"cshenk" > wrote in message
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> Paul M. Cook wrote in rec.food.cooking:
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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.
>> >
>> > Is anyone here affected? It sounds very frightening!
>>
>> 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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> Paul, major correction. California grows maybe 5% of our food. It's
> only a major cropper of some items and those can be grown elsewhere.

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