Drought? What drought ?

04 October 2019, 02:14

AilsaWheels

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!

04 October 2019, 02:16

Todd Williams

Wow

04 October 2019, 02:31

Opus1

Everybody wants a light bulb...

04 October 2019, 02:44

larryshores

To be clear , a friend on safari sent it to me.

04 October 2019, 03:48

MikeE

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.....

04 October 2019, 03:55

376 steyr

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?

04 October 2019, 04:35

Slider

OMG

04 October 2019, 07:47

ledvm

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?

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04 October 2019, 08:37

Charlie64

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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 !

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04 October 2019, 14:40

BushPeter

quote:
Originally posted by AilsaWheels:
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!

And a lot of load shedding, 4 hour of power a day only for many areas.

04 October 2019, 23:10

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05 October 2019, 06:45

Use Enough Gun

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.

05 October 2019, 17:17

Lhook7

Wow! That is hard to imagine.

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05 October 2019, 21:23

Bwana338

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.

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05 October 2019, 23:17

ledvm

quote:
Originally posted by Bwana338:
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.

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.

06 October 2019, 10:44

tysue

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.

07 October 2019, 06:24

Singleshot03

Does anyone have a picture of the falls from the Zim side. My family is going there in 10 days

Jim

07 October 2019, 08:57

Victor Watson

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.

07 October 2019, 19:12

Singleshot03

Thank you, Victor; your comments are reassuring.

Jim

07 October 2019, 19:35

Blacktailer

quote:
Originally posted by 376 steyr:
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?

Had dinner with a couple of guys from SA Friday night. They said the situation at home was pretty bleak for agriculture.