I saw it back in 2019 on the way to Colorado. It was amazing. I really enjoyed it over there near Salt Lake City. Their libraries were huge and (at the time) fastest internet I ever saw.
We saw the lake a couple of years later and it was scary how much dried up. And there were HUGE dust storms at the time that got a ton of sand and salt in the car. Its really sad to see.
Fredselfish@lemmy.world 4 days ago
We were only few hours away in 2022, but didn’t take the time to drive that way. Now I regret it. Now wouldn’t want to see it. Fuck the mayor and everyone in that city that allowed this to happen. All fucking alfalfa farm that the mayor owns.
AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 4 days ago
As an ex-SLC resident, the mayor and the city doesn’t have that much pull over their sliver of the lake. The state reps and senators are really the ones to blame. They were also the ones that allowed companies to dump heavy metals into the lake which are now being blown into the valley for everyone to breathe.
It’s sad, I have a vivid memory of wading into the water as a child. In the area I went in at, you could walk for miles and the water would only come up to your chest. It was also really easy to float in, and brine shrimp were everywhere. It stunk, but as a kid, I didn’t care about that. It was just cool to be in a super salty lake.
Fredselfish@lemmy.world 4 days ago
I read article years ago on Reddit that clearly said that the mayor was diverting the water that went down the mountains into the lake for an alfalfa farm. There was big article about it.
AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 4 days ago
I thought that was the governor, not the mayor of SLC? The lake is (or was) large, with many sources, most of which are outside of SLC’s jurisdiction.