Posted on 05/15/2015 9:04:45 AM PDT by Kartographer
It’s even more dire in unincorporated East Porterville than the last time CBS13 was there. Tulare County buys and trucks in water to refill tanks in people’s front yards.
In a sign of increasing desperation, some have resorted to stealing bottled water from their neighbors. A woman CBS13 spoke to says thieves ripped off the water pump she uses to wash her clothes and take showers that was hooked up to her tank.
Thankfully the county replaced it.
Andrew Lockman with Tulare County Office of Emergency Services says some go to nearby communities that have water and just help themselves.
(Excerpt) Read more at sacramento.cbslocal.com ...
Yep.
And another book / movie about water rights stealing, set in New Mexico, Is the Milagro Beanfield War.
And I could tell a real life story about Bill Richardson stealing water rights for a big donor in my neighborhood.
I’m truly amazed that he has managed to stay above ground and out of prison. Friggin thieving pedophile!
And the EPA has been blocking desalination projects since the eighties.
“The Last Survivors” and
“Steel Dawn”
I suggest the California water fight movie be called “Smelt”
You are correct. I still have to remind other so cal folks...so cal for all intents and purposes is a desert., for God sakes.
These may have been the stories my dad told us years ago. He was from the Branson Colorado area.
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