SUMMIT COUNTY — Water levels in the Colorado River could shrink by 40 to 50 percent in the next half-century, with almost unimaginable consequences for the arid Western states that rely on its water, according to some scenarios outlined by the International Panel on Climate Change.
The bike trail in Glenwood Canyon got washed out this year by record water levels that lasted for over six weeks.
Didn’t it already shrink by 50%……and rebound…. and shrink……and rebound again
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Uh oh, shrinkage.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cUNNKzj_Nc
“…according to some scenarios outlined by the International Panel on Climate Change.”
What do the other sceanrios say?
They are all worse than the optimistic one presented
“Or not!”
That’s the definitive answer to all of these eco-disaster reports.
“Water levels in the Colorado River could shrink by 40 to 50 percent in the next half-century” – – or not!!!
I just drove to Grand Junction from Boulder last weekend, and the bike path through Glenwood Canyon is still – – – still blocked by high water and muck.
Streams all across Colorado are running at very high discharge rates, and much of the back country is still unaccessible by vehicle because of mud, wash-outs, and the like.
So Bob Berwyn, grab a bucket and bail with the rest of us. You twit.
Water levels in the next four months could shrink by 10 to 80% according to numbers I just pulled out of my Smarter-than-Bob-Berwyn-hole.
Oh, what a load of horse-crap. These people don’t even have imaginations! What if a giant, 30,000,000 year old Boeing 707 crashes into a volcano and The Dillion Reservoir becomes the haunting place of an ancient, evil ghost? Isn’t that worse than an artificial lake drying up?
What if an asteroid mashes into Denver and Obama can’t hold a fund-raiser there? Can you imagine the horror of Obama having to do without $20,000 or $30,000 in campaign funds next year? Surely the racism implicit in Our First Black President (Who Is Black, In Case You Hadn’t Noticed, You Racist Pig) being denied tens of thousands of his own, hard-earned dollars is far muchly worser than some silly pond.
Get a grip, Colorado! These are (potentially) end times we’re living in. Stop driving and donate to worthy causes (Obama 2012!).