I dont think there is a sadder person in the history of the CFI forum than In The Darkness , living in his moms basement
Case in point, though the username did clue me in.
Closed case indeed. Basements are thing with incels
Please, these attacks on people participating here are mean and useless. Would you abstain ?
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Thousands of comments on federal water plan
KJZZ | By Natalie Ogami/Cronkite News
Published March 29, 2026 at 12:37 PM MST
The Bureau of Reclamation has been flooded with comments on its plan for dividing the Colorado River’s dwindling supply of water — over 18,000 from the states, cities, tribal nations, industry groups and others that rely on it.
Few are happy about the plan. Most are very unhappy.
“The Colorado River reservoir system cannot be stabilized simply by reallocating scarcity,” The Nature Conservancy, Environmental Defense Fund and other groups wrote in one comment, criticizing the plan for focusing on emergency measures rather than conservation and planning.
Arizona and six other states that rely on the river missed deadlines in November and February to find agreement on their own.
Under the Draft Environmental Impact Statement issued in January, the federal government will impose sharp cuts to many users if the states fail to reach a deal by October divvying up the river.
Mandatory cuts would fall most heavily on Arizona under each of five options in the plan, with cuts ranging as high as 58% for Arizona and 46% for Nevada. Upper Basin states would largely avoid mandatory cuts in their share of river water because, unlike downstream states, they don’t rely on releases from reservoirs.
Lower Basin states – Arizona, in particular – argue that the federal plan fails to take into account previous voluntary cuts they have made, while leaving upstream states unscathed.
“The Draft EIS fails to contemplate any water use reductions in the Upper Basin, and in fact assumes that the Upper Basin water uses will increase,” Thomas Buschatzke, director of the Arizona Department of Water Resources, wrote in a comment on file with the bureau. “As a result, the effects of the proposed alternatives fall disproportionately on the Lower Basin.”
But Upper Basin states – Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming – also oppose the plan, saying it ignores impacts of releasing water stored in their part of the basin and the fact that in times of drought, they already face scarcity from diminishing snowpack. …
Interesting bit on predicting floods in Southern MN. The AI is custom built, not off-the-shelf ChatGPT, and needs human wisdom to make it work.
There are gaps in Minnesota’s flood forecast network. Could AI help? | MPR News
…However, the National Weather Service only issues flood forecasts for about a third of those locations. And many communities have no river gauges, which means there are many places all around the state without a localized flood forecast.
Those forecasts are critical, answering questions such as: How high to build walls of sandbags to protect homes? Which neighborhoods might need to be evacuated? Or even simply, where is a safe place to go fishing? …
“These artificial intelligence models can give you a better model accuracy score than physics-based models that are specifically calibrated to river basins,” said Zac McEachran, a research hydrologist at the University of Minnesota Climate Adaptation Partnership who developed the model.
There’s a lot we can do, when we have the will to do it.
Although there are bigger problems than short falls in observational abilities, such as missing snow and water.
Last week we had a day of good rain fall, nearly two inches, but spread out, instead of a damaging torrential downfall. Next week they forecast another couple days of rain, life saving rain. Still the nice easy days are nearing their end. We had 50 years of communicating
What can we do ? Why do you target at the individual
Level ?
This question is often rhetorical, indicating we can’t do anything. Who “we” refers to is critical. Collectively, we can do a lot, but you need the catalyst of a few to get the many going. We obviously can’t wait around for rich people to do anything. There is a power struggle in government going on, that could open up possibilities for people getting power back.
So, what are you asking?