sad news, Allan On Wed, Dec 2, 2020 at 8:22 AM allan ainsworth via groups.io <allanain= [email protected]> wrote:
> > *OBITUARY FOR GREAT SALT LAKE: EVEN LAKES ARE NOT IMMORTAL.* > BY *STAFF* <https://catalystmagazine.net/author/staff/> | NOVEMBER 30, > 2020 > > Great Salt Lake experienced her final glimmering sunset today, succumbing > to a long struggle with chronic diversions exacerbated by climate change. > She was born 13,000 years ago to Lake Bonneville, who occupied the basin > previously, and the Holocene Epoch, who melted ice and evaporated water. > Her dusty remains will be scattered across the Salt Lake Valley for > millennia— we will be constantly reminded of her passing by our air quality > monitors. > She was preceded in death by her cousin, Owens Lake, who lived in > California. She is survived by Mono Lake, also of California, whose family > took legal action using the public trust doctrine to revive her when she > was on life support. > During her life, Great Salt Lake underwent many surgeries and amputations. > She suffered blockages in her circulatory system, most significantly a > transverse incision by a rail causeway, which restricted the flow of her > fluids. > Although it was common for her to expand and shrink her girth, the last 50 > years of her life were especially tumultuous in this regard. When she was > at her largest in the 1980s, the State of Utah insisted that she diet with > intervention to protect her human neighbors from flooding. > Ultimately, the thirst of a rapidly growing population upstream, which > prevented her from refilling, caused a severe reduction in her size. As > water was withheld, she began wasting away. Projects such as an inland > port, development of Bear River (the lake’s largest tributary), relocating > the state prison and construction of a non-essential landfill put much > strain on her. In her frail state, she was exposed to the planet’s warming > temperatures and local drought conditions. The combination of terminal > dehydration and high fever caused her eventual demise. > > . . . > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#4110): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/4110 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/78661909/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
