As if things weren't bad enough

[Bernard_Fokke]

This is going to make life miserable for a lot of people who don't need more.

US West prepares for possible 1st water shortage declaration

U.S. water officials are projecting the man-made lakes that store water used throughout the American West will fall to historically low levels and trigger an official shortage declaration for the first time.

apnews.com

 

[Schrodinger's Platypus]

This is going to make life miserable for a lot of people who don't need more.

US West prepares for possible 1st water shortage declaration

U.S. water officials are projecting the man-made lakes that store water used throughout the American West will fall to historically low levels and trigger an official shortage declaration for the first time.

apnews.com

Hi. We're from the government. We're here to help.

 

[Dawg]

In the 70's when I lived in Cali every 15 minutes it seemed this was on the radio:

"If it's yellow let it mellow, if it's brown flush it down"

Here it is almost 50 years later and only thing they have more of is illegals!

 

[Corruptbuddha]

Well, when you allow metric tons of runoff to flow out to sea, you get what you get.

 

[Dawg]

Well, when you allow metric tons of runoff to flow out to sea, you get what you get.

Isn't it against the law to collect rain water in western states?

 

[Schrodinger's Platypus]

Idn't it against the law to collect rain water in western states?

In 3 states. Two of them are Colorado and Utah. Dumbest environmental laws ever.

 

[Dawg]

In 3 states. Two of them are Colorado and Utah. Dumbest environmental laws ever.

I have 4 -55 gallon rain barrels that collect rain water from my gutters for my garden.................

Yes, not collecting it is dumbest of dumb

 

[Bernard_Fokke]

Hi. We're from the government. We're here to help.

The empirical drought data dating back many years, and don't ignore paleoclimatology either, was there and clear enough for even an idiot politician to see and understand.

But they decided to play politics and bet on things not going to hell on their watch and thereby gambling on the welfare and lives of the people. It's a damn shame.

 

[Drumcollie]

Hi. We're from the government. We're here to help.

That's Reagan's joke and Biden actually said this and meant it. He didn't know what he was even saying. He is just that gone.

History will record these Biden years and the record won't be good,.

 

[now_what]

That's Reagan's joke and Biden actually said this and meant it. He didn't know what he was even saying. He is just that gone.

History will record these Biden years and the record won't be good,.

And he STILL demolished trump in the election. Impressive!

 

[Bernard_Fokke]

Well, when you allow metric tons of runoff to flow out to sea, you get what you get.

I remember some years ago during the Calif drought a guy tried to start up a company to pump river water as it entered the ocean, fresh water floats in saltwater for quite a ways out btw, into big rubberized bladders and tow a chain of them to socal to provide much needed water. The environmental nuts had a hissy fit and it was gov moonbeam that nixed it.

 

[Bernard_Fokke]

That's Reagan's joke and Biden actually said this and meant it. He didn't know what he was even saying. He is just that gone.

History will record these Biden years and the record won't be good,.

Joe couldn't help himself out of a wet paper bag with a sharp knife.

 

[Schrodinger's Platypus]

And he STILL demolished trump in the election. Impressive!

Pathetic.

 

[Bernard_Fokke]

And he STILL demolished trump in the election. Impressive!

History will show the election was rife with improper and irregular votes and SFB Joe buydem is an illegally voted president. So he didn't demolish squat.

 

[now_what]

History will show the election was rife with improper and irregular votes and SFB Joe buydem is an illegally voted president. So he didn't demolish squat.

LOL, you already tried that one, it didn’t work. Not even close. But neo you have any other excuses? You may want to check back with your handlers.

 

[Bugsy McGurk]

LOL, you already tried that one, it didn’t work. Not even close. But neo you have any other excuses? You may want to check back with your handlers.

Trump cultism can be scored on a scale of 1 to 10. Dozens of judges (including Republicans), many recounts and audits, all pertinent state election officials (including Republicans), and Trump’s own law enforcement and security officials all agreed - there was no evidence of any significant election fraud, and Trump got trounced in the election.

Those Trump cultists who still believe Trump’s Big Lie about the election score a 10 on the Trump cultism scale.

;-)

 

[Dawg]

when you take out more water than is entering

As a megadrought persists, new projections show a key Colorado River reservoir could sink to a record low later this year (msn.com)

sounds like typical government programs

 

[Schrodinger's Platypus]

I have 4 -55 gallon rain barrels that collect rain water from my gutters for my garden.................

Yes, not collecting it is dumbest of dumb

Get this! Douglas County did a study and discovered that people who collect their own rainwater actually reduce the demand on the underlying aquifer! That was a couple decades ago. It's an issue that periodically raises it's ugly head in the legislature. Just a couple years ago they passed a law to allow each household to collect two 55 gallon barrels of rainwater from their roof! Oh thank you thank you my overlords!

These retarded water laws have been in effect since I think the 1960s. The reasoning behind it as laid out in the Douglas County study is, "Water that falls on Colorado belongs to Coloradans." i.e. it's communist. So basically, snow melt off from Steamboat Springs is owned by people in Pueblo. If they actually believed that they'd dam up every river at the Colorado border, cuz, y'know, all that water belongs to Coloradans. Of course that would really piss off New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas and surrounding states. Smells like water interests owning state politicians. Can't have people collecting rain water and reducing demand for city water! A-holes!

 

[JuliefromOhio]

From your link:

It comes as climate change means less snowpack flows into the river and its tributaries, and hotter temperatures parch soil and cause more river water to evaporate as it streams through the drought-plagued American West.

 

[Dawg]

Get this! Douglas County did a study and discovered that people who collect their own rainwater actually reduce the demand on the underlying aquifer! That was a couple decades ago. It's an issue that periodically raises it's ugly head in the legislature. Just a couple years ago they passed a law to allow each household to collect two 55 gallon barrels of rainwater from their roof! Oh thank you thank you my overlords!

These retarded water laws have been in effect since I think the 1960s. The reasoning behind it as laid out in the Douglas County study is, "Water that falls on Colorado belongs to Coloradans." i.e. it's communist. So snow melt off from Steamboat Springs is owned by people in Pueblo. Smells like water interests owning state politicians. Can't have people collecting rain water and reducing demand for city water! A-holes!

That was mighty nice of them.....a inch of rain one can collect 600 gallons of rain water from a 1000 sq ft roof