https://freerepublic.com/tag/heytheregeorgigirl/ en-us Sat, 20 Oct 2007 16:00:08 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1913927/posts Georgia Seeks Water Disaster Declaration Saturday October 20, 2007 4:46 PM By GREG BLUESTEIN Associated Press Writer CUMMING, Ga. (AP) - With water supplies rapidly shrinking during a drought of historic proportions, Gov. Sonny Perdue declared a state of emergency Saturday for the northern third of Georgia and asked President Bush to declare it a major disaster area. Georgia officials warn that Lake Lanier, a 38,000-acre reservoir that supplies more than 3 million residents with water, is less than three months from depletion. Smaller reservoirs are dropping even lower. Perdue asked the president to exempt Georgia from complying with federal... The Guardian (UK) https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1913927/posts#comment Sat, 20 Oct 2007 16:00:08 GMT