In the 38 years that hubby and I have lived here in the desert, I've NEVER seen it this dry. And, it was evident yesterday when I drove up to the mountains and saw the "HIGH WARNING" fire signs. There is NO snow in our local mountains...NONE...
Then, today, I found this article:
http://theguzzler.blogspot.com/2014/01/colorado-river-drought-forces-painful.html
LOOK at the photo of Lake Mead! My goodness! That's low. And, the article says that by 2015, Lake Mead will have a 50/50 chance of rationing water downstream (which has never been done before).
So, those of you envying our warm winter, BEWARE...it comes with a price for us and the price is water.
Plus Lake Powell is over 100 feet below full pool. It's scary dry here in the SW. We need lots of snow in the mountains.
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