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A HERETIC I AM

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9. The reason water is cold downstream of dams...

Reply to LeftInTX (Reply #8)

Tue Sep 12, 2023, 01:52 PM

Sep 2023

is because more often than not, the water intake on the reservoir side of a dam is deep, closer to the bottom of the lake so the water is naturally colder than at the surface.

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Now alligators are leaving Floriduh [View all] TexLaProgressive Sep 2023 OP

Lol TheRealNorth Sep 2023 #1

When alligators are tired of Florida's shit, it's time to call it a day. Aristus Sep 2023 #2

Alligators have been moving north for a while now. Solly Mack Sep 2023 #3

I get it climate change TexLaProgressive Sep 2023 #4

I'd flee, too. But maybe if I was a gator, I'd form an alliance with the crocs and eat republicans. Solly Mack Sep 2023 #5

I'd like to visit Merchant Millpond in North Carolina one day. Tommy Carcetti Sep 2023 #6

I can see that. A little thrill from seeing them north of their usual stomping grounds. Solly Mack Sep 2023 #7

Around here, the "alligator belt" stops at a swampy natural lake a few miles south of San Antonio. LeftInTX Sep 2023 #8

The reason water is cold downstream of dams... A HERETIC I AM Sep 2023 #9

That belt looks like an alligator with its mouth wide open. boston bean Sep 2023 #10

Gators are further north than shown on your map unc70 Sep 2023 #11

those bought as pets Conjuay Sep 2023 #12