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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!
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>>>>>> > 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.
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>>>>>> 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.
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> We're in a 100 year drought. No amount of planning would have helped.

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