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OnlinePoker

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4. They've only had 81% of normal precipitation for the year (as it has been for many of the past decade)

Reply to usaf-vet (Reply #2)

Sun Feb 8, 2026, 02:29 PM

20 hrs ago

The snowpack is also really low at 54% of normal so the runoff this spring is going to be abysmal. They're also required to release a certain amount of water annually under the Colorado River Compact which was signed at a time the precipitation levels were much higher in 1922. Now, nobody downstream is willing to give up their "rights" to the water so they just keep releasing it.

https://lakepowell.water-data.com/

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