Lake Mead water level just dropped over a foot last night! WTH?

Yeah this is A good point

This could be the case and confirmed by looking at the data on the independent metering sources for the levels of the lake.

Or

Take the water level in your pic, note the height against the columned pillars (you can tell by the horizontal rings on them) compare with Geomagstorms, figure out the incremental height of the rings = actual loss of water volume.

Regardless of shill it will be fairly accurate.

A foot is a foot no matter where on the lake,the only place it would matter if it was an area less than a foot deep?

What if the duration of time in the "event" never allowed for a easily visible watermark .

I see what you see based on the darker line on the damn. It is way more white underneath today than in March. However...lol
NOW my question is do the small daily drops in our time . frame add up to what we can see? I just find this concerning as i live in AZ. So naturally i would like v to know if b there is an additional water shortage problem. So grateful for the vids & pix!!

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I am consulting google earth...lol

Yeah...the Lake is irregular as hell. The narrows areas have mositure marks IMO.
Google earth it & see for yourself?

Yeah, I saw that today on the northwest end of the lake.

It's a dark brown ring....like the earth is still full
Of moisture.

Yes...up by where the Colorado dumps in iswhere i looked...and the bottle neck in the river.

That is enough to convince me anyway~

Maybe the Californians have drilled a secret underground pipeline into it!

No, it's not a good point at all. Its actually unbelieveably stupid. You will see a waterline the same in shallow or,deep. The best place to spot a waterline is on bridges, bridge pilings, and submerged trees. There is a normal pool or full pool waterline that most fluctuating lakes have, sorta a stained mark from prior years. If you need any info on water fluctuation, ask a local fisherman. At the moment, Lake Mead is continuing at a normal declining pace for it's current drought conditions. The shear stupidity on this site atm is shattering. Either some are seriously mentally retarded, on heavy drugs, a bot, or just plain old fashion stupid.

I would imagine that the closer to the bottom you get, the steeper the lake tapers, this causes that effect of the last bit running faster, just like when the bathtub drains, the last bit always sucks down faster. However I didnt study hydrodynamics in school.

Google Earth it. You are clearly not familiar with the irregulaity of the system up there! See for yourself!

Something to consider about internet forums is that people from all age groups can post on a thread, and what you get is some adults are engaging in arguments with uneducated children. Would you physically sit down in a room and engage in a serious conversation with 10 year olds? I'm surprised the internet has even lasted this long.

Lol, you smf........I don't think you even have a brain.

Or someone made the story up (this *is* GLP, after all)

nestle?

im convinced this dam provides water and power to military tunnels.. why wouldn't it?

Thanks for the video.

California's Drought Is More Extreme Than You Realize


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images you posted side by side...
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Ah, thank you. That's great!

Easier to see than explain, huh?

What is the date of the picture on the left and the date of the picture on the right?

Pictures mean NOTHING ... unless placed into context at the same time you post the pictures

The picture on the left I took today.

The picture on the right was taken early March.
We'll have to ask Geomagnetic_Storm for the exact date
As he is the one who took the picture.

It looks like the lake is almost empty. When i was there, about 15 years ago...those 2 fixtures in the water, were nearly covered in water. FOR SURE, the water level wasn't that low.

If the reservoir is at it's lowest levels, then this would be a good time to remove the accumulated silt, without having the hassle of stirring up the bottom by dredging it.

People forget that these reservoirs are in the process of filling up slowly with transported volcanic ash from the surrounding region. Since that land bears evidence of volcanic origins of fairly recent activity, where leaked water may be going is anyone's guess, such is the nature of lava tubes. In fact to the north and slightlty to the east of Las Vegas and Area 51 are half a dozen semi extinct volcanic calderas, each one of which is the size of the city of Las Vegas. In fact to the east of Las Vegas are road cuts through some low lying hills which are demonstrative of a shield volcano, meaning that there are alternating layers of large stone and smaller stone with sand. It is easily seen from the route that the city bus takes around the city.

No the problem is this [link to snowpack.water-data.com]

Look at the snowpack. It is not trailing off like most years. They have to get ready for one big dump of water coming in June when the temps rise. I live in CO mtns and we have had more snow since April 15 than we had all season. Look out for flooding.

Thank you.

At first look after blowing up the pictures but without putting the ruler to it is looks like the lake has dropped 15+- feet between the two pictures ... which may be about 9 to 10 weeks apart? (the pictures are at different scales so one needs to adjust for that)

(note also the WHITE ring location on the water intake columns .... somewhat more defined in many respects than the dark ring on the dam itself)