Tens of Millions of Americans Live in a Desert

 We love going to Arizona in February when it’s cold in Minnesota.  While there we swim in the pool, shower, flush toilets and enjoy the green grass of the golf courses all around.  Millions of other Americans like it so much that they have built houses and moved there.  Here’s the big problem with that;  the entire area is a desert.  And when the desert has a drought that doesn’t change the fact that people still want to swim and flush their toilets.  What would happen to America if millions couldn’t flush their toilets anymore?  There houses would become instantly worthless and they would be forced to relocate. Hmmm....that would be disruptive.

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Tanya Trujillo, the Interior's assistant secretary, warned if Lake Powell drops below 3,490 feet (1,063 meters), it will produce electrical grid uncertainty for the western part of the US, potentially affecting up to five million customers across Arizona, Colorado, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming.  

"We're in crisis management, and health and human safety issues, including production of hydropower, are taking precedence," said Jack Schmidt, director of the Center for Colorado River Studies at Utah State University. 

The record low water level also comes as researchers have found the US West has been experiencing some of the driest conditions in more than 1,200 years. 

Over the decade, drought conditions have worsened. Several major Californian reservoirs have dried up, forcing people to evacuate their boats and causing hydroelectric plants to shutter due to insufficient water supplies to spin turbines. 

Reservoirs across California are well below their historical averages (as of Apr. 14). 

https://www.zerohedge.com/weather/feds-weigh-emergency-actions-lake-powell-hits-historic-low