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billpalto t1_jbxud8u wrote

Elephant Butte is a big lake, but you can't eat the fish from it. They are full of mercury from the gold mines in Colorado.

Oh, and since the water is promised to Texas rice farmers, lots of the time the lake isn't really usable as a lake. The water level is so low it's more like a river. 85% empty this month.

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RadRadRiot t1_jby88e9 wrote

Grew up a few miles south of there. It’s sad how far the water line has fallen. Great place to spend a weekend as a kid. Here’s a picture of the receding levels:

https://i.imgur.com/aZA53aF.jpg

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LeSwissMcCheese t1_jc0l0jv wrote

It was amazing back then! I bought a lake house and it’s still fun and all but it is not what it was growing up. Always exciting to see the water rise but we all dread June irrigation season that keeps getting prolonged.

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OhSirrah t1_jc0qzxs wrote

I’m sorry , did you say the fish has too much murcury and they send the water for rice farming. Who wants that rice.

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OcotilloWells t1_jbz3qkz wrote

I guess people boat in it? When I was at Ft Bliss (El Paso, TX, though most of the land of the fort is in New Mexico, for those that don't know), I remember hearing about a number of drownings there, probably alcohol related.

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Spearogriffin t1_jbziyr5 wrote

Literally none of Ft. Bliss is in New Mexico, what a wierd thing to lie about/ make up.

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OcotilloWells t1_jc0ydte wrote

Clearly you've never been to Ft Bliss. Why would anyone "lie" about where an Army fort is located in /r/army?

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CassieJK t1_jc78jgx wrote

Technically McGregor, Dona Ana while part of Fort Bliss aren't Bliss might be the argument the poster is makin? IDK I'm on your side though.

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Kinmuan t1_jc1v4b5 wrote

Lmao it’s headquartered in El Paso, but extends well beyond Texas.

What a weird thing to say someone is making up when a 5 second google would tell you you’re wrong.

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schadenfreudern t1_jbzrouy wrote

I would assume he's talking about going into White Sands, and since the areas are so close perhaps even adjacent, just assumed it was part of the contiguous base.

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OcotilloWells t1_jc0y64k wrote

I had to drive past the World's Largest M80 firecracker every day. In New Mexico (fireworks are banned in El Paso county). Turned right at the Otero county, NM jail. Volunteered at the Chaparral Middle School. McGregor is in New Mexico. Doña Ana is in New Mexico, Oro Grande, New Mexico. Yeah, it borders White Sands Missile Range, which is miles from Texas. Something like 80 percent of Bliss is in New Mexico.

I dunno why that guy would say I'm lying. When he clearly has never been there.

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