re: Water level in Lake Mead, largest reservoir in the US, drops 150 ft in 14 years

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Evaporation

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Yeah, no shite. But what I'm asking here is the water vapor enters into the atmosphere. Clouds and rain ensue.

It's raining somewhere, right? Where?

Anyone else catch that it's the worst since 1930's when they were filling it? So was the drought in the 1930's worse than it is now?

I saw this recently in person. I didn't recognize that it was at such a low point. What seemed like a much more fragile ecosystem on the verge of collapse was Lake Walker, just a few hundred miles north of here. Its basin is clearly demarcated and declining of the last few decades. Partially due to drout, partially from upstream damming, but the resultant decline of lake depth, increasing salinity, and recent loss of a freshwater fishery was fairly astounding to see in person.

This is not very scientific, but watch the first Superman with Christopher Reeves. They have a few scenes with Jimmy taking pictures standing on top of the Hoover Dam. The ring is present in 1978 when the movie was filmed. The ring is larger today than 37 years ago, but not by much.

During the mid seventies, the nightly news would report on the thermal winters. Today we are warned about global warming.

It's gonna take a lot of Comet to scrub that out.

All the lakes around Dallas have gotten filled right on up this spring.

This is the remnants of a town that used to be covered by Lake Mead. Now it's completely visible due to how much the water has receded.

St. Thomas, NV

Nothing you said is true.

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The ring is present in 1978 when the movie was filmed

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Saw the movie Viva Las Vegas recently, which was filmed in the mid 60's. There's a very noticeable ring then too.