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Fri Jun-08-07 09:15 AM
Response to Reply #92 |
| 108. Thanks for the defense of us desert rats. |
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I'm here in Phoenix by necessity, not choice. But here I am, and it looks like I will stay (unless something drastic happens).
I do have one quibble, though. I've lived here in Phoenix since 1979, and saying the "vast majority" have "no grass" in their yards is not true. I wish it were. The proportion is getting better, but most people still have grass in their backyards at least.
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| -LA residents told to cut showers as drought deepens (driest in 130 yrs) |
UpInArms |
Jun-07-07 06:24 AM |
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interesting... extreme dought on both coasts |
ixion |
Jun-07-07 06:29 AM |
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Extreme populations tax the resources |
ohio2007 |
Jun-07-07 06:59 AM |
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While that may be true it really doesn't address the drought unless |
Bandit |
Jun-07-07 11:09 AM |
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Peak population has been reached and the |
ohio2007 |
Jun-07-07 04:23 PM |
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The L.A. Basin is a desert with a carrying capacity of 650,000 thousand people |
candice |
Jun-08-07 01:32 AM |
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Bingo-Overpopulation is the elephant in the room that no one wants to talk about. nt |
TheGoldenRule |
Jun-09-07 08:58 AM |
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In SC, we're in a drought. Don't know if it's an extreme drought, though. nt |
raccoon |
Jun-07-07 09:45 AM |
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What is an extreme drought? |
BarstowDeath |
Jun-07-07 11:52 AM |
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Here ya go... |
progressoid |
Jun-07-07 01:11 PM |
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thanks |
BarstowDeath |
Jun-07-07 04:07 PM |
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Here in Fargo it's it's so wet we have flooding. |
Odin2005 |
Jun-07-07 03:24 PM |
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New England is doing well. nt |
VTMechEngr |
Jun-08-07 11:00 AM |
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Trash in toilets? |
BeyondGeography |
Jun-07-07 06:32 AM |
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that`s were we throw our trash here in illinois |
madrchsod |
Jun-07-07 07:00 AM |
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In Chicago the park water fountains used to run continuously. |
bigmonkey |
Jun-07-07 02:45 PM |
#79 |
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Somewhere (here or elsewhere on the web) |
Delphinus |
Jun-07-07 03:44 PM |
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Plumbers in Illinois must be pretty wealthy, LOL |
silverojo |
Jun-07-07 03:58 PM |
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LOL! n/t |
Megahurtz |
Jun-07-07 04:06 PM |
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LOL |
Screwfly |
Jun-08-07 08:03 PM |
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Talking trash... |
Joanie Baloney |
Jun-07-07 12:55 PM |
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Yep. Toss the dental floss in and flush. Toss a kleenex in and flush. |
kestrel91316 |
Jun-08-07 01:53 PM |
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how do you wipe with dental floss?!!! |
TankLV |
Jun-09-07 09:09 AM |
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People use their toilets for TRASH disposal because they are too |
kestrel91316 |
Jun-09-07 10:53 AM |
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Dental Floss is a versatile thing. They even use it to make |
Buns_of_Fire |
Jun-10-07 08:55 AM |
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Time to take Navy showers |
tinymontgomery |
Jun-07-07 06:33 AM |
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I wouldn't mind this, actually. |
Delphinus |
Jun-07-07 03:45 PM |
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Go to a place like Lowe's, Home Depot, etc. |
silverojo |
Jun-07-07 04:00 PM |
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Yep, that's what I'm doing... |
devilgrrl |
Jun-07-07 04:04 PM |
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fill one tub with wash water and another with rinse water... |
grasswire |
Jun-08-07 11:00 AM |
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My sink is real small and doesn't have a drain that plugs... |
devilgrrl |
Jun-08-07 12:10 PM |
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You can buy a plain rubber cover that fits in your drain to plug the sink. |
yardwork |
Jun-08-07 01:32 PM |
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I use Dr. Bronners soap too :-) |
devilgrrl |
Jun-08-07 01:47 PM |
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That'll work! |
yardwork |
Jun-08-07 02:01 PM |
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Many Europeans bathe this way |
catgirl |
Jun-08-07 11:57 AM |
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Never stopped taking "submarine" showers |
Ezlivin |
Jun-08-07 01:54 PM |
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I learned to do it that last time Honolulu had a drought in the 80's |
TankLV |
Jun-09-07 08:52 AM |
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Unless water is rationed to each household. this will not be enforceable |
rodeodance |
Jun-07-07 06:45 AM |
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No, it won't, but they could raise rates in an emergency! |
BikeWriter |
Jun-07-07 06:52 AM |
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when everyone moved there |
madrchsod |
Jun-07-07 06:57 AM |
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And when everyone moved to New Orleans |
MindPilot |
Jun-07-07 08:15 AM |
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Need your morning coffee? |
arikara |
Jun-07-07 11:27 AM |
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Thank you. They still are building MORE AND MORE. If they would |
kestrel91316 |
Jun-08-07 01:57 PM |
#124 |
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When people move to the arid West from the lush areas of the |
hedgehog |
Jun-07-07 12:37 PM |
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Another expert on living in California...let's see where you're from. |
MindPilot |
Jun-07-07 12:57 PM |
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Not exactly ! |
hedgehog |
Jun-07-07 01:34 PM |
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And there you are hoggin' all the rain, hedgehog |
MindPilot |
Jun-07-07 01:48 PM |
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I guess the question is, how many transplanted Westerners live in a state of denial? |
hedgehog |
Jun-07-07 02:22 PM |
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Well, I've lived in California and Arizona |
silverojo |
Jun-07-07 04:05 PM |
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I lived in the LA area from 1954 to 1978... |
KansDem |
Jun-07-07 02:48 PM |
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You were getting water from the Owens Valley in the 50s. |
candice |
Jun-08-07 01:33 AM |
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Well, sometimes it does this: |
kestrel91316 |
Jun-08-07 02:01 PM |
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That is why |
ChazII |
Jun-07-07 01:56 PM |
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(or shower with a friend!) |
BikeWriter |
Jun-07-07 06:57 AM |
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That Could Use More Water |
iamjoy |
Jun-07-07 07:19 AM |
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"Conserve ... shower with a friend" |
SomeGuyInEagan |
Jun-07-07 09:40 AM |
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Can't we desalinate the ocean? |
JNelson6563 |
Jun-07-07 07:20 AM |
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Must be. |
edwardlindy |
Jun-07-07 08:06 AM |
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Desalinization is one of those things that looks like a good idea |
MindPilot |
Jun-07-07 08:22 AM |
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*ALERT" - In a daring maneuver to thwart Mother Nature |
InkAddict |
Jun-07-07 09:08 AM |
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We've got a desal plant here in Santa Barbara |
XemaSab |
Jun-07-07 08:08 PM |
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I think the Israelis are working on this |
ikojo |
Jun-10-07 09:04 AM |
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I have a better idea - shower with a neighbor |
TOJ |
Jun-07-07 08:12 AM |
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Can you spare a square? nt |
Javaman |
Jun-07-07 08:17 AM |
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In Colorado there's a saying: |
Robb |
Jun-07-07 08:22 AM |
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They have sprinklers going day and night throughout CA... |
rfranklin |
Jun-07-07 08:22 AM |
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Shit fire Dilbert, I don't even have shut-off valves on my sprinklers!! |
MindPilot |
Jun-07-07 08:41 AM |
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Oh man -- don't even get me started!! |
driver8 |
Jun-07-07 08:46 AM |
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It's the pristine-clean cars that bug me |
bunkerbuster1 |
Jun-07-07 09:43 AM |
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it isn't just CA |
bleedingheart |
Jun-07-07 10:26 AM |
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It's never neccesary to water like that. |
Xithras |
Jun-07-07 12:37 PM |
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Ahh someone with a sense of reality!! |
MindPilot |
Jun-07-07 01:08 PM |
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Great post. |
driver8 |
Jun-07-07 02:13 PM |
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Indeed, you don't have to water lawn much in SoCal |
silverojo |
Jun-07-07 04:09 PM |
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LA is often HOTTER THAN PALM SPRINGS. I should know. |
kestrel91316 |
Jun-08-07 02:05 PM |
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you need to be planting veggies in that sun |
xxqqqzme |
Jun-07-07 01:44 PM |
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I tried the bucket in the shower idea |
silverojo |
Jun-07-07 04:12 PM |
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Give "desert landscaping" a try... |
ordinaryaveragegirl |
Jun-09-07 09:03 AM |
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This is what happens when you put large metropolitan areas in what is essentially a desert |
MadHound |
Jun-07-07 08:25 AM |
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invalid reasoning. try again nt |
msongs |
Jun-07-07 08:27 AM |
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OK, I conceed that I was a little over the top calling the area a desert, however |
MadHound |
Jun-07-07 08:45 AM |
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So the Ogalala aquifer is draining into the San Fernando Valley? |
MindPilot |
Jun-07-07 09:06 AM |
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You are so deluded about the Southwest |
silverojo |
Jun-07-07 04:20 PM |
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I'm not absolutely certain about this, but I believe most golf courses |
MindPilot |
Jun-07-07 06:00 PM |
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Thanks for the defense of us desert rats. |
Coventina |
Jun-08-07 09:15 AM |
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Come to Los Angeles. Most of the millions of homes here have GRASS LAWNS |
kestrel91316 |
Jun-08-07 02:10 PM |
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We DO live in a desert here in SoCal. Most years we get almost no |
kestrel91316 |
Jun-08-07 02:07 PM |
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What's invalid about it? Are you saying that you don't understand |
acmavm |
Jun-07-07 09:18 AM |
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No. You have to understand that we in the west live with water shortage |
MindPilot |
Jun-07-07 09:28 AM |
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You are probably going to be the one with the problem. |
barb162 |
Jun-07-07 10:00 AM |
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Jun-07-07 10:47 AM |
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You have got to be kidding me! |
depakid |
Jun-07-07 01:50 PM |
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Another expert on Southern California who doesn't live here. |
MindPilot |
Jun-07-07 02:03 PM |
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I have news |
depakid |
Jun-07-07 02:19 PM |
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There are water wars, but |
huskerlaw |
Jun-07-07 12:56 PM |
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It's a totally different water system in the midwest |
XemaSab |
Jun-07-07 08:14 PM |
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I had no idea there were so many California-bashers here on DU |
MindPilot |
Jun-07-07 08:31 AM |
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Yawn. Stretch. Waste water. |
Joanie Baloney |
Jun-07-07 09:06 AM |
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I'm not bashing California. I just don't get why people try to make it look like Connecticut... |
NorthernSpy |
Jun-07-07 10:18 AM |
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LOL. They want to look like Connecticut.... |
VTMechEngr |
Jun-08-07 11:24 AM |
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LOL-- Californian here and I agree with the bashers.... |
mike_c |
Jun-07-07 10:41 AM |
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Hey Mike |
XemaSab |
Jun-07-07 08:18 PM |
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Because as I drive around El Dorado Hills... |
Throd |
Jun-07-07 12:31 PM |
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Yell yeah, but white flight suburbs tend to have high concentrations of the spoiled and stupid. |
LeftyMom |
Jun-07-07 09:21 PM |
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If it's yellow, let it mellow |
RedEarth |
Jun-07-07 08:42 AM |
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Jun-07-07 09:23 AM |
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California is stealing water from the entire country? |
MindPilot |
Jun-07-07 09:32 AM |
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LA has been stealing water for decades |
AZDemDist6 |
Jun-07-07 09:42 AM |
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Every urban area in California steals water from another part of the state |
XemaSab |
Jun-07-07 08:33 PM |
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Huh? |
Le Taz Hot |
Jun-07-07 10:13 AM |
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Did you intend to reply to the other poster? |
MindPilot |
Jun-07-07 10:53 AM |
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No, dahlink, |
Le Taz Hot |
Jun-07-07 10:59 AM |
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Ever seen the film Chinatown? nt |
TheGoldenRule |
Jun-09-07 09:27 AM |
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group showers are much more effective |
DrDan |
Jun-07-07 09:48 AM |
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everyone: get a copy of "Cadillac Desert" and read it |
kineneb |
Jun-07-07 10:23 AM |
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Great book...Marc Reisner (RIP) was a visionary |
BeyondGeography |
Jun-07-07 01:12 PM |
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Misleading headline...again |
PaulaFarrell |
Jun-07-07 10:28 AM |
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I skipped a shower this am and.. |
BadGimp |
Jun-07-07 01:06 PM |
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Delete. |
roamer65 |
Jun-07-07 01:13 PM |
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Message to the West: Don't even consider Great Lakes water diversion. |
roamer65 |
Jun-07-07 01:15 PM |
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Bog it down in the courts, nothing! |
hedgehog |
Jun-07-07 01:37 PM |
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All Great Lakes Canadian provinces and American GL states are in "the same boat". |
roamer65 |
Jun-07-07 01:58 PM |
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totally agree - Buffalo born, live in Vegas now... |
TankLV |
Jun-09-07 09:03 AM |
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Delete. |
roamer65 |
Jun-07-07 02:03 PM |
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Don't worry, we're looking more at Alaska :) |
Xithras |
Jun-07-07 07:05 PM |
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It's bad here in southern middle Tennessee- no rain in months. |
Wcross |
Jun-07-07 01:45 PM |
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Your rain has slid north. |
roamer65 |
Jun-07-07 02:05 PM |
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They need to move on a number of cogeneration desalination projects. |
BrightKnight |
Jun-07-07 02:18 PM |
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How about reverse osmosis on the sewer outlets? |
hedgehog |
Jun-07-07 02:29 PM |
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Well we were going to try something similar in San Diego, buuut |
MindPilot |
Jun-07-07 05:55 PM |
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That's too bad. I think eventually all sewer plants will have to engage |
hedgehog |
Jun-07-07 06:09 PM |
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I hope to see thermal polymerization plants |
MindPilot |
Jun-07-07 06:35 PM |
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Too many illegal aliens |
one more state |
Jun-08-07 12:06 AM |
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How would they know...the government has no idea who is here, and |
candice |
Jun-08-07 01:35 AM |
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Over here, fake IDs are sold by a city councilman's father |
barb162 |
Jun-08-07 01:10 PM |
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time to close the Oregon border to migration |
grasswire |
Jun-08-07 11:26 AM |
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I'm surprised there aren't more people in your state. |
barb162 |
Jun-08-07 01:12 PM |
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shhhh..... |
grasswire |
Jun-08-07 07:14 PM |
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Time to redistribute population according to rainfall? |
ozone_man |
Jun-08-07 11:42 AM |
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hey - let me whistle past the graveyard in the dark a while longer please! |
TankLV |
Jun-09-07 09:05 AM |
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Sheesh, guess we might be the next "boom" area LOL... |
ordinaryaveragegirl |
Jun-09-07 11:46 AM |
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It's probably best to stay as the bread basket. |
ozone_man |
Jun-09-07 01:31 PM |
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I just took a very WET walk around downtown LA this morning |
Cronus Protagonist |
Jun-08-07 01:45 PM |
#119 |
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I have been doing my part since Sep 1 2006. I have not watered |
kestrel91316 |
Jun-08-07 01:51 PM |
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Save water - shower together!!! |
TankLV |
Jun-09-07 08:51 AM |
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Two ideas Brown Lawns and Front Loading Washing Machines. |
TheGoldenRule |
Jun-09-07 09:12 AM |
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But what will Paris do if she cannot |
ikojo |
Jun-10-07 08:58 AM |
#145 |
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