Im lost without the PW thread!!!!

[dingleberry]

That's what makes the lake so great, it's got to be at least as big as mead but with much much less traffic.

Everything is bigger in Texas, right?

Lake Mead = 158,000 acres

Lake Amistad = 65,000 acres

Still a nice, big lake. But not exactly as big as Mead.

[skyski_tige]

Everything is bigger in Texas, right?

Lake Mead = 158,000 acres

Lake Amistad = 65,000 acres

Still a nice, big lake. But not exactly as big as Mead.

If it is 15 feet down... Is that still 158,000 acres?

[dingleberry]

If it is 15 feet down... Is that still 158,000 acres?

No, but we'll count it anyway. And Mead isn't down 15 feet. It's down 125 feet

Anyway...at full pool:
Amistad = 5.66 million acre*feet
Mead = 28.5 million acre*feet

[skyski_tige]

Then I would say they are about the same size NOW

[Iwndr]

Reduce benefits. Good luck with that.

The other thing they should do is start charging first class postage rates for bulk mailers. That would either greatly increase their revenue, or reduce the amount of junk mail that marketers send. Seems like a win/win to me. (Of course, I wouldn't feel that way if I had a business that used bulk mail )

I used to take the pre paid envelopes you get with the junk mail load them up with trash so they would have to pay extra postage and mail them back to them

[Iwndr]

No, but we'll count it anyway. And Mead isn't down 15 feet. It's down 125 feet

Anyway...at full pool:
Amistad = 5.66 million acre*feet
Mead = 28.5 million acre*feet

That Means Ft. Peck is bigger than Mead and Amistad Now

[skyski_tige]

I used to take the pre paid envelopes you get with the junk mail load them up with trash so they would have to pay extra postage and mail them back to them

I sent 5 - > 25 cent checks to the Bill Clinton legal fund(back in the Monica days). I heard it cost $3.50 to process each check. Sadly... none of my checks were cashed.

[Iwndr]

The sizes of artificial lakes is measured by volume, and in the United States this is typically measured in acre-feet. The values reported here are for the "normal" volume for which the lake was designed. Of course, variations in climate will cause lakes to fluctuate over time, sometimes being larger or smaller than reported here.

1. Lake Mead (Arizona and Nevada) — 28.5 million acre-feet in volume

2. Lake Powell (Arizona and Utah) — 24.3 million acre-feet in volume

3. Lake Sakakawea (North Dakota) — 23.8 million acre-feet in volume

4. Lake Oahe (South Dakota) — 23.5 million acre-feet in volume

5. Fort Peck Lake (Montana) — 17.9 million acre-feet in volume

(An acre-foot is the amount of water required to cover one acre of ground to a depth of one foot. It is 325,851 gallons, or 1,233,500 liters.)

[dingleberry]

Then I would say they are about the same size NOW

Looks to me like Mead is about 38 percent of capacity. So...still larger.

[Iwndr]

I sent 5 - > 25 cent checks to the Bill Clinton legal fund(back in the Monica days). I heard it cost $3.50 to process each check. Sadly... none of my checks were cashed.

I like that

[skyski_tige]

Looks to me like Mead is about 38 percent of capacity. So...still larger.

Yeah but can you run across the Mexican drug cartel on Mead?

[Iwndr]

Sky has a point there

[chpthril]

Looks to me like Mead is about 38 percent of capacity. So...still larger.

That's actually not too bad, providing it doesn't continue to drop.

[Iwndr]

Drop a post

[Iwndr]

Conference call #3 is over