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Drought Wars: Where did the farm water go?
CalWatchDog ^
| February 6, 2014
| Wayne Lusvardi
Posted on 02/08/2014 8:22:52 AM PST by artichokegrower
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three Northern California Democrats with large environmentalist constituencies favored sending the water to the fish in Northern California. They were Reps. Jared Huffman, Mike Thompson and George Miller.
Thus contributing to the income inequality that Obama is so concerned about. Their action will result in the loss of jobs and more expensive food.
To: artichokegrower
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posted on
02/08/2014 8:27:22 AM PST
by
WXRGina
(The Founding Fathers would be shooting by now.)
To: artichokegrower
Illegal immigrants drinking the water Americans won’t use to farm with, or something like that.
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posted on
02/08/2014 8:31:35 AM PST
by
P.O.E.
(Pray for America)
To: WXRGina
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posted on
02/08/2014 8:33:31 AM PST
by
mountn man
(The Pleasure You Get From Life Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
To: artichokegrower
Its been raining steadily in Northern California.. since Thursday
locally: "The first weather system was anticipated to start Wednesday night and last through Thursday, dropping up to an inch of rain. After a short break Thursday night and Friday morning, more rain will fall through Sunday night. Another 2 to 4 inches of rain is expected to fall during the weekend storm."
I so hope that this isnt too
dispiritingto the ....
Water Pirates
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posted on
02/08/2014 8:36:11 AM PST
by
MeshugeMikey
("When you meet the unbelievers, strike at their necks..." -- Qur'an 47:4)
To: WXRGina
Desalination works great in Israel next to the Mediterranean, but cannot help a land-locked Californicatia. The state can’t get to the pacific because it has impenetrable high mountainous ridges. These are recent mountain ranges, made up of igneous leftists and other sorts of miscreation.
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posted on
02/08/2014 8:37:24 AM PST
by
C210N
(When people fear government there is tyranny; when government fears people there is liberty)
To: artichokegrower
I bet it went the same place as the water in “Chinatown.”
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posted on
02/08/2014 8:42:08 AM PST
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(The only way women can "have it all" is if men aren't allowed to have anything.)
To: C210N
igneous leftistsAnd their sedentary constituents.
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posted on
02/08/2014 8:42:48 AM PST
by
Jeff Chandler
(Obamacare: You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.)
To: P.O.E.
Illegal immigrants drinking the water Americans wont use to farm with, or something like that.With 2.6 million illegal immigrants in California using 100 gallons per person, per day, these extra people consume over 94 billion gallons of water per year. This is about 1/3 of the acre-foot shipped south!
But illegal immigration has no effect on California!
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posted on
02/08/2014 8:42:49 AM PST
by
Lockbox
To: artichokegrower
I can’t believe this question has to be asked. Most of the water from the central basin was dumped down the river to help the Delta Smelt because apparently the water was too salty in the bay. While the extra water did reduce the salinity, the fish died off anyway. So where did the water go? Into the ocean. For what? Nothing. And now all the liberals are shocked there is no water on a drought.
Next step: The Great Central Californian Dust Bowl.
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posted on
02/08/2014 8:47:55 AM PST
by
Cyber Liberty
(H.L. Mencken: "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.")
To: artichokegrower
When Californians are shivering in the dark and dying of thirst... maybe THEN they might wake up and realize what the Democrats have done to them...
na! that would be racist!
(and would take a brain)
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posted on
02/08/2014 8:48:19 AM PST
by
TexasFreeper2009
(Obama lied .. the economy died.)
To: TexasFreeper2009
Yeah. We re-elected Gov. Moonbeam...
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posted on
02/08/2014 8:56:59 AM PST
by
null and void
(<--- unwilling cattle-car passenger on the bullet train to serfdom)
To: C210N
Yes, I understand those intractable land formations are difficult, if not impossible, to navigate, because they are thick as a brick and twice as stupid. It’s too bad plastique can’t be used to create a smooth path through them.
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posted on
02/08/2014 8:57:34 AM PST
by
WXRGina
(The Founding Fathers would be shooting by now.)
To: mountn man
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posted on
02/08/2014 8:58:12 AM PST
by
WXRGina
(The Founding Fathers would be shooting by now.)
To: MeshugeMikey
I hope the water pirates start jumping out of windows.
In Centex we have a 4-yr drought that apparently is never going to end.
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posted on
02/08/2014 8:58:37 AM PST
by
txhurl
To: Lockbox
But illegal immigration has no effect on California!It would be racist to assume otherwise /s
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posted on
02/08/2014 9:00:52 AM PST
by
P.O.E.
(Pray for America)
To: txhurl
Allegedly the drought here has been going on for some time...but Id bet its nowhere near as severe as its been made out to be.
Let it rain!
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posted on
02/08/2014 9:02:06 AM PST
by
MeshugeMikey
("When you meet the unbelievers, strike at their necks..." -- Qur'an 47:4)
To: Lockbox
Something to keep in mind here is that water consumption by humans is dwarfed by most agricultural and industrial uses. This is why one of my guiding principles of human settlement, land development and civil engineering is that water resources should be used as a rigid determinant of where many land uses should be permitted. If an area doesn't provide enough rainfall to support more than X people, Y head of cattle, or Z acres of orange groves, then it probably isn't a good idea to plan and design around values that exceed X, Y and Z in this case.
There's always room to use conservation, creativity and technology to push the limits on X, Y and Z -- but I would much rather see these as interim measures or stop-gap measures for unusual conditions.
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posted on
02/08/2014 9:04:29 AM PST
by
Alberta's Child
("I've never seen such a conclave of minstrels in my life.")
To: C210N
Desalinization would help the cities and give them less reason to steal the farmer’s water.
To: Lockbox
I think your estimate of usage is way to high they dont look that clean to me
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posted on
02/08/2014 9:12:09 AM PST
by
al baby
(Hi MomÂ… I was refereeing to Obama)
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