BILLION DOLLAR MUD PUDDLE

Official dam records now report storage as of 12/1/2011 0% water in the reservoir. Boat ramps lead to muddy flats the fish are all dead and the waterfowl that once refueled on their way south leave weak and hungry. 

In August 2011 the O.C. Fisher Reservoir turned blood red and the “Armageddon’ites” rejoiced.

"The second angel poured out his bowl on the sea, and it turned into blood like that of a dead person, and every living thing in the sea died ... The third angel poured out his bowl on the rivers and springs of water, and they became blood."

Sorry doomsday wishers, the cause was bacteria, not biblical…..Chromatiaceae bacteria of the purple sulfur bacteria family to be exact. The most likely scenario was as the Texas drought of 2011 worsened and the fish began to die off leading to the decomposition of the dead fish reducing the oxygen in the remaining water causing the bacteria to flourish. Either way, heavenly or hand made, It ain’t nice trying to fool Mother Nature. We’ve screwed up…again! It’s another sad example of man’s attitude and ignorance failing to take care of the environment.

Built in 1952 at a cost of $14,810,000 The dam wall is 40,885 feet long with a maximum height of 128 feet.

O. C. Fisher Lake/Reservoir is on the North Concho River in the Colorado River basin surrounded by the San Angelo, TX State Park

It’s really rather a sad scene here. There must be hundreds of campsites set far back up on the hills of the once shoreline of the dead reservoir. It’s eerie in it’s message. Maybe the end-timers are on to something?

Well kept road to barrenness.

Miles of sorrow.

No food at the lunch counter.

Buoy a half mile from water.

Slim pickens for a White Tailed (?) Hawk

Correction:  Northern Harrier  Female/immature

Thank you Liam and Kryptos