On 5/24/2015 9:40 AM, Ophelia wrote:
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> "taxed and spent" > wrote in message
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>> "Paul M. Cook" > wrote in message
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>>> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
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>>>> I have noticed several people here mention California. We have had
>>>> a lot of stuff on tv about the lack of water there. We were shown
>>>> the huge reservoirs with very little water in them. They were
>>>> showing how people with lush grass and full swimming pools were
>>>> being demonised.
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>>>> Is anyone here affected? It sounds very frightening!
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>>> Everyone in CA is affected. And since CA grows half the country's
>>> food, half the country is affected as well. My town is ordering a
>>> 35% cutback on water use with fines for offenders. NASA says this is
>>> the last year we will have water in the reservoirs. So next year we
>>> should be in full anarchy mode I expect. Fox News blames it on
>>> illegal immigrants.
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>> But I still have not heard any talk about adding storage capacity or
>> groundwater replenishment basins, for the times we do have rain.
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> So the prediction of anarchy might not be too far away from the truth??
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There's truth enough in that to be a concern.