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Follow @Uncle_Ernie Drove My Chevy To The Levee, But The Levee Was Dry By Ernest Stewart Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry And them good ole boys were drinking whiskey 'n rye Singin' this'll be the day that I die This'll be the day that I die American Pie ~~~ Don McLean The cause of this is the continuing drought, as well as Lake Mead is normally fed by Lake Powell further east on the river; but that lake has only been able to send one major "equalizing" release since the drought began -- which is why Lake Mead has been drawn so far down. The closely-controlled-and-measured lake shrunk Wednesday to its lowest point since Hoover Dam was completed in 1936 -- with a surface level of 1,074.54 feet above sea level. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation plans to let it drop another few feet by the end of next month. Then, it will be refilled enough by the end of the year to pass a crucial water-level mark to avoid cuts in water deliveries to residents, farms, tribes and businesses in Arizona, Nevada, and California. Rose Davis, a spokeswoman for the reclamation bureau said: "We have passed the historic low of June 25, 2015, and we expect the lake to continue to drop to levels near 1,070 feet by the end of June. However, they are expected to be back by Dec. 31 above the levels that would trigger a shortage declaration in 2017It was last at full capacity in 1983. It's currently around 175 feet from becoming a "dead pool," meaning that nothing could flow down stream from the Hoover Dam. Which it could reach if the drought continues for another dozen years. Las Vegas and its 2 million residents and 40 million tourists a year get almost all their drinking water from Lake Mead, and will continue to do so as they've built a billion dollar tunnel much lower than the current intakes, guaranteeing their ability to keep putting on the outdoor water shows for decades to come -- while farms and other cities dry up! The Colorado river serves about 40 million residents in seven Southwest states. Two key points are Lakes Powell and Mead, the largest reservoirs in the system, both of which are running lower and lower. How long are you willing to wait before you do something about global warming, America? *****  11-19-1919 ~ 05-19-2016 Thanks for the film!  07-23-1964 ~ 05-21-2016 Thanks for the music!  07-18-1930 ~ 05-24-2016 Thanks for the film! ***** We get by with a little help from our friends! So please help us if you can...? Donations ***** So how do you like Bush Lite so far? And more importantly, what are you planning on doing about it? Until the next time, Peace! (c) 2016 Ernest Stewart a.k.a. Uncle Ernie is an unabashed radical, author, stand-up comic, DJ, actor, political pundit and for 14 years was the managing editor and publisher of Issues & Alibis magazine. Visit me on Facebook. Follow me on Twitter. Email:uncle-ernie@issuesandalibis.org
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