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[Holdmybeer]

We have been getting hammered in CO this summer with rain, and its looking to be a wet winter. Not being a downer at all, it is what it is; Powell has always been "Dangerously Low" but this is a new level for sure. It doesn't phase me as much though being that I am AZ born and raised, heard it all my life...

hopefully we get a ton of precipitation between now and then

I'm with you. I have family in CO and Southern Cali. Both have been dealing with water "issues" from the on-goin drought for years.

Here in Ohio we have a couple months that might be "dry" but that happens right in the middle of the summer (i.e. right now), so perfect for boating season. It just kills me seeing the photos. Never boated those lakes, but been to Mead and the dam a few times and cannot believe the low level.

[RC_Hinojosa]

I'm with you. I have family in CO and Southern Cali. Both have been dealing with water "issues" from the on-goin drought for years.

Here in Ohio we have a couple months that might be "dry" but that happens right in the middle of the summer (i.e. right now), so perfect for boating season. It just kills me seeing the photos. Never boated those lakes, but been to Mead and the dam a few times and cannot believe the low level.

Us Texan's live in that perfect Venn diagram nestled right between 'Moses flooding' & 'inner circle of Hades'...

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[Holdmybeer]

Us Texan's live in that perfect Venn diagram nestled right between 'Moses flooding' & 'inner circle of Hades'...

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Yeah, my friends in San Antonio always say its that dry heat. Houston has all the humidity.....lol

I would love to have a longer boating season for sure, but I would be the dumb northerner on the lake surfing on Thanksgiving weekend for the first couple years until I adjusted.

[2in2out]

Us Texan's live in that perfect Venn diagram nestled right between 'Moses flooding' & 'inner circle of Hades'...

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Been in Austin the last couple of days, and the weather here has been questionable for boating.

Last time we lived there it rained almost everyday during the summer, and our yard flooded once a week, and pool overflowed.

Since I am leaving the Sierra Nevada’s it should snow nicely this year. I bought a ski pass last year, and the year before, so I own the drought.

With our move to Round Rock prepare for Flood or fire. I tend to have the center of said Venn over my head.


Currently boatless

[RC_Hinojosa]

Yeah, my friends in San Antonio always say its that dry heat. Houston has all the humidity.....lol

I would love to have a longer boating season for sure, but I would be the dumb northerner on the lake surfing on Thanksgiving weekend for the first couple years until I adjusted.

No shade thrown for surfing past Thanksgiving...mainly respect since most of us are sissies, used to bath tub temps and stop when thin wetsuits are needed

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[Holdmybeer]

No shade thrown for surfing past Thanksgiving...mainly respect since most of us are sissies, used to bath tub temps and stop when thin wetsuits are needed

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Yeah...coldest I ever made it was Memorial day weekend ~15yrs ago.....Air temp - 92 (rarity for that early) but water temp - 62.....don't own wetsuits so we just tried not to eat it.....I'm older now and that would be a big HELLA NAH anymore.

[Zog]

Looking at your sig I see you have a houseboat on Powell, do you ever rent it out during the summer months? We are from AZ but we PCS'd to CO last year and I want to take a week or so trip to Powell and rent a house boat mid/end of June next year.

Private owners renting boats gets you kicked off the lake, losing your slip, and blackballing your boat from even launching for 20 years. You have to go through Aramark for all rentals. I would suggest reserving early, since they disappear quickly.

[daltong]

I'm with you. I have family in CO and Southern Cali. Both have been dealing with water "issues" from the on-goin drought for years.

Here in Ohio we have a couple months that might be "dry" but that happens right in the middle of the summer (i.e. right now), so perfect for boating season. It just kills me seeing the photos. Never boated those lakes, but been to Mead and the dam a few times and cannot believe the low level.

Lake mead, Rosevelt, canyon, saguaro have been low my entire life so I guess I'm just numb to it lol. Not THIS low but still low, eb and flows; the levels will raise in a season or two.

[daltong]

Private owners renting boats gets you kicked off the lake, losing your slip, and blackballing your boat from even launching for 20 years. You have to go through Aramark for all rentals. I would suggest reserving early, since they disappear quickly.

Wow I had no idea, that's wild.

[HFarr]

Just came across this. I didn't realize the lakes were that crazy low. All blame seems to be on snowfall. I would also question WHERE all the water is going. Any wasteful outflows add up over time. Sort of like the slow leak that nobody thinks is bad until you look at how much water it has put out over time.

https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gal...ir/5510020001/

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