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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.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> 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.
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> foolish statement. adding x% to our storage capacity would have helped.

Adding a cistern in my garage would have helped but it only lasts so long.
Besides, getting repugs to go along with any infrastructure improvement is
impossible. They just whine that it is foolish and we can't afford it.




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