Utah Governor Spencer Cox asked all the residents of the State of Utah to "pray for rain." Cox was being dead dang serious. 'Okay mysterious white sky guy, make it rain.' Cox did not ask Utah residents to be polite. Utah and the entire remainder of the American West are in a severe if not prolonged drought and have been for a number of years now. Cox seems to think that the drought will simply go away after making supplications to his white sky god. Planetary precipitation doesn't work that way. However Cox has never been one to let scientific fact and methodology stand in his very narrow cosmic view. Cox is sincere in his request to Utahns. And so there you have the powerpoint presentation of how Mormons approach damn troubling issues. The drought that is plaguing the American West is on an epic scale. Almost if not quite apocalyptic. Apocalyptic is a word that Cox might understand as long as any use of the word is disassociated from science and scientific fact. By the way, after Cox issued his 'pray for rain' soliloquy, it hasn't rained a drop. According to the National Weather Service, it's not likely to rain for sometime to come. Evidently the National Weather Service doesn't put much stock in any prayers for rain. Prayers tend to be not quite scientific. Go figure. The effects of this prolonged drought are staggering. All the way from Flaming Gorge reservoir (that's mostly in Wyoming) and down the Green River and the Colorado River to Lake Powell to Lake Mead, there's not enough water to water lawns or water any farmers crops. The water levels in the three "big" dam reservoirs would be just about on empty. However the draining lake levels will be a boon for archeologists. Ancient remains of lives past will be uncovered once again and the 'diggers' will have a field day if not a "prolonged" field trip. Trips? As for the dams that stand in the way of the Colorado and Green River basins, well, the dams will probably at some point have to be removed. Now that would be a darn shame. Not. The dams should have never been built in the first place but that hardly matters now. Anyway, one of the ecology science guys maintains that the current drought is not any manner of a hundred year drought, nope, this drought is a FIVE HUNDRED YEAR DROUGHT! Caps are by design. Won't take too much longer and the West's largest cities will be running on empty as in there ain't not no dang water to be had from anywhere. Pity that. Phoenix, Arizona will have to move as will Tucson, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Barstow, Page, Prescott, Needles, St. George, and even Moab. Moab is pronounced 'moe-ab'. I ad that just for clarity. All points in between the cities named are up for desertification. Not decertification. America will have it's very own Sahara desert directly to the west of the Mississippi River which will also suffer decreased water levels due to the drought extending to the east side of the continental divide. Oh yes, that is ever so true. Just think Amerika that grate land of capitalism gravy, will be a desiccated husk of its former arrogant self. Yeah everybody, pray for rain. Ignore the science and drought stricken evidence at face value. It is very much too late now anyway. Anything that could have been done to alleviate drought conditions should have been done years ago and that's no bullshit. It would make better sense theologically to pray for an early death. Adults and children are NOT going to like living through what is soon to be left for them. So on that cheery little doomsday note, let us move on to todays installment of CGI for fun and prophet. Get it? That a play on words. Fun and prophet instead of fun and profit...yeah that's pretty dang funny alright. :]
nuevo whatever -
pedro-glyphics -
we havin' us a high ole time yes-sir-eee.
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