More human remains found in receding waters of US lake
Fourth human skeleton discovered as drought shrinks Lake Mead reservoir.

Fifth set of human skeletal remains found at Lake Mead as drought conditions continue
https://www.foxnews.com/us/fifth-set-human-skeletal-remains-found-lake-mead-drought-conditions-continue

^{No mention of any bodies in this one....}

The "Monolith of Lake Mead" is a sunken speedboat sticking straight up out of the dry lakebed

https://boingboing.net/2022/08/18/the-monolith-of-lake-mead-is-a-sunken-speedboat-sticking-straight-up-out-of-the-dry-lakebed.html

This is getting real. Celebs may have to let some trees die on their sprawling estates.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-08-22/kim-kardashian-kevin-hart-california-drought-water-waste

That's behind a paywall, but covered elsewhere - Stallone, Kardashians, Kevin Hart, Dwayne Wade et cetera being threatened with flow restrictors for being as much as 15x over their allotment.

Dinosaur tracks revealed in dried up Texas river
https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/dinosaur-tracks-dating-back-113-million-years-revealed-in-drought-stricken-river/ar-AA111mDb

Grown kids recall Las Vegas dad whose bones ID'd from Lake Mead

https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/grown-kids-recall-las-vegas-dad-whose-bones-id-d-from-lake-mead-1.6044322

"Don't call it a 'drought': Climate scientist Brad Udall views Colorado River crisis as the beginning of aridification"

"This isn't a drought, it's something else," he said. "Myself and other scientists are trying to use a different term: Aridification."

Aridification is defined as "the gradual change of a region from a wetter to a drier climate." According to Udall, it also means "declining snowpacks, it's earlier runoff, it's a shorter winter, it's more rain, less snow, it's higher temps. It's drying soils, it's severe fires, it's forest mortality, it's a warm, thirsty atmosphere."

https://www.steamboatpilot.com/news/dont-call-it-a-drought-climate-scientist-brad-udall-views-colorado-river-crisis-as-the-beginning-of-aridification/

>>aridification

Good read. Thanks

Water: John Oliver Tonight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtxew5XUVbQ

I'm not really a fan of the John Oliver schtick to be honest, but he does hit the major points here.

There is one point where he has video of the governor of Utah beseeching people of all faiths to pray for rain. The lip syncing is so far off, it seemed like a comedy voice over, not even very well done. But actually, it's legit. The governor did in fact make a video in which he says "we need some divine intervention" and says that if everyone prays together for the weekend of June 4-6, "we may be able to escape the deadliest aspects of the continuing drought."
https://youtu.be/0A2KkyDGHRY?t=32

I missed, this, but meanwhile, there was near-record rainfall in Death Valley on August 5, resulting in flooding and road damage
https://www.nps.gov/deva/learn/nature/deva-deluge-2022.htm

Phoenix area left cleaning up monsoon messes once again
https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/phoenix-area-left-cleaning-up-monsoon-messes-once-again

Flooding hits Dallas-Fort Worth as some areas receive more than 13 inches of rain

https://www.texastribune.org/2022/08/22/dallas-flooding-fort-worth/

A 100km(62 miles) long Inland sea has been formed in Pakistan due to continuous rains
https://old.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/x5j7al/a_100km62_miles_long_inland_sea_has_been_formed/

"Without major reductions, the latest federal projections show growing risks of Lake Mead and Lake Powell approaching 'dead pool' levels, where water would no longer pass downstream through the dams."

California braces for painful water cuts from Colorado River
https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2022/09/04/facing-dead-pool-risk-california-braces-for-painful-water-cuts-from-colorado-river/

^{(Lotsa luck with that!)} Calif lusts for the Missippi River:

We need to move water from Midwest west. let's get on with it

https://www.desertsun.com/story/opinion/contributors/valley-voice/2022/09/04/we-need-move-water-midwest-west-lets-get/7884511001/