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From: Wester Potter <wester6935@comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 06:44:12 -0600
Just what we DIDN'T need on the salt.

http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/1%2C1249%2C600137936%2C00.html

Tooele (Two-willa) is the County Seat for Tooele County ... the salt 
flats are in Tooele County and the racers pay permit fees to the 
County.  There's 85 miles of desert and mountains between the salt 
flats and Tooele City but we had a dump of rain from Sunday evening to 
Monday afternoon over the whole area.  The wide area along I-80 was the 
hardest hit.  Draper, a city between Salt Lake and Provo received over 
2" of rain, many other reporting areas received at least an inch.  
Snowbird ski area (up Little Cottonwood canyon east of Draper) shut 
down their lifts because they couldn't keep up with necessary grooming 
of the new snow it hit so hard and fast.  They are only operating on 
weekends between now and July 4th.  (Think about it ... lift served 
skiing on the 4th of July!)  I think the drought of the last six-seven 
years is over.

The Great Salt Lake is experiencing the third greatest rise in depth 
that has ever been recorded according to my friend Dr. Wally Gwynn,  
who is an expert on the lake.  Since last December the lake has risen 
over three feet in depth and now we are in the middle of the spring 
runoff season from snow melt.   Much of the runoff ends up in the Great 
Salt Lake or the Colorado River.  Lake Powell, which is in that 
Colorado River drainage, is up over 21 feet so far.  That may mean you 
people in Southern California will be able to flush this year.  Arizona 
will apparently benefit the most because of water rights but Lake Mead 
should start to fill up too.  River rafting permits between Powell and 
Mead are being cancelled because of the high water and people who have 
planned those raft trips for a year or more are angry.

Wes






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