There's a few perks to it too though

The menstrual cycle changes among Hassidic Jewish women was something as well.

Name thirty-seven.

Les Grobstein's huge hog is proof that God has a sense of humor, isn't it?

I heard he makes one hell of a Guisado de Res too.

Last week, Lake Mead, which sits on the border of Nevada and Arizona, set a new record low—the first time since the construction of the Hoover Dam in the 1930s that the lake’s surface has dipped below 1,080 feet above sea level. The West’s drought is so bad that official plans for water rationing have now begun—with Arizona’s farmers first on the chopping block. Yes, despite the drought’s epicenter in California, it’s Arizona that will bear the brunt of the West’s epic dry spell.

The huge Lake Mead—which used to be the nation’s largest reservoir—serves as the main water storage facility on the Colorado River. Amid one of the worst droughts in millennia, record lows at Lake Mead are becoming an annual event—last year’s low was 7 feet higher than this year’s expected June nadir, 1,073 feet.

If, come Jan. 1, Lake Mead’s level is below 1,075 feet, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, which manages the river, will declare an official shortage for the first time ever—setting into motion a series of already agreed-upon mandatory cuts in water outlays, primarily to Arizona. (Nevada and Mexico will also receive smaller cuts.) The latest forecasts give a 33 percent chance of this happening. There’s a greater than 75 percent chance of the same scenario on Jan. 1, 2017. Barring a sudden unexpected end to the drought, official shortage conditions are likely for the indefinite future.

According to Dan Bunk of the Bureau of Reclamation’s Colorado River operations office, the current projections, factoring in both the ongoing drought and the systemic overallocation, are “almost guaranteeing a shortage in 2017.” Engineers are already installing new hydropower electricity-generating equipment at Lake Mead to prepare for the contingency of the lake reaching so-called “dead pool” levels—below which the Colorado River will no longer be able to spin Hoover’s power-generating turbines. A new intake from Lake Mead to Las Vegas will come online later this year, allowing the city to essentially suck the lake dry, all the way down to the last drop.

Among the other options officially on the table in the state of Arizona: desalination and cloud seeding.

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

Phoenix is Atlanta's equally soulless but slightly lighter toned twin brother

Arizona doesn't even have the (incredibly expensive) option of desalinization.

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

There is a reason the vast majority of the American population put up with garbage weather for most of this countries' existence:



Arizona doesn't even have the (incredibly expensive) option of desalinization. Its over, good bye forever shit state.

Gonna say I have spent more time in the state than the combined time of the critics ....got no problem with the fine people of Phoenixdale area. couldnt be nicer. Even the grumpy old Cowboys are good people once they put their guns down.

So we built a pipeline for oil....so....that was 1000 miles? OK

Run one from the Mississippi River into the Co river...or from WA to CA? And NV and AZ would be fine.

Dont think any REAL solutions have been enacted, only BS ones like...dont water your lawn...or dont flush....How about....no growing hay to ship to China?

Lake Michigan sitting at historic high levels.

The next civil war will be the Great Lakes states breaking away to form its own country.

That may be true currently but I recall Lake Michigan being at an historic low just a couple of years ago. It's a tenuous situation at best.

Big fan of the Phoenix area myself Biggie, would love to be able spend more time out there.

You know who else spends lots of time in AZ? Larry. We should ask him for solutions.

Going tomorrow, will be live from Scottsdale for the week.

FYI, GREAT Hotel Rates this time of the year. Maybe I will post some pics for everyone...with a HI HAWGER sign...

I got room for you until Friday. Then I gotta boot ya.

Ah, that's when Sir Larry cums on by to read comics with you?

Dont think any REAL solutions have been enacted, only BS ones like...dont water your lawn...or dont flush....How about....no growing hay to ship to China?

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

The real solution is not to live in a desert.

Ah, that's when Sir Larry cums on by to read comics with you?