re: #40 teleskiguy

Sadly, this is true. I visited the dam in 2016, and it was depressing seeing that enormous bathtub ring around the lake. They might not *ever* open the penstocks again.

Some pictures I took.

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With the growth of the Vegas metro area, it was probably inevitable. I have an aunt and uncle that live out there and they used to have a boat at Mead. I remember going in the 90s and then again in the mid-aughts and you could already see the drop in water levels. Can’t imagine it’s got much better since.