No Lake Mead...No Las Vegas

The media is really picking up on this '500 year' drought that may end up decimating us all.

Today we have a report from Lake Mead, which was made by the Hoover Dam.

It's dozens of feet lower than normal and they expect it could go down by another 20 feet this year!

Even now, Nevada is boring another giant intake tunnel in an attempt to tap into the lower lake levels.  They hope to get it done soon to replace the current intake tunnel that will be ABOVE THE WATER LINE later this year.

Of course we all know that Las Vegas PROUDLY calls itself "Sin City".  It's a city that has made its living on advertising open sin...and all who come are welcome to partake in it!  Furthermore, "what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas!" has been their advertising campaign.

Sadly mankind has chosen to forget that God sees all of our deeds and misdeeds....even when we fly to another city to commit our sins that we hope to keep private.

LAKE MEAD, Nev. - When you head out on Nevada's Lake Mead, the first thing you notice is a white line. That's where the water used to be. 

What did this look like a decade ago? 

"This was all underwater," said Pat Mulroy, the general manager of the Southern Nevada Water Authority. "I mean boats were everywhere. There was a whole marina here." 

Mulroy said that the drought began 14 years ago. Satellite photos show the Colorado River, which feeds Lake Mead, is drying up -- so the lake is rapidly shrinking. Islands are growing, and boats are floating far from where they once were.  

 "It's a pretty critical point," Mulroy said. "The rate at which our weather patterns are changing is so dramatic that our ability to adapt to it is really crippled." 

Lake Mead was created by the Hoover Dam in 1935. It provides water for 20 million people in southern Nevada, southern California and Arizona. Since 2000, the lake has lost 4 trillion gallons of water.  

"We're really scrambling to make sure that this intake is done in time before we lose our first intake," said J.C. Davis, the project's spokesperson. "Without Lake Mead, there would be no Las Vegas."  

Despite its wasteful reputation, Las Vegas actually reuses 93 percent of its water. It's paid homeowners $200 million to rip up their thirsty lawns. The city added 400,000 people last decade but cut its water use by 33 percent.

 "All of us are in it together, and all of us are either going to survive this or all of us are going to feel the consequences," Mulroy said. 

Here;  http://www.cbsnews.com/news/lake-mead-is-shrinking-and-with-it-las-vegas-water-supply/

Hmmmm.....without Lake mead there would be NO Las Vegas....

We will just have to watch and see if the lack of rain is what ultimately turns this city of ill repute into a dust-bowl.

Remember how Las Vegas was the FASTEST GROWING CITY in the USA during the real estate run up??  People were snapping up houses faster than they could build them and speculating they were going to double every 2-3 years!!

How foolish mankind is.  

If the water goes dry and the Sin City starts to implode...how much do you think your house is going to be worth in the suburbs of Las Vegas?

When the water runs out you won't be able to GIVE AWAY the massive hotels and casinos.