Comments on: Lake Powell

By: freespirt

freespirt — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:34:30 +0000

ya the only mistake in Glen Canyon is they didn’t finish their plans to place a lake in canyonlands and the grand canyon. The views would be SPETACULAR from a powerboat afloat on “The Grand Canyon reservior”

By: JMichael

JMichael — Tue, 20 May 2008 13:56:12 +0000

The lake DID NOT dry up, it wasn’t global warming, It wasn’t affected by the grassy knoll.

All the water went to SoCal, it was let out of the Resevoir by the people who built it, and let the water out. When they turn the spigot off, the lake will fill back up, especially this year, with the record late snowfalls.

Although the concept of no water for SoCal intrigues me, I think the majority of people who get their energy and water from from LP would disagree.

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 23:03:48 +0000

It looks to me Eraser, that that stuff about the Lake drying up is pretty serious :-/

By: Eraser

Eraser — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 14:14:53 +0000

Is it me or has the swirl dried up?

By: Graeme

Graeme — Mon, 29 May 2006 20:28:20 +0000

global warming, MY FOOT!!!

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 16 May 2006 23:39:24 +0000

…not to mention destroying the ecosystem of the Grand Canyon, a world treasure.

Before it was flooded, many considered Glen Canyon (ie, Lake Powell minus water) to be one of the most spectacular canyons in the country and deserving of its own place alongside the Grand Canyon.

With the effects of global warming and the current prolonged drought, maybe we will see the end to Glen Canyon Dam (which is also filling up with silt).

By: Chris W

Chris W — Mon, 15 May 2006 05:43:37 +0000

Following up Tim’s comment, National Geographic ran an article last month on how Lake Powell is shrinking due to the current drought. You can find part of the article here: http://www9.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0604/feature3/index.html

Spurred on by the drought, apparently there’s a significant number of people who are campaigning for the reservoir to be completely drained and returned to its natural state, with maybe a new underground reservoir being built elsewhere.

By: Graeme

Graeme — Sun, 14 May 2006 16:46:53 +0000

Could that uh, swirl be infact a whirlpool? given the comment “not such a good thing” leads me to beleive it is a giant whirlpool.

By: Alex

Alex — Sat, 13 May 2006 19:38:32 +0000

Thanks Tim, I’ve edited the post for clarity.

By: Tim

Tim — Sat, 13 May 2006 19:32:08 +0000

‘Bout your last post- given the context, you must mean “…not such a good thing of course.” Which it isn’t. In fact, there’s been a drought in recent years that has exposed a bunch of beautiful canyons that the formation of Lake Powell flooded.