We all read the articles about the water issue out west, but this is a pretty dramatic visual of just how bad it gotten in just under 40 years.
There is no evidence to suggest that there is any way to reverse course as parts of the US remain in a decade long drought.
Even as this obvious issue looms, Las Vegas and Phoenix continue to be among the fastest growing cities in the country.
It’s hard to see how this does not lead to a huge wave of drought refugees in the coming decades.
For anyone who wants to learn more read “Cadillac Desert.”
There’s a channel (or actually a couple at this point) that are doing these water level videos every couple of weeks. It’s pretty interesting to watch how fast the level is dropping:
This graph is pretty telling too, the lake is apparently dropping about a foot a week:
This is a great documentary about the unprecedented megadrought occurring in the West of the United States: