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Title: Lake Mead Water Level Mysteriously Plunges After Nevada Quake
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Zero Hedge Fund
URL Source: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015- ... sly-plunges-after-nevada-quake
Published: May 24, 2015
Author: Tyler Durden
Post Date: 2015-05-24 23:20:23 by A K A Stone
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Views: 1494
Comments: 4
A 4.8 magnitude earthquake (originally reported 5.4) shook Las Vegas and surrounding areas Friday morning causing roads and bridges to be closed. The quake went little-reported outside of local news (since there was at first glance minimum damage caused) but, since the quake's occurrence, something considerably more worrisome has occurred. In the 36 hours since the quake's occurrence, water levels at Lake Mead have plunged precipitously. While we know correlation is not causation, the 'coincidence' of an extreme loss in water levels occurring in the aftermath of one of the largest quakes in recent Vegas history does raise a suspicious eyebrow - especially when there has been no official word on the precipitous decline. The earthquake hit mid-morning on Friday: A 4.8 magnitude earthquake shook Las Vegas and surrounding areas Friday morning, forcing loose a rubber casing on a bridge and leading state officials to close Spaghetti Bowl interchanges for several hours. After the Nevada Department of Transportation inspected bridges for possible structural damage, they deemed the roads safe for travel and reopened them just before 5 p.m. Traffic had backed up for miles during the closures, which came at the start of the Memorial Day weekend. The quake, which hit at 11:47 a.m., was centered about 23 miles south- southwest of Caliente, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The magnitude was originally reported as 5.4, but the official number was lowered twice Friday. The ramp from southbound U.S. Highway 95 to southbound Interstate 15 was closed about 12:20 p.m. Friday, officials said. “The joint damage was pre-existing. The tremblor simply dislodged the protective rubber encasing the bridge seam making it look much worse than it was in reality” and prompting an immediate shutdown of the ramps, NDOT engineer Mary Martini said in a news release about 3:45 p.m. Since then, official water level data shows an incredible 8 foot plunge in water levels since the earthquake. considering the (average drop in the last 10 years is 1 inch, this is a troubling outlier.
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In a two-year forecast (PDF) released earlier this month by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, which manages Lake Mead, the lake is expected to drop another 20 feet into record territory by summer 2016. http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2014/07/lake_mead_before _and_after_colorado_river_basin_losing_water_at_shocking.html I wonder why the article wsays only 1 inch per year.
It sounds like the quake put a crack in the lake's bottom.
The one inch is just hanging there, there is no time frame support to it. Pretty bad reporting.
Either Area 51 or fracking is to blame just wait and see.
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#2. To: A K A Stone (#0)
#3. To: A K A Stone (#1)
I wonder why the article wsays only 1 inch per year.
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