I’m so sorry, Brooke
06.03.2026 22:01
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I’m so sorry, Brooke
I helped the New York Times cover the bizarre murder spree in Utah’s Wayne County this week
"Burning up the atmosphere and cutting down the trees
The billion dollar bombing of a nation on its knees
See the lightning, hear the cries
Of the wounded in a world in holy war
Mortal thunder from the skies
Killing everything they say they're fighting for"
*between Bluff
Four proposed on the San Juan below Bluff and the confluence! I was only aware of one
Some detail
Dept of Interior map of proposed reservoir sites, 1950. (Every one of those black labels.)
Hold on brother, Jesse Jackson
There's a better world a'coming
Where a man can hope a man will show some heart
You just keep right on believing
In the better side of human
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Winnemucca, I hardly knew ya
I’m about to start train posting again
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Amen!
As I keep screaming from the rooftop, construction takes time, and we’re out of time! Things only get worse and worse starting around here 3,510’:
Without an incredible change in the trajectory of winter precipitation in the CO Basin this may be the year we see catastrophic collapse of the system and it really feels like we’re just standing on the tracks watching the train saying “we don’t have the legal authority to step off the track”
Even at true dead pool (3,370’), water would still flow through the dam by gravity, so Grand wouldn’t dry up unless outlet tunnels started to cavitate. Flows could get lower than we’ve seen since 1963 though. Motor trips would get more difficult below 5,000 cfs
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They will try it again this year, probably with a bigger release. But it won’t solve the problem
They tried that when we were in a similar situation in 2022. 500k acre feet was released from Flaming Gorge, and Lake Powell’s level kept going down. USGS wasn’t even able to determine if the water made it (most was lost to bank seepage).
And not so good for everybody and everything else in the basin, but we’ll take the wins when we can get them
I don’t think so. If Lake Mead were to refill someday (not likely), there would be some benefits to having impoundment in Lake Powell. Under current hydrology, it does more harm than good.
Good for Glen Canyon
The Colorado River Basin is having the warmest winter on record
To get below ~3,510’, you’d need to modify the dam (which needs to happen asap!) I think the target elevation should be river elevation. A free flowing river maximizes water deliveries and enviro benefits, and it offers new recreation opportunities
Reclamation won’t let Lake Powell get to 3,490’ because of increased risk to the integrity of the Glen Canyon Dam. Somewhere around 3,510’, Lake Powell will hit dead storage, with no safe way to release the millions of acre-feet of water trapped in the reservoir. We could reach that level by summer!
But we don’t need Lake Powell
They’ve been missing deadlines since 2022. It’s time to end the charade and begin drilling tunnels around the Glen Canyon Dam
10 years ago, when the cat was still a kitten and before the 10,000 DFW think pieces were written