Vast African Lake Levels Dropping Fast

How about moving to renewable power such as solar. Also, replant the trees deforestd to improve catchment for the lake.

Instead of entertaining people so much with media, inform them of what is happening and how the threat can be averted by their efforts.

Before the big ice returns, there is always an accelerating heat up. We're heating up. Time to think of longevity of the species and utilize resources in a way more harmonious with nature. That's just a hope as people won't do it.

Isaiah 19:4,5 And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts. And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up.

speed buggy wrote:

Isaiah 19:4,5 And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts. And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up.

You got a point. How's the holiday season shaping for you Speed_Buggy?

So far so good though I as never much to celebrate holidays after leaving home so I just pass the time and catch some of my old favorite christmas shows on the tube. I like all the originals.

Love that Grinch and Scrooge and the Winter Warlock.

speed buggy wrote:

So far so good though I as never much to celebrate holidays after leaving home so I just pass the time and catch some of my old favorite christmas shows on the tube. I like all the originals.

Same here. I love the xmas stories and documentaries. I listen to the them on the TV also.

I too adore the Grinch and Ebenezer Scrooge movie but I have never heard of the Winter warlock one. What is that one about?

I'm to cook two dishes for the xmas dinner his time around. But mostly, I'll rest for work the next day, call distant relatives and such.

Yada wrote:

I have never heard of the Winter warlock one. What is that one about?

Yeah you have you just need a short refresher.

Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (1970)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066327/

I love this show and will watch it if I live to be 80.

Winter Warlock was nasty and caused a big problem for Kris Kringle, has his trees to attack him as he tried to get across the mountain. Warlock finally fell to pieces when Kris gave him a red choochoo train.

Remember now?

speed buggy wrote:

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Yeah you have you just need a short refresher.
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (1970)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066327/
I love this show and will watch it if I live to be 80.
Winter Warlock was nasty and caused a big problem for Kris Kringle, has his trees to attack him as he tried to get across the mountain. Warlock finally fell to pieces when Kris gave him a red choochoo train.
Remember now?

Well, I have to find that movie.

crackas

Yada wrote:

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Well, I have to find that movie.

You didn't say whether you remembered it or not.

Jinja high dam raised the lake above its original levels. I was there - and saw property flooded out. Uganda MUST share much of the "affliction"! Tunombe mola wenhe mbula ya kwigela.

mbogojaluma, are you saying that the lake is only receding to its original level?

Basically, yes. That doesn't make it any less of a problem. Since the very wet seasons of the late 50s/early 60, many farmers lost property by the raised lake levels. Now, they are going back to farm those properties which are reappearing.

Also, since freedom from England, many new or improved lake-side facilities (ports, bridges, houses) were built to the higher levels. Now, they are becoming stranded and isolated from the water by distance or, in the case of ports, you walk down a gangplank into a boat instead of up!!!

Thought you might find this helpful:

http://www.fragilecologies.com/sep09_04.html

About 50% of the decrease in the lake's size since the 1960s is attributed to human water use, with the remainder attributed to shifting climate patterns.

Lakes are dropping all over the world, not just in Africa. People have to become better stewards of the planet or we will die out.

Yada wrote:

Lakes are dropping all over the world, not just in Africa. People have to become better stewards of the planet or we will die out.

Yes. The Dead Sea was in the news the other day: people are drawing off water before it gets to the Dead Sea, and water is to be pumped from the south. Similarly the River Murray in South Australia has the same problem, farmers are pumping water out up stream such that the estuary is silting up. Of course they are having a very long drought. In Adelaide they will only be allowed very limited watering from 1st January, they are already limited to every other day. In China they are also pumping water north.

The problem is of course that there are too many of us, using too much water, and global warming is in the mix too.

I wonder where it will all end?

Don't forget dying rivers. Rivers are fed by mountain runoff, and the mountains are melting.

Really. You flood every year. Hmm. I have no idea if this is an effect of global warming, but it's possible.

Global warming will lead to some odd results. Water patterns will shift. Some areas will get more, some will get less. It will actually get colder in parts of the world that depend on warm ocean currents for their climate.

I'm interested in this, though. I'd like to know why your rivers flood every year.

Or do you mean coastline? With rising sea levels, this can be predicted.

This wikipedia link is a starter:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Phanerozoi...

It states that, if the ice caps melt, sea level will be ~80 meters higher than today. That would be the outside edge of geographical change due to global warming.

So, almost 250 feet higher than today. That would be a substantially different planet.

What we don't know is how rapid that would be.

I'm not sure that's relevant, however, because no matter how long it would take to lose that much land mass, it would be unacceptable to the human race. A mass extinction would be required in order to keep the species in balance with its habitat.

It would, of course, be a brutal time.