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newdayneeded

(1,955 posts) Sun Jun 5, 2022, 09:56 AM Jun 2022

Lake Mead is 1/3rd full. [View all]

I have a friend that has a son living out there. He and his wife are considering buying a house in Vegas. I told my friend I advise her son not to buy. It's going to be a mass housing and population drop in the next 10 years.

20 years of drought is not a drought. It's a new climate!

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Lake Mead is 1/3rd full. [View all] newdayneeded Jun 2022 OP

There are a lot of options for basic essentials. Water is not one of them... hlthe2b Jun 2022 #1

AZ has been planning ahead. Phoenix has a 100 year plan. Mosby Jun 2022 #22

It's not even 29% full at the moment . . . . hatrack Jun 2022 #2

AOC is correct: We need a Green New Deal Kid Berwyn Jun 2022 #3

That map is a pretty good indicator of where people will move in 20 years NickB79 Jun 2022 #4

The rich will survive when most of the planet is unlivable. Kid Berwyn Jun 2022 #5

600+ ppm CO2e by 2040. roamer65 Jun 2022 #20

Thank you. These are amazing maps. So much information. ratchiweenie Jun 2022 #7

You are most welcome! Must share one other thing I found today... Kid Berwyn Jun 2022 #17

OMG. I'm in my 70's and already having enough senior moments. It's so sad what we are doing to ratchiweenie Jun 2022 #26

Where are we going to find the people to work those green jobs? Recursion Jun 2022 #9

Who can build a pyramid? Kid Berwyn Jun 2022 #16

These depopulation predictions have been made for decades now. former9thward Jun 2022 #6

Cassandra keeps saying the House of Atreus will fall... Recursion Jun 2022 #10

You're the same one who said there's plenty of water in Arizona this spring NickB79 Jun 2022 #12

Yes I am. former9thward Jun 2022 #15

Good luck with that NickB79 Jun 2022 #18

No, its actually powered by a nuclear plant. former9thward Jun 2022 #19

See my post 22. Mosby Jun 2022 #23

Yes, thank you. former9thward Jun 2022 #24

👍 Mosby Jun 2022 #25

It's actually raining in NorCal today Sympthsical Jun 2022 #8

Collect water from the air in the desert. panader0 Jun 2022 #11

+1 CentralMass Jun 2022 #13

Better than the idea from Las Vegas to take water from the great basin table ripcord Jun 2022 #14

Don't move to the Great Lakes region. roamer65 Jun 2022 #21