Emerson Phillips
A person who was spending time at Lake Mead near Las Vegas Sunday afternoon discovered a dead body in a barrel, according to Las Vegas Metropolitan Police.
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LVMP homicide lieutenant Ray Spencer said the person could see the remains of the body in the barrel because it was corroded.
Lake Mead is the country’s largest reservoir – it’s beset by drought, resulting in the lowest water level on record since it was filled in the 1930s.
“The lake has drained dramatically over the last 15 years,” Spencer said. “It’s likely that we will find additional bodies that have been dumped in Lake Mead. The barrel was likely dropped hundreds of yards off the shore back then, but that area is now considered the shoreline.”
Last week, the lake’s low water level exposed one of the reservoir’s original water intake valves for the first time. The valve had been in service since 1971 but can no longer draw water, according to the Southern Nevada Water Authority, the agency responsible for managing water resources in southern Nevada, including Las Vegas. The SNWA serves 2.2 million people.
Back in August, the federal government declared a water shortage on the Colorado River, which feeds the reservoir, resulting in unprecendented water consumption cuts for states in the Southwest beginning in January.
Lake Powell, the country’s second-largest reservoir, is located upstream on the Colorado River. Water levels there have dropped severely as well, to a point that threatens downstream water supply and hydropower generation for the surrounding communities.
Approximately 91% of the western U.S. is suffering some level of drought, according to the US Drought Monitor. Extreme and exceptional drought, the two worst designations, expanded across New Mexico, Arizona and Colorado. The states are all part of the Colorado River basin.
Luke 8:17 For nothing is concealed that won’t be revealed, and nothing hidden that won’t be made known and come to light.HCSB
I want desperately to believe that someday the Truth about the devastation & Pain inflicted upon me by my own daughter for MONEY will be exposed.
Sounds like some saucy family drama
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3w80DFQoLHg
I hope so, too….I’m so sorry….
pfft, lying at its worst. trump told people to drink bleach. stop screaming about politics when we are on an article about the remains of a person found in a barrel.
Wow is jimmy hoffa next?
Well, all I can say is LET’S GO BRANDON! Also, F U for voting for him!
yes i agree
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3w80DFQoLHg
Do you think biden is to blame for the body in the barrel? Or for the drought?
F Ben Dover, your mother, your kids, and your f’ed up friends. F Trump too, and all people dumb enough not to see his tax evasion, evading the law, and colluding with crooked Saudi Arabians.
TRUMP IS THE BEST PRESIDENT IN YOUR LIFETIME AND YOU KNOW IT. WE HAVE NEVER BEEN AS BLESSED AS WE WERE WITH DONALD J. TRUMP IN THE WHITE HOUSE. YOU KNOW EVERYTHING THE LEFTEST ACCUSE HIM OF DOING IS MADE UP BECAUSE THEY KNOW HE WILL EXPOSE THEM AND THEIR CRIMES. WHATEVER IT TAKES TO GET RID OF HIM, THEY ARE WILLING TO DO IT. I SAY THEY BLACKMAILED BIDEN INTO RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT. THEY PROMISED HIM A WIN, YOU DID NOTICE HE DIDN’T EVEN HAVE TO CAMPAIGN. HE KNEW HE WAS GOING TO WIN. THE FIX WAS IN. NOW HE HAS TO DO AS THEY SAY OR THEY WILL PROSECUTE HIM AND HIS SON HUNTER FOR THEIR CRIMES. THEY HAVE THEIR PUPPET AND JOE AND HUNTER REMAIN FREE CRIMINALS.
A bit unusual
BONNIE DETHEROW – What very strange comments. It’s as if you’re out of touch with reality….
Also Bonnie, fix your cap locks. It appears to be stuck. Kind of like your take on reality.
Man! Wow! And we wonder why life here is like it is…. The truth is secrets make you sick and the less secrets and more truths we have the better we will be.