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So, did the people of 2050 truck in a bunch of sand to Vegas, or did we just move the city somewhere else?
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@goldfarb: I realize that, it is my home. But turning off the water won't transform it into Tatooine; there's just not that much sand around here.
Seriously, it's more a flat, scrub-brush kind of desert. Let it go back to nature, and it'll be dusty and kind of brushy.
Heck, the name is Spanish for "The Meadows" - before settlement, and urbanization, this place was an oasis. I know it won't go back to that, it it won't be the surface of Arrakis either.
As I said, it's a matter of sand, and the lack thereof. Not all deserts are sand dunes.
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@Dunny0: "But turning off the water won't transform it into Tatooine; there's just not that much sand around here."
BOOO! :(
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@Dunny0: Exactly. It'll be all hardpan with scruffy little bushes here and there, just like the outskirts of the city are nowadays.
There really aren't a lot of sand dunes in the US deserts -- they're so unusual that those that do exist are national parks and tourist attractions.
I don't know where all that sand would come from. More of the Stupid, I guess?
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@Dunny0: Ecoregions can change. Just look at the environmental history of the Sahara desert and its surrounding areas. Where does sand come from anyway? It's not like there's a limited amount of sand in the world and people have to truck it in whenever it shows up anywhere. Imagine the entire continent is changed, and you can easily imagine sandstorms and dust devils doin' their thang.
Anyway, just because Charlie said it's Vegas doesn't mean it's Vegas. Could be some other place w/a poorly maintained casino. (or was she referring to the Taj Mahal?)
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@Monsieur.Mind: Sand comes from quartz and other rocks/minerals being worn away. Sand doesn't just appear out of nowhere once it gets arid. And I don't think it can accumulate that quickly in 40 years.
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@Dunny0: Yes, the desert in that area is gravelly, not sandy. There might be dust storms, but they wouldn't look like that.
Dust storms in Arizona look like this:
This is Denver:
