Shrivelled in the waters of lifeless water before becoming the great toxic dust bowl. you can kind of see a person standing out there. the water would have been above their head just a few years ago. that is what is known as a terminal lake with no rivers to take minerals to the sea, so they build up over time, just like owens lake in california. after developers notoriously dra drained ate century to go to build los angeles, it both inspired the movie chinatown and forced californians to spend in the billions to control the toxic dust that remains a threat 100 years later. this lake is 12 to 15 times bigger than owens lake. it s right next to a metropolitan center, which that lake was not. so there are people who will breathe that dust immediately. and we re really, really concerned about that happening here. so we have done that experiment. we shouldn t do it again. the human choices that led to that catastrophic event, we re looking at the great salt lake
Shriveled into fingers of lifeless water before backing the great toxic dust bowl. you can see a person standing out there like the water would have been above their head a few years ago. reporter: this is known as a terminal lake with no rivers to take minerals to the sea. so they build up over time. just like owens lake in california, after developers notoriously drained it a century ago to build los angeles. it both inspired the movie chinatown and forced californians to spend in the billions to control the toxic dust that remains a threat 100 years later. . this lake is 12 to 15 times bigger than owens lake. it s right next to a metropolitan center, which that lake was not. so there are people who will breathe this dust immediately and we are really, really concerned about that happening here. so we have done that he can peer. . we shouldn t do it again. reporter: human choices that led to that catastrophic event,
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When something is free, it s amazing how expensive it gets. i don t disagree with that. it s fascinating. i m talking about the rights of the government, which is why politically republicans have overextended their hand on this. a website where they say life is short, have an affair, it facilitates affairs, people that want to cheat on their spouses, et cetera, a guy s wife went on the site and the guy cheated on the wife. now the wife is suing ashley madison. should they be held their state in north carolina happens to be one of six states if they facilitate, they could be held legally liable. do you think they have any legal why are you laughing? that s so stupid. that s your own human choices. no one made you do that. i agree with you. it s kind of a sleazy website
When something is free, it s amazing how expensive it gets. i don t disagree with that. it s fascinating. i m talking about the rights of the government, which is why politically republicans have overextended their hand on this. a website where they say life is short, have an affair, it facilitates affairs, people that want to cheat on their spouses, et cetera, a guy s wife went on the site and the guy cheated on the wife. now the wife is suing ashley madison. should they be held their state in north carolina happens to be one of six states if they facilitate, they could be held legally liable. do you think they have any legal why are you laughing? that s so stupid. that s your own human choices. no one made you do that. i agree with you. it s kind of a sleazy website