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On 5/24/2015 11:01 PM, Bruce wrote:
> On Sun, 24 May 2015 20:17:33 -0700, "Paul M. Cook" >
> wrote:
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>> "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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>>>>>>>> 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?
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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.
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>>>> We're in a 100 year drought. No amount of planning would have helped.
>>>
>>> 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.

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> Yes, climate.
>



Yes, always changing.

Enjoy your el nino drought!