OT California
On 5/24/2015 9:17 PM, Paul M. Cook wrote:
> "Bruce" > wrote in message
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>> On Sun, 24 May 2015 19:03:07 -0700, "Paul M. Cook" >
>> 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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>>>>> "taxed and spent" > wrote in message
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>>>>>>> On Sunday, May 24, 2015 at 7:50:14 AM UTC-7, taxed and spent wrote:
>>>>>>>> "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.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> 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.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Similarly, I haven't heard my wife talking about buying a safe for
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> jewelry she expects to buy after she wins the lottery.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> That would take tax money.
>>>>>
>>>>> 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?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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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>> There comes a point where it's not a drought; it's your weather.
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> Climate. Not weather. And this well could be a permanent climate shift.
>
You truly are an idiot's idiot!
There is NO permanent climate shift.
For ****'s sake man, stop humiliating yourself!
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