# Lake Mead at 36% of Capacity

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 17, 2021, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lake-mead-at-36-of-capacity/944482 "2021-06-17T18:53:59Z")\
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That’s why, despite the high cost of living and the over population of this region, I’m staying right here. I live adjacent to the largest concentrated fresh water supply in the world. If we’re destined to dry up and die of thirst, we have a whole ton of drying up to do before that will ever happen here. Of course, the desperate hordes dying of thirst might be a problem.

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