Discuss: Calamity on the Colorado

Those who wish to see dams disappear should read this story:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/04/us/04dams.html?_r=2

Gotta watch out for them gold prospectors…

In 2007 I rowed the Green and Colorado from Green River, Wyo to the Hoover Dam with two colleges. One thing we noticed was that silt move in very punctuated events, not gradually. Flash floods wash silt from the tributaries and move massive amounts downriver in very short time periods. Lower reservoir levels allow the silt to go even further downstream during these events. We were able to run rapids not seen since the dam was first filled. They were washed clean of silt, which was now at the bottom of the lake even closer to the dam. So this is whats happening; the silt is being concentrated closer to the dam with every flood. So I think Lake Powell could fill up sooner than many people think it will.

I haven’t heard the Words “Global Warming” and the fact that we are doing nothing to cut cut co2 emissions.so the worse case scenario will happen.Bx does not seem interested in the fact that Global warming contributed to the devastation of Pakistan (while Obama kept sending drones).Also Howard Zinn said in fighting Hitler did we really sop Fascism,as proof the WWII was unnecessary.

Um, 14 million people. Pakistan has been set back a generation. Moving away from attacking dams and tearing them down without a plan…here’s a video I’m enjoying…

http://www.ted.com/talks/william_mcdonough_on_cradle_to_cradle_design.html

Okay. We’ve just had ONE wet winter, and because of human engineering, we’ve balanced out 11 years of drought. Lake Mead is up from 1081’ to its current 1118’ and projected to go to 1153’ by Feb 2013. Yet, we hate ourselves (humans) and love chaos (nature).