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>>>> On Sunday, May 24, 2015 at 7:50:14 AM UTC-7, taxed and spent wrote:
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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.
>>>>> >
>>>>>
>>>>> 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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>>>> Similarly, I haven't heard my wife talking about buying a safe for the
>>>> jewelry she expects to buy after she wins the lottery.
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>>> That is a bit different, isn't it. Years with heavy rains are quite
>>> frequent. We need to be putting more away for those non-rainy days.
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>> That would take tax money.
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>> We have enough damns and reservoirs., What do you think has kept us
>> going? This is year 4 of extreme drought. Just how much capacity can you
>> plan for?
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> since a four year drought is pretty common here in California, and we have
> tripled our population without adding any more storage capacity, I would
> say we need more storage.
We're in a 100 year drought. No amount of planning would have helped.
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