New Climate Maps Show a Transformed United States ( 2020 )

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17. No

I agree that Colorado is warming up considerably this past 10-15-20 years. Especially the eastern part of the state which needs huge amounts of irrigation water for crops...... However, our mountain snowpack continues to be the the only thing that allows Phoenix, Las Vegas, and parts of SCal, to even be populated, and survive.......

That having been said, Lake Mead and Lake Powell are at their lowest levels EVER since they were originally filled, due to the Colorado Snow pack runoff being smaller every year.......And the levels have continued every year to decline.....

If the water level in Lake Mead gets low enough, they will have to shut off the Hydro electric generators that supply Vegas.....
Imagine a dark Vegas, with no air conditioning.......

Interesting that we here in Colorado, home of the massive Colorado River, have been under serious "water restrictions" for decades now, and downstream, they are just now starting to instigate somewhat minor water restrictions in Major cities along the Colorado River. When you fly out of Phoenix, just look down and look at the 30?-40?-50? green, irrigated golf courses, and the swimming pools in every back yard, along with all the green residential lawns.....LOL
The Governor of Arizona, or Mayor of Phoenix a year or two ago, at the end of summer pleaded with the governor of Colorado to please send them more water right away, they were running out. LOL.......what????? Do they just think Colorado "manufacturers" the water at will???????LOL LOL LOL In the meantime, both Vegas and Phoenix, as well as SCal just keep developing and developing and developing to increase their economy and tax revenues......

On a side note, I have been watching Florida which is being flooded with Northerners and MAGAots. Their potable/fresh water supply is increasingly in serious threat from salt water intrusion into the declining aquifer, their fresh water underground "water table" being depleted from overuse, further every single year....Beyond this, add in the Hurricane damage, and flooding damages which are radically increasing every year. That, along with the inability to insure structures, which interrupts development of any kind, residential or commercial, and a Humongous Crisis is just around the corner for all of Florida.......