Drinking water

SingleStrapBackpack

5/12/22 12:53pm

Agreed.

HingleMcCringleberry

5/12/22 12:56pm

California could also start using their delta water for crops instead of saving

Chefcurry

5/12/22 12:56pm

oh you don't like eating?

claw

5/12/22 1:07pm

huh?

SingleStrapBackpack

5/12/22 1:15pm

California is the cornucopia that feeds your grocery store

claw

5/12/22 1:47pm

It doesn't have to be.

HingleMcCringleberry

5/12/22 1:53pm

U can’t grow oranges in North Dakota

claw

5/12/22 2:47pm

Ah yes, I remember where I said Oranges should be grown in North Dakota.

HingleMcCringleberry

5/12/22 2:48pm

And what does that have to do with reallocating stupid government spending to desalination projects?

SingleStrapBackpack

5/12/22 1:56pm

The Columbia river dumps 265,000 cubic ft/second into the Pacific. That is a

flyzag

5/12/22 1:36pm

We could build it plenty fast enough of we were desperate and needed it.

Chefcurry

5/12/22 1:41pm

Who's going to pay for that pipeline?

joelvandyne

5/12/22 1:42pm

Mexico?

5/12/22 2:02pm

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