Lake Mead 2014...trouble.

LVChris · **Posted:** Sun Jul 20, 2014 2:24 am

Downright scary pictures of our lake...I hope we figure out a way to save it.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2692335/Water-levels-Lake-Mead-time-low-14-year-drought-leaves-marinas-abandoned-tourist-attractions-bone-dry.html

Fourteen YEAR drought leaves Lake Mead at all-time low: Eerie pictures of the abandoned marinas and tourist attractions left high and dry
Drought will deplete the vast Lake Mead this week to levels not seen since Hoover Dam was completed and the reservoir on the Colorado River was filled in the 1930s
The low water levels is the result of a 14-year drought in the Southwest

Experts say the water levels will be enough to supply water to places like Las Vegas, Phoenix and Los Angeles for at least one more year

204Angler · **Posted:** Sun Jul 20, 2014 1:52 pm

That is very scary!!

pickledboater · **Posted:** Sun Jul 20, 2014 2:11 pm

Holy crap! The last time we were on Mead was in 2001. We launched at Overton and went all the way to the dam. Stopped at all of the marinas and fed the ducks at Las Vegas ramp. I looked through our pictures from that trip and it is down right depressing! I don't imagine you can even get into Gregg Basin now can you?

JohnnyMarlin · **Posted:** Sun Jul 20, 2014 2:47 pm

That is very sad lake Mead used to be wicked beautiful...........This is why I boat in the pacific ocean...........Water levels have never been higher!

ric · **Posted:** Sun Jul 20, 2014 3:44 pm

I remember going to the Dam back in 2008 and they were already complaining the water was low

GottWhat · **Posted:** Mon Jul 21, 2014 10:08 am

I lived in Vegas for a 2+ years before moving in 2007. It is amazing how many people are irresponsible with water there even though they live in the desert. Not just Vegas, but everyone that sucks water from the Colorado River.

Taxus812 · **Joined:** Mon Jul 29, 2013 3:34 pm **Posts:** 46

geesh my 240 Acer lake is starting to look much bigger now

This is absolutely fascinating me. I had no clue this was happening (seeing i'm in CT .... )

Cap'n Morgan · **Posted:** Mon Jul 28, 2014 11:07 am

The future does not look very promising for Lake Mead.

Quote:

In a two-year forecast released earlier this month by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, which manages Lake Mead, the lake is expected to drop another 20 feet into record territory by summer 2016. Well before then, perhaps as soon as next April, downstream water rationing will kick in

Jdpber · **Posted:** Mon Jul 28, 2014 11:22 am

Damn that sucks. new salt flats.......

Time to put your house on the market and move to deeper water.. i hit a 184' hole on Saturday while exploring a new section of the lake...

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Lake Mead 2014...trouble.

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