i'm embarrassed. when this drought started, there were rumblings about my local lakes closing their boat ramps.
my idiotic thought as a kayak fisherman, "sweet! i'll have the place to myself, and no more dangerous boat wakes!"
while true. i have been floating around some lakes unscathed by ballast loaded wake boats. (i had a wake boat guy pull up to me when i waved at him and he explained to me how they suck in water to make the boat heavy to make a GIANT wake - super interesting). boat launches are too dangerous for boats now. and lakes that are still accessable have been turned into lake-wide NO WAKE zones because of sunken debris dangers.
but this sucks!!! screw fishing. i read a report that the dam at LAKE MEAD is producing only 60% of the normal electricity because of the reduced head pressure. i worked on a tunnel,and when we finished, the crews went to lake mead to tunnel up into the bottom of LAKE MEAD to essentially install a drain to provide water to the insatiable VEGAS. nuts!!!
i've been thru a CA drought before where we peed on top of other peoples piss. this year seems worse and our reaction is much less. i still see people watering their lawns. the population is way bigger than our last drought in the late 90's (or early 20's?) i wonder if a dam weakens when it is allowed to "relax" a bit from lack of water pressure?
