Dry Town, Dry Future

By Zach Wise
Thu, Mar 6, 2008 (2 a.m.)
For 60 years, the town of St. Thomas lay beneath the waters of Lake Mead. In 2002, St. Thomas re-emerged from the shrinking lake and scientists don't expect the site to ever be under water again. St. Thomas's appearance offers further evidence of the Southwest's critical water problem. Lake Mead is one of the largest reservoirs in the world and one of the most important water sources in the western United States, however, over the past few years scarce rain and snow amounts have lowered the lake's water levels significantly. According to researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, there is a 50 percent chance Lake Mead will be dry by 2021 if climate changes continue as expected and future water usage is not curtailed.

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[CosmicAdventures]

I just went there with my mom to walk around. Great video and insight!

[GeetarsRcool]

that was my great grandma (Verna Heller) talking on there about the water coming all at once. I grew up there, in Overton, NV and have heard and read stories all my life about st. thomas. I think its creepy, and very sad that it all went under.

[orojas34]

Enjoyed this video so much that it felt like it was way too short.

[cruxanrum]

las vegas is a doomed city just like new orleans they should never have let so much development in the middle of a desert gas prices are only going to go up peak oil is here and when it becomes to expensive to drive or fly to vegas the casinos will start to go under in the not so distant future they have been wasting water there for a long time now but that will change when mead starts to realy dry up whats next pump water from the great lakes to fill lake mead they should start right now

[linustheferret]

We were just there with our Dogs and I made a little video clip of it. That is how I found this one and it was so neat to see this clip