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    For The First Time Ever (FFTE) ~~~ DROUGHT ~~  The  Colorado River July 2021:  FFTE  federal water managers took  emergency measures to prevent the water level from dropping to levels too low produce power. (FFTE)  THE   GLEN CANYON DAM: " Water Levels have reduced the dam’s output by 16% ." That's a lot. But it doesn't sound like Much. So here's my Little story that will help me to imagine why this news is a big deal: A hypothetical scenerio : let's say that 100,000 cubic meters of the water were, previously, moving through the Glen Canyon dam every second. A cubic meter. think of 1 square box about 3 feet tall, long, and wide, filled with water.  Incidentally, 1 gallon of water weighs more than 7 lbs) a 16% reduction of the previous water volume used to spin turbines that created electricity, would bring the number of cubic meters per second from 100,000 to 84,000  cubic meters of water per second. The Glen Canyon Dam provi...

Linda Ronstadt (75)  Retired American Solo Rock voclist.    " Won 10 Grammy Awards Awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award by the Recording Academy  Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame  Awarded the National Medal of Arts and Humanities   Released 24 studio albums  Charted   38 Billboard Hot 100 singles.   21  reached the top 40  10 reached the top 10    1 reached number one ("You're No Good").  Associated Acts (Recorded with)  Bonnie Raitt Emmylou Harris Aaron Neville (from NOLAs royalty "The Neville Brothers")  & Jackson Browne   Sold more than 100 million records, making her one of the world's best-selling artists of all time.  Ronstadt reduced her activity after 2000 when she felt her singing voice deteriorating, She announced her retirement in 2011 and revealed that she is no longer able to sing as a result of a degenerative condition called Progressi...