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Old 09-17-2022, 07:39 AM
 
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We were down about 3” YTD in Mesa County, but we have gotten big record breaking monsoonal rains every day and night since Thursday. They haven’t published the total moisture amounts since last weekend, but I bet we’ve caught up YTD. The Colorado was flowing big and brown from all the run off. The arroyos that I have seen only dry are flowing as well.
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Old 09-17-2022, 09:52 AM
 
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We were down about 3” YTD in Mesa County, but we have gotten big record breaking monsoonal rains every day and night since Thursday. They haven’t published the total moisture amounts since last weekend, but I bet we’ve caught up YTD. The Colorado was flowing big and brown from all the run off. The arroyos that I have seen only dry are flowing as well.
That might be the same system that gave us heavy monsoons on Tuesday in the Four Corners. Glad you guys got some!
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Old 09-20-2022, 08:36 AM
 
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We were down about 3” YTD in Mesa County, but we have gotten big record breaking monsoonal rains every day and night since Thursday. They haven’t published the total moisture amounts since last weekend, but I bet we’ve caught up YTD. The Colorado was flowing big and brown from all the run off. The arroyos that I have seen only dry are flowing as well.

We're breathing a little easier in Mesa County, that system helped. But what's coming in the next few days will help even more. Calling for rain through Thursday, it just started at my house with a bang an hour ago.
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Old 10-06-2022, 12:22 PM
 
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Story in Bloomberg today. Even the Mississippi River is running low, imperiling the movement of massive amounts of barge cargo. Shipping rates have gone way up.

Excerpt: "The reason for low river levels is simple: lack of rain. Minneapolis received about a quarter-inch of rain in the past 30 days, below the average of almost 3 inches for this time of year, ... St. Louis received 0.86 inches, less than a third of average, and Memphis has seen a half-inch instead of more than 3 inches. Many parts of the Midwest and Plains states are experiencing drought, which affects water flowing into tributaries that normally feed into the Mississippi ... Things are unlikely to improve anytime soon. There’s less than an inch of rain expected across the region through the end of next week, ... "
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Old 10-06-2022, 03:31 PM
 
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‘Member when you suggested confiscating water from the Midwest for your own benefit?
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Old 10-06-2022, 05:23 PM
 
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‘Member when you suggested confiscating water from the Midwest for your own benefit?
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Yes, and I still think the Great Lakes could be tapped.
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Old 10-07-2022, 01:10 PM
 
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We're breathing a little easier in Mesa County, that system helped. But what's coming in the next few days will help even more. Calling for rain through Thursday, it just started at my house with a bang an hour ago.
This drizzle has been killing my drought.
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Old 10-07-2022, 01:43 PM
 
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Yes, and I still think the Great Lakes could be tapped.
No, they won't because of the Great Lakes Compact, we need to see the US population move increasingly east and away from many areas of the western US!
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Old 10-07-2022, 06:07 PM
 
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No, they won't because of the Great Lakes Compact, we need to see the US population move increasingly east and away from many areas of the western US!
I wouldn't mind living in some of those states, but if the Colorado River Compact of 1922 can be re-negotiated then I see it equally possible for the Great Lakes Compact to be renegotiated. Just like science itself, the arrival of new info and new facts often requires revisiting the underlying science.
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Old 10-14-2022, 04:58 AM
 
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I wouldn't mind living in some of those states, but if the Colorado River Compact of 1922 can be re-negotiated then I see it equally possible for the Great Lakes Compact to be renegotiated. Just like science itself, the arrival of new info and new facts often requires revisiting the underlying science.
The west have had decades to handle their water use issues, and haven't done a thing. Why should some other states give up some of their water to serve people that couldn't help themselves?
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