Phoenix, Las Vegas, Tucson are all cities that should not exist where they exist. Wholly dependent upon the water of the Colorado, San Juan, Virgin and Gila rivers, among others. Ingenuity of man has brought the water to the cities but the numbers of man have grown so large that there is no longer enough water to sustain these huge citie…
Phoenix, Las Vegas, Tucson are all cities that should not exist where they exist. Wholly dependent upon the water of the Colorado, San Juan, Virgin and Gila rivers, among others. Ingenuity of man has brought the water to the cities but the numbers of man have grown so large that there is no longer enough water to sustain these huge cities in such a hostile environment.
My State of Utah is suffering with a dramatically water-LESS winter. The mountains in which I live typically at this time of year have 40 inches of snow. Right now we have 9 inches. When Utah, Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico suffer dry winters places like Vegas, Phoenix and Tucson are going to hurt. It's quite a dilemma.
Oh, and JohnAZ, many of the ski resorts here in Utah now often resort to snow making machines in order to open their slopes in October-November. You are right, things are changing.
JHK predicted the demise of the ski industry in the mountains based on the loss of oil to power it. I think we are seeing the effect of the atmosphere warming during the winter and the storm track moving north. Probably aided by La Niña. Like Jupiter, Earth has belts of wind generation. The three are Trades, blowing E to W, the Westerlies, blowing W to E, and the polar Easterlies, blowing E to W. The borders between these zones are turbulent and full of energy. They are the jet streams and the storm tracks. Think of hurricanes, the move E to W until the cross over the storm tracks then reverse to W to E. Anyway, where the belts lay across the USA determines where the storm tracks go with the water they carry as storms. Something is happening, moving the storm track north, which is a character of more equatorial heating AKA La Niña.
BTW. The water compact governing the Colorado River is very heavily slanted toward California, Fat lot of good that did.
You're such a polymath, JohnAZ. Is there NOTHING that you don't know EVERYTHING about? Oh, and how's your survival of the 'clot-shot' going? Still truckin' along, eh?
I know a little about a lot, enough to comment on the blog. As far as the clot shot, I have had sequelae on and off since I made the mistake of trusting the medical community. Covid twice, Pertussis once and I know two folk that have gotten auto immune disease as a result f either the disease or the Vaxx. If you will look at my comments over the years you will discover I have been an opponent to the Vaxx, based on data, not opinion.
Utah is an amazing place. I have three distinct geographic regions all within driving distance of where I live. To the west I have the Great Salt Lake Desert and the basin and range topography, to the south I have the red rock canyons and to the north east I have the high alpine forests of the Rocky Mountains. It is a stunning place to live and I love it here.
I am a native Arizonan, though, I only lived there as an infant. Born in Flagstaff. Moved to and lived in Page for a year and then taken by my parents to Idaho and then in my teens to Utah. Been here ever since. I love living in the west. It breaks my heart to see the unending immigration to these states from California and some eastern states. Utah is greatly losing its charm. I stay away from Salt Lake City now because it is becoming too large and too busy. It wasn't always this way. Montana is what Utah used to be. But even Montana is feeling the affects of the in-migration of Californians.
By the way, JohnAZ, I always enjoy your comments. I may not always agree with you but I always find your comments insightful and interesting.
Phoenix, Las Vegas, Tucson are all cities that should not exist where they exist. Wholly dependent upon the water of the Colorado, San Juan, Virgin and Gila rivers, among others. Ingenuity of man has brought the water to the cities but the numbers of man have grown so large that there is no longer enough water to sustain these huge cities in such a hostile environment.
My State of Utah is suffering with a dramatically water-LESS winter. The mountains in which I live typically at this time of year have 40 inches of snow. Right now we have 9 inches. When Utah, Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico suffer dry winters places like Vegas, Phoenix and Tucson are going to hurt. It's quite a dilemma.
Oh, and JohnAZ, many of the ski resorts here in Utah now often resort to snow making machines in order to open their slopes in October-November. You are right, things are changing.
JHK predicted the demise of the ski industry in the mountains based on the loss of oil to power it. I think we are seeing the effect of the atmosphere warming during the winter and the storm track moving north. Probably aided by La Niña. Like Jupiter, Earth has belts of wind generation. The three are Trades, blowing E to W, the Westerlies, blowing W to E, and the polar Easterlies, blowing E to W. The borders between these zones are turbulent and full of energy. They are the jet streams and the storm tracks. Think of hurricanes, the move E to W until the cross over the storm tracks then reverse to W to E. Anyway, where the belts lay across the USA determines where the storm tracks go with the water they carry as storms. Something is happening, moving the storm track north, which is a character of more equatorial heating AKA La Niña.
BTW. The water compact governing the Colorado River is very heavily slanted toward California, Fat lot of good that did.
You're such a polymath, JohnAZ. Is there NOTHING that you don't know EVERYTHING about? Oh, and how's your survival of the 'clot-shot' going? Still truckin' along, eh?
I know a little about a lot, enough to comment on the blog. As far as the clot shot, I have had sequelae on and off since I made the mistake of trusting the medical community. Covid twice, Pertussis once and I know two folk that have gotten auto immune disease as a result f either the disease or the Vaxx. If you will look at my comments over the years you will discover I have been an opponent to the Vaxx, based on data, not opinion.
BTW, your state of Utah is gorgeous.
Utah is an amazing place. I have three distinct geographic regions all within driving distance of where I live. To the west I have the Great Salt Lake Desert and the basin and range topography, to the south I have the red rock canyons and to the north east I have the high alpine forests of the Rocky Mountains. It is a stunning place to live and I love it here.
I am a native Arizonan, though, I only lived there as an infant. Born in Flagstaff. Moved to and lived in Page for a year and then taken by my parents to Idaho and then in my teens to Utah. Been here ever since. I love living in the west. It breaks my heart to see the unending immigration to these states from California and some eastern states. Utah is greatly losing its charm. I stay away from Salt Lake City now because it is becoming too large and too busy. It wasn't always this way. Montana is what Utah used to be. But even Montana is feeling the affects of the in-migration of Californians.
By the way, JohnAZ, I always enjoy your comments. I may not always agree with you but I always find your comments insightful and interesting.
Thank you.