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Vic Falls today.  | ||
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Sad. Unfortunately Zambia is using their water to run the power plant and bypassing the falls. This obviously makes it tough for their tourist industry. At least there is a trickle on the Zimbabwe side. On the bright side, you are one of the few to gaze upon the Victoria Cliffs.  Have a great trip and hunt! | |||
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To be clear , a friend on safari sent it to me. | |||
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Wow, making a note, NOT to visit Vic Falls during late dry season! Have flown over it in September before, was flowing pretty good, but not at all like the pictures of the Falls during the real wet times. Imagine talking the Falls up to the spousal unit, arriving, and seeing that..... Master of Boats, Slayer of Beasts, Charmer of the fair sex, ...... and sometimes changer of the diaper..... | |||
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I would not have thought this possible!!! Doesn't it flow a lot more water than niagra falls normally? What's the ground situation over like? | |||
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Yeah...flow was down even in June when I was there. Nigel Theisen who lives there been sending me weekly pics since. Been steadily and rapidly declining. There is still good flow through Devil’s Cataract isn’t there? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ J. Lane Easter, DVM A born Texan has instilled in his system a mind-set of no retreat or no surrender. I wish everyone the world over had the dominating spirit that motivates Texans.– Billy Clayton, Speaker of the Texas House No state commands such fierce pride and loyalty. Lesser mortals are pitied for their misfortune in not being born in Texas.— Queen Elizabeth II on her visit to Texas in May, 1991. | |||
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. OMG ! I wouldn't have thought it possible to divert so much water so at to dry out the Falls! How wrong is that ! . "Up the ladders and down the snakes!" | |||
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And a lot of load shedding, 4 hour of power a day only for many areas. | |||
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 And, as you can see from the pic, all of the grasses, for the most part, around the Falls is brown and dead. All of that is normally lush and green. | |||
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Wow! That is hard to imagine. ____________________________________________ "Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life." Terry Pratchett. | |||
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That is a WOW picture. I was just talking up the falls to a niece who would like to make a trip with me. I am probably going to come up with a different place to look at. Just in case. No water over the falls is not something you would be willing to travel to Africa to see. So in January at the DSC convention, I will be looking for options that she would be willing to do. I just need to find something to hunt that I have not went after on prior trips. So side trips for her and her daughter will be high on my list to look at. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> "You've got the strongest hand in the world. That's right. Your hand. The hand that marks the ballot. The hand that pulls the voting lever. Use it, will you" John Wayne | |||
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This is an unusual year and will only occur in the months of late September, October, and early November in a year like this. I was there in July and couldn’t tell the difference from other years there. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ J. Lane Easter, DVM A born Texan has instilled in his system a mind-set of no retreat or no surrender. I wish everyone the world over had the dominating spirit that motivates Texans.– Billy Clayton, Speaker of the Texas House No state commands such fierce pride and loyalty. Lesser mortals are pitied for their misfortune in not being born in Texas.— Queen Elizabeth II on her visit to Texas in May, 1991. | |||
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When I was at Vic Falls in 1972, they had a drought and pretty well down on water going over. This would have been late October, early Nov. so think they have drought seasons there, and not all running water through the generators, or anything. Just need to know the seasons and when NOT to be there. Have seen the same thing at Yosemite. Just a trickle. | |||
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Does anyone have a picture of the falls from the Zim side. My family is going there in 10 days Jim | |||
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In all fairness. That’s a pic of the very edge of the falls. I went there in 2015 at the peak of the drought. Have been several times before. It was noticeably drier but still very impressive. Victor Watson Karoo Wild Safaris Email: info@karoowildsafaris.co.za Cell: (+27) 721894588 www.karoowildsafaris.co.za | |||
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Thank you, Victor; your comments are reassuring. Jim | |||
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Had dinner with a couple of guys from SA Friday night. They said the situation at home was pretty bleak for agriculture. Have gun- Will travel The value of a trophy is computed directly in terms of personal investment in its acquisition. Robert Ruark | |||
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Been there in October twice always looked liked that | |||
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