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06/20/2026

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06/20/2026

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06/20/2026

Prayers for the Griffin Ranch, they were just put on “Set” mode in the Ready-Set-Go evacuation model.

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06/19/2026

We have such good-lookin’ neighbors 😜 Discover Gila County

Payson, AZ 📍

06/19/2026

🛰️ A LAKE, DISAPPEARING

These two satellite images show the same stretch of eastern Arizona three years apart.

In June 2023, San Carlos Reservoir was about 60% full. Today, it's holding less than 1%.

The reservoir, formed by the Coolidge Dam on the Gila River, is the water source for farms across Pinal County and the Gila River Indian Community. This past winter, mountain snowpack feeding the watershed came in at just 2% of normal. With farms downstream still needing water, mandatory releases pushed the lake even lower.

By June, the drop in water levels had triggered low oxygen conditions in the lake, and officials had to close San Carlos Reservoir indefinitely after the event killed virtually all of its fish.

This isn't unprecedented.

The reservoir has run dry more than 20 times since the 1930s, but this region is also in the middle of a multi-year drought.

There is a reason for some cautious hope.

El Niño is strengthening in the Pacific, and NOAA's monsoon outlook gives the Southwest a real shot at an active, above-average rain season this summer and active winter, which is great news for the troubled snowpack.

That won't undo years of drought on its own, but every drop and flake helps a watershed this stressed.

https://science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/low-water-at-san-carlos-reservoir/

📸 NASA Earth Observatory

06/19/2026

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The hardest working skate brand in America is Native from San Carlos AZ

06/19/2026

Oooh~~~ we love technology!

🛳️ A Revolutionary Floating Solution

A French-engineered vessel that converts seawater into fresh water using only solar energy is drawing attention as a practical response to the global water crisis. The ship runs on renewable power and can sail directly to remote coastal regions and island communities that lack reliable water infrastructure. It's a mobile desalination plant that goes where the problem is, rather than waiting for the problem to come to a fixed facility.

☀️ Harnessing Solar Power for Clean Water

The ship uses high-efficiency solar panels paired with a reverse osmosis system that runs entirely without fossil fuels. It produces no carbon emissions during water production and doesn't depend on an external energy grid. A few specifics about how it operates:
* A modular design that allows water production to scale up or down based on what a given community actually needs.
* Onboard sensors that monitor water quality in real time against international safety standards.
* The ability to store water in onboard tanks or pump it directly to shore-based storage facilities.

🌊 Bridging the Gap for Remote Communities

Building permanent desalination plants in water-scarce regions often runs into hard obstacles: geographic isolation, missing infrastructure, and costs that most local governments can't absorb. This ship sidesteps those problems. It can be deployed quickly to disaster zones, drought-affected areas, or small islands where seasonal tourism puts pressure on already thin water supplies. Its production schedule adjusts to available sunlight, keeping output as efficient as conditions allow.

🌍 Protecting Oceans While Providing Life

Conventional desalination plants consume large amounts of energy and discharge concentrated brine back into the sea, which can damage coral reefs and marine life. This solar-powered vessel uses energy-efficient processes and managed discharge systems designed to reduce that impact. It also offers a direct substitute for plastic bottled water, which is a persistent source of coastal pollution in many of the communities the ship is meant to serve.

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Sources:
Marine Tech
European Patent Office
CleanTechnica

06/19/2026

update

Approx. 2.1 miles W of Steer Mountain, Tonto National Forest