[ColFrancis]

> Majority of the streams are gone.

In Australia that's typical for many reasons. Are you sure they're not just seasonal flows?

[parrellel]

Nah, there's a whole ton of hydro that's been entirely consistent until now that is dropping off and messing things up.

Shit the utilities have never even had to bother considering failing is approaching drop dead lines.

Depending on rain August could be fun.

[steve_adams_86]

Even here in wet Vancouver Island, British Columbia we have heaps of streams that are mostly gone by July. They are rain fed, the rain goes away, it’s just how some systems work.

I’m not saying everything is fine with the environment. Just, this is to be expected with a large number of streams in the world. Maybe it’s not alarming in each case.

[shotta]

I’m pretty sure the Mississippi River use to seasonally dry up in spots prior to the building of the lock and dam system.

[katbyte]

Are you sure you don’t mean snow fed? Lots of roaring rivers while it’s melting and then once the melt is done many shrink/nearly dry up.

Thou we have a ton of snowpack this year on the coast still