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Lake Powell, the 2nd largest reservoir in the US, is at 22% capacity. ~8 points away from Glen Canyon Dam going dark. (lemmy.today)
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[–] 13 points 3 months ago (5 children)

8 points, how does one count points? Like is a foot a point, and inch? Are there 3 pointers? I'm going to never look this up and live in the bewilderment of water shortages. Glass half full? Nah that's like 5 points

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  • [–] 21 points 3 months ago (4 children)

    I think it's short for percentage points in this case. 22% minus 8 percentage points is 14%, which I assume was the fill level of some other dam which was decommissioned.

    Pretty confusing phrasing, took me a minute to work out.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    ...Why not just say "8 percent away"?

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