First-ever water shortage declared on the Colorado River, triggering water cuts for some states in the West.

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BOULDER, Colo. — Low water in the Colorado River's largest reservoir triggered the first-ever federal declaration of a shortage on Monday, a bleak marker of the effects of climate change in the drought-stricken American West and the imperiled future of a critical water source for 40 million people in seven states.

https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/first-ever-water-shortage-declared-on-the-colorado-river-triggering-water-cuts-for-some-states-in-the-west/

 
I love when Mother Nature has the final word.

It's going to get worse if we do not have a very heavy snowfall in the mountains this winter. Western CO is in bad shape, we are a little better here where I live. We need biblical rain fall to end the drought and I do not see that happening.

Quote from: tac on August 18, 2021, 05:22:34 AMIt's going to get worse if we do not have a very heavy snowfall in the mountains this winter. Western CO is in bad shape, we are a little better here where I live. We need biblical rain fall to end the drought and I do not see that happening.

Living out West, I've watched the cycle of drought to deluge over many decades, I've noticed many clues nature gives us for the coming year.
This winter is going to be a bitch!
A few clues are, conifers coning out in huge amounts, another is hornets, they, as a rule hang around till the first freeze/rain/snow, but in the last few weeks, they're all but gone.

Our cycles are on average 10 to fifteen years, but the last  couple of decades have been on a 5 to 7 year cycles, with years in between being extremely hot and dry.

It would appear that the cycle is coming to a sudden halt. I don't know what's coming, it could be a cold ass bitch with deep freezes, or heavy snow/rain. But whatever it is, it's coming with a vengeance very early.

Quote from: Solar on August 18, 2021, 06:59:52 AMLiving out West, I've watched the cycle of drought to deluge over many decades, I've noticed many clues nature gives us for the coming year.
This winter is going to be a bitch!
A few clues are, conifers coning out in huge amounts, another is hornets, they, as a rule hang around till the first freeze/rain/snow, but in the last few weeks, they're all but gone.

Our cycles are on average 10 to fifteen years, but the last  couple of decades have been on a 5 to 7 year cycles, with years in between being extremely hot and dry.

It would appear that the cycle is coming to a sudden halt. I don't know what's coming, it could be a cold ass bitch with deep freezes, or heavy snow/rain. But whatever it is, it's coming with a vengeance very early.

Nature does have her little quirks. We got down to 1* mid Feb. last year and for a week stayed in the freezing temps, normally winter is over or damn near over by then.  This August has stayed in the mid to lower 90's where 105 is expected, high humidity instead of dry,dry air. Evenings have been very pleasant this year. What i can not get over is the temps Walkstall has waaay up where he lives.

Quote from: Possum on August 18, 2021, 07:55:38 AMNature does have her little quirks. We got down to 1* mid Feb. last year and for a week stayed in the freezing temps, normally winter is over or damn near over by then.  This August has stayed in the mid to lower 90's where 105 is expected, high humidity instead of dry,dry air. Evenings have been very pleasant this year. What i can not get over is the temps Walkstall has waaay up where he lives.

Welcome to the West. People only think of ocean and beaches when they think Ca, Or, Wa, but truth is, we're an arid desert, if not for reservoirs and flowing rivers from snow melt.

Then you jump to Washington State where it too is for the most part, desert, they just learned to manage their water, be it wells or rivers, but no one can control the heat, Oregon much the same, the ocean fog keeps much of it lush and green.
But go inland and it gets hot.
Northern Wa is where it all changes, where Seattle gets excited when the sun breaks through the clouds.

It funny, if you go back to the summer of 2016, the left was all about global warming and the "Worst Drought In Ca History"!

Go back to 2010, same story, then that one broke, in 2017 we had a deluge of rain, I had 125 inches of rain that year.
That was when Oroville dam was on the verge of collapse. That was just 4 years ago, and now the headlines read:
"Worst Drought In Ca History", again, it's a broken record, the left is all about fear, so you'll be distracted by the real culprit, Failed leftist policy.
Nature either works, or it doesn't and she don't give a shit about leftists inability to secure more water, or build desalination plants, which require nuclear power to run them.


http://www.activelynorthwest.com/fitness/northwest-desert-hikes/

Quote from: Possum on August 18, 2021, 07:55:38 AMNature does have her little quirks. We got down to 1* mid Feb. last year and for a week stayed in the freezing temps, normally winter is over or damn near over by then.  This August has stayed in the mid to lower 90's where 105 is expected, high humidity instead of dry,dry air. Evenings have been very pleasant this year. What i can not get over is the temps Walkstall has waaay up where he lives.

What you have to understand I live 500' above the Columbia river.  In the A.M. when the sun comes up, it also hits the river in two places as the river bends just below my place.  So I not only get the direct sunlight it also bounces off the river in two places. So at 8 AM. my back yard deck is 140º yet my front yard is only 80º.  As the sun move the heat also move to the front yard. The town on the other side of the river will only say it's 100º.  I feel it's the sun bounces off the river in two places more along with the sun is why our side of the river get the high temp.  I check with my neighbors on both sides of me and they get the same thing on our side of the river.  And yes I live in the desert part of the state, if not for the river all we would have is sagebrush.