On Sun, 24 May 2015 11:37:55 -0600, Cabrito del Bosque
> wrote:

> On 5/24/2015 10:37 AM, sf wrote:
> > On Sun, 24 May 2015 16:39:10 +0100, "Ophelia" >
> > wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> "Paul M. Cook" > wrote in message
> >> ...
> >>>
> >>> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
> >>> ...
> >>>> 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.
> >>>
> >>
> >> So if there will be no water in the reservoirs, where will your water come
> >> from?
> >
> > There's no talk of a water pipeline yet. Oil gets lots of pipelines,
> > water gets none.
> >
>
> Um, ekshually:
>
> http://www.cbsnews.com/news/william-...to-california/
>
> William Shatner to launch $30 billion Kickstarter campaign for water
> pipeline to California
>
> William Shatner wants to turn to crowdfunding to build a water pipeline
> from Seattle to Nevada's Lake Mead to fix California's drought.
>
> Shatner, 84, revealed the news in a Yahoo! interview, saying, "So I'm
> starting a Kickstarter campaign. I want $30 billion...to build a
> pipeline like the Alaska pipeline. Say, from Seattle -- a place where
> there's a lot of water. There's too much water. How bad would it be to
> get a large, 4-foot pipeline, keep it aboveground -- because if it
> leaks, you're irrigating!"

Why pick Seattle? I wouldn't pick such a populated area.

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sf

On 5/24/2015 3:17 PM, sf wrote:
> On Sun, 24 May 2015 11:37:55 -0600, Cabrito del Bosque
> > wrote:
>
>> On 5/24/2015 10:37 AM, sf wrote:
>>> On Sun, 24 May 2015 16:39:10 +0100, "Ophelia" >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Paul M. Cook" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>>
>>>>> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
>>>>> ...
>>>>>> 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.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> So if there will be no water in the reservoirs, where will your water come
>>>> from?
>>>
>>> There's no talk of a water pipeline yet. Oil gets lots of pipelines,
>>> water gets none.
>>>
>>
>> Um, ekshually:
>>
>> http://www.cbsnews.com/news/william-...to-california/
>>
>> William Shatner to launch $30 billion Kickstarter campaign for water
>> pipeline to California
>>
>> William Shatner wants to turn to crowdfunding to build a water pipeline
>> from Seattle to Nevada's Lake Mead to fix California's drought.
>>
>> Shatner, 84, revealed the news in a Yahoo! interview, saying, "So I'm
>> starting a Kickstarter campaign. I want $30 billion...to build a
>> pipeline like the Alaska pipeline. Say, from Seattle -- a place where
>> there's a lot of water. There's too much water. How bad would it be to
>> get a large, 4-foot pipeline, keep it aboveground -- because if it
>> leaks, you're irrigating!"
>
> Why pick Seattle? I wouldn't pick such a populated area.
>

I just don't know what Captain Kirk was thinking %-)

His decision making since Leonard Nimoy passed hasn't been as sound...