As the Great Salt Lake Dries Up, Utah Faces 'An Environmental Nuclear Bomb'
yahoo.com/news/great-salt-lake-dries-utah-185...
yahoo.comPosted Jun 13, 2022, 8:05 AM UTC
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yahoo.comthe feedback loop on this one is pretty brutal - the lake-effect feeds the snow, which in turn replenishes the lake via snowmelt
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And the dust on the snow helps melt it faster which doesn’t get to waterways.
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Move east now or regret it.
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Where exactly, though? I'm downsizing so I have just a car load of things to move by the end of the year but it's still going to be difficult to do.
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Expensive areas.
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LOL I don’t care about politics - as long as I can get medical MJ and dont have to worry about someone confiscating my AR15.
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So you DO care about politics then.
Since politics is what governs both Medical Marijuana and Gun Control.
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I care about politics (who doesn’t want more effective use of our tax dollars), but I abhor tribalism
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East. Far enough east that water's not a problem. I think that rules out at least the western third of the US. It'll happen now under your terms or very soon in a dangerous mass migration.
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Minnesota ain't too bad, we have a few lakes out here...
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What do you believe people on the west coast feel entitled to?
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Water, Somewhere to live, Safety from natural disasters probably.
Those entitled pricks /s
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Please. We left freezing-mosquito-swampass- tornado-alley for California. We are NEVER coming back.
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I'm in the south but I wholeheartedly agree with the sentiment.
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Smart up Utah, my absolute favorite state, geographically. Please, fucking Jesus.
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I mean, you’ll still be able to visit. But you won’t be able to live there without paying exorbitant prices for consumable resources.
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I posted this last night as I thought it related to the question of "where to move to (for long term prepping)?"
It's really a good idea to have an idea what is going to happen to a region in the next 10/20/30 years especially regarding water, climate, energy and population influx/outflows.
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Jobs was 30 when he was unconcious?<!
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"Utah’s dilemma raises a core question as the country heats up: How quickly are Americans willing to adapt to the effects of climate change, even as those effects become urgent, obvious, and potentially catastrophic?"
Not very
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The population of Salt Lake City is expected to grow by more than 50% over the next 50 years.
That ain’t happening.
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They'll keep their heads in the sand and their lawns green until the lake dries up...
And then keep watering a little longer. Then demand help and blame the poors or the immigrants for taking their water.
Doggone Cadillac Desert man
That's a great book.
I think it’s mostly agricultural usage