PHOTOS: Drought shows Lake Mead boat graveyard

Post by **WB Staff** » Tue Jul 12, 2022 1:25 am

PHOTOS: Withering drought shows Lake Mead boat graveyard

An abandoned old power boat juts upright from the cracked mud like a giant tombstone. Its epitaph might read: Here lay the waters of Lake Mead.

The largest U.S. reservoir has shrunken to a record low amid a punishing drought and the demands of 40 million people in seven states who are sucking the Colorado River dry. The megadrought in the U.S. West has been worsened by climate change. Wildfire season has become longer and blazes more intense, scorching temperatures have broken records and lakes are shriveling.
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birdman920 · Post by **birdman920** » Wed Jul 13, 2022 9:30 pm

I personally know of a few bass boats on the bottom !

hydro · Post by **hydro** » Sun Jul 17, 2022 6:42 pm

Amazing volunteer rescue of houseboat stranded on Lake Mead shoreline as water level continues to drop .

birdman920 · Post by **birdman920** » Sun Jul 17, 2022 8:48 pm

55 gal drums litter the shoreline, authorities say the mud is too soft to investigate ! probably dozens if not hundreds of bodies have been dumped in the lake over the years !