Thank goodness we’ve had record breaking snow this year, so the lake lives to see another day!

I suppose it depends on how narrowly you define "SLC." Lehi and Utah County is brimming with tech jobs, but if you consider that part of SLC then no, not really many tech jobs outside. Further north into Davis County and Ogden, and even Logan there are some, but it's not like like SLC/Lehi.

Lakebed is indeed sadness.

Be careful. 1983 is coming.

(Maybe... but it looks somewhat similar. And 1983 wasn't unique. It also happened sometime in the 1950s, though I forget the exact year.)

For those not in the know: In 1982, the lake was also sadness. There was talk of it drying up completely. Then the winter of 1982-83 was something like 200% of normal. Salt Lake wound up having to turn State Street into a river to handle all the extra water. From there to 1985 or -86, the lake rose dramatically, threatening to close railroads, and interstate 80.