Braxton McCoy

So how red versus blue are they now with all this growth?

And these states have already doubled in population since the year 2000.

I think Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Montana, Arizona have all doubled, Nevada as well, have all doubled since like the year 2000.

And if you went to an old local, ask them if they think things have gotten better.

Yeah.

Thank you.

I have asked this question multiple times and I don't get an answer.

So I guess let me know if you get one.

There isn't water.

I mean, clear back to when John Wesley Powell first surveyed it.

They knew there was no water.

He was writing back saying, look, man, much of the territory out west is just not suitable for agriculture and things like that.

It just isn't.

It's too dry.

Utah is the second driest state in the Union.

I think their average annual precipitation rate is around 12 inches.

The only one drier than that is Nevada.

If you look at the Colorado River system, I think Lake Mead's down 150 feet right now.

They're getting to a point, from what I've heard, they're getting to a point where they're now starting to worry about issues with drawing power from the hydroelectric dams if they keep.

I think in 2026, the Colorado River Compact is supposed to have an update.