Whenever there is a new record set, whether rain, hurricane, drought, etc., those in the climate change alarmist camp seem to be quick to point to global warming as the cause and make more dire predictions regarding the future'even when there are other documented reasons and even when hard data (not models) disputes the claim. Such is the case with Lake Mead. On May 20, the federal Bureau of Reclamation announced that the nation's largest reservoir, located near Las Vegas, NV, reached an all-time low. The current level slipped below the previous record set in June 2015.

Despite reports of the mismanagement of the important water resource, USA Today responded to the news by proclaiming: "Due to a long drought and climate change, Lake Mead's water levels continue to fall."

Brad Udall, a senior water and climate research scientist at Colorado State University, and brother to former Colorado Senator Mark Udall and cousin to New Mexico Senator Tom Udall, declared: "This problem is not going away and it is likely to get worse, perhaps far worse, as climate change unfolds." According to the Desert Sun, he added: "Unprecedented high temperatures in the basin are causing the flow of the river to decline."

Udall previously stated: "Climate change is water change. The two go hand in hand. Heat drives the water cycle. GǪYou have to invoke temperatures to explain the current drought."

Back in 2010, the Smithsonian magazine, cites Udall when it says: "Climate change will likely decrease the river's flow by 5 to 20 percent in the next 40 years. GǪ Less precipitation in the Rocky Mountains will yield less water to begin with. Droughts will last longer. Higher overall air temperatures will mean more water lost to evaporation. Udall said: G