Today I Learned

captainhook455 · 08-29-2018, 07:55 AM

Whats that built down there on the side of the lake?

glatt · 08-29-2018, 11:45 AM

Water level gauges. There is massive agricultural activity nearby and there have been numerous lawsuits and regulations regarding how much water the agriculture (in freakin Death Valley of all places) can pump out of the underground aquifer. So the National Park Service measures the water level so they know when the agriculture is pumping more water than they are supposed to be.

Don't get me starting with the fools in the desert Southwest pumping the water out of the ground faster than it can be replenished. Me, me, me, and screw the future generations.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-29-2018, 12:23 PM

It balances out, they pump out the water, the land subsides, the water is still the same distance down... until it runs out.

Griff · 08-30-2018, 10:50 AM

A couple days ago I learned that the Hopi traveled all the way up to the Canadian Rockies and left some pictographs.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-30-2018, 11:40 AM

Cool, I wonder how they know it was Hopi and not their cousins in the north.

Griff · 08-30-2018, 01:08 PM

I'm going to start digging on that because the Hopi identification is recent. Unfortunately, people seem unable to keep their hands off the pictographs because they are in a reasonably easy canyon to access. I assume earlier photos are more revealing.

glatt · 08-30-2018, 01:17 PM

99.9999% of visitors can be respectful and leave no trace, but it only takes one idiot in a million to ruin it for everyone forever.

08-29-2018, 12:23 PM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	It balances out, they pump out the water, the land subsides, the water is still the same distance down... until it runs out. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-30-2018, 10:50 AM	#4
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	A couple days ago I learned that the Hopi traveled all the way up to the Canadian Rockies and left some pictographs. Attached Images __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

08-30-2018, 11:40 AM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Cool, I wonder how they know it was Hopi and not their cousins in the north. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-30-2018, 01:08 PM	#6
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I'm going to start digging on that because the Hopi identification is recent. Unfortunately, people seem unable to keep their hands off the pictographs because they are in a reasonably easy canyon to access. I assume earlier photos are more revealing. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

08-29-2018, 07:55 AM	#1
captainhook455 Rapscallion Join Date: Aug 2016 Posts: 1,357	Whats that built down there on the side of the lake?

08-29-2018, 11:45 AM	#2
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Water level gauges. There is massive agricultural activity nearby and there have been numerous lawsuits and regulations regarding how much water the agriculture (in freakin Death Valley of all places) can pump out of the underground aquifer. So the National Park Service measures the water level so they know when the agriculture is pumping more water than they are supposed to be. Don't get me starting with the fools in the desert Southwest pumping the water out of the ground faster than it can be replenished. Me, me, me, and screw the future generations.

08-30-2018, 01:17 PM	#7
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	99.9999% of visitors can be respectful and leave no trace, but it only takes one idiot in a million to ruin it for everyone forever.

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