CanSocDem
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Sun Nov-01-09 10:27 AM
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...are shipping it north and east , disguised as lettuce.
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| -Who is stealing California's water? |
ensho |
Nov-01-09 10:18 AM |
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The "farmers"... |
CanSocDem |
Nov-01-09 10:27 AM |
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lol - but do you agree trouble is coming? |
ensho |
Nov-01-09 10:28 AM |
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Indeed. |
CanSocDem |
Nov-01-09 10:42 AM |
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Lettuce isn't even in the top 4 of water sucking crops |
XemaSab |
Nov-01-09 12:55 PM |
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You're right. |
CanSocDem |
Nov-01-09 04:33 PM |
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Rice on the other hand.... |
depakid |
Nov-02-09 01:21 AM |
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I think it's Noah Cross. n/t |
Ian David |
Nov-01-09 10:27 AM |
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Funny how the thieves are wondering who is "stealing" from them |
MadHound |
Nov-01-09 10:32 AM |
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LOL beat me to it |
proud2BlibKansan |
Nov-01-09 10:33 AM |
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Name removed |
Nov-01-09 12:24 PM |
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Regional chauvinism is ugly, and hardly progressive. |
Flaneur |
Nov-01-09 12:56 PM |
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i didn't settle in a dry area |
CreekDog |
Nov-01-09 06:58 PM |
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you're in f***** Kansas lecturing me? |
CreekDog |
Nov-01-09 07:01 PM |
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WHAT'S THAT?! I CAN'T HEAR YOU OVER THE HOWLING WINDS OF THE DUST BOWL OF 1935-1940...!! |
DRoseDARs |
Nov-01-09 08:02 PM |
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Cool, I'll be sure to remember that |
comrade snarky |
Nov-01-09 08:57 PM |
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Wow! |
Le Taz Hot |
Nov-02-09 05:14 AM |
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Do you know what you are talking about? |
itsrobert |
Nov-01-09 10:42 AM |
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++1 |
underseasurveyor |
Nov-01-09 10:47 AM |
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At least we fly over country folks are smart enough to live in a place where we have rivers |
proud2BlibKansan |
Nov-01-09 10:47 AM |
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And sometimes those rivers are above your houses |
itsrobert |
Nov-01-09 10:52 AM |
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Most people in floodplains can't get federal flood insurance |
proud2BlibKansan |
Nov-01-09 10:55 AM |
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North of you? |
itsrobert |
Nov-01-09 10:58 AM |
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Last time I checked the Dakotas weren't in the Midwest or in Canada |
proud2BlibKansan |
Nov-01-09 12:54 PM |
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A midwest geography lesson for you |
itsrobert |
Nov-01-09 01:16 PM |
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I live in the midwest |
proud2BlibKansan |
Nov-01-09 03:55 PM |
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Guess I shouldn't feel too bad |
underseasurveyor |
Nov-01-09 11:45 AM |
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You're right, there are no rivers in California |
XemaSab |
Nov-01-09 12:59 PM |
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Factual info re: CA's water resources is readily available. For ex: |
Garbo 2004 |
Nov-01-09 05:00 PM |
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Wasn't Kansas part of the dustbowl? (nt) |
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin |
Nov-01-09 06:52 PM |
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then why do you need subsidies? |
CreekDog |
Nov-01-09 07:04 PM |
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Isn't that nice |
blue_onyx |
Nov-01-09 11:01 AM |
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They reap what they sow |
itsrobert |
Nov-01-09 11:04 AM |
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So you throw around more unjustified attacks? |
blue_onyx |
Nov-01-09 11:13 AM |
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Telling the truth is an unjustified attack? |
proud2BlibKansan |
Nov-01-09 12:56 PM |
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you are telling falsehoods |
CreekDog |
Nov-01-09 09:26 PM |
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Most of us didn't "choose" to live in California --we were born here |
CreekDog |
Nov-01-09 09:24 PM |
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You may want to re-read my comment |
blue_onyx |
Nov-01-09 10:22 PM |
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then reread my comment |
CreekDog |
Nov-01-09 10:53 PM |
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Seriously? |
blue_onyx |
Nov-01-09 11:03 PM |
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Not just an attack. |
Enthusiast |
Nov-01-09 11:33 AM |
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Nore does it run into California. |
Thothmes |
Nov-01-09 07:12 PM |
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That's true if you ignore than 100 miles it runs through California |
CreekDog |
Nov-01-09 09:27 PM |
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The Colorado River does not run "throught" California |
Thothmes |
Nov-02-09 05:10 AM |
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it goes through California, half that river is in California |
CreekDog |
Nov-02-09 08:21 AM |
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The Colorado river does not nor was it ever intended to supply water to the Midwest, |
amandabeech |
Nov-01-09 12:53 PM |
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Water supplies will get tighter |
Warpy |
Nov-01-09 10:39 AM |
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Yo! Water problems are happening across the US. |
Are_grits_groceries |
Nov-01-09 11:01 AM |
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No shit |
Warpy |
Nov-01-09 12:30 PM |
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They're also fighting over the Chatahoochie River |
GoCubsGo |
Nov-01-09 01:41 PM |
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delete |
Xithras |
Nov-01-09 11:26 AM |
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California's runoff comes from the Sierras |
KamaAina |
Nov-01-09 11:37 AM |
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Um, the Colorado originates in the Rockies |
Warpy |
Nov-01-09 12:18 PM |
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It's mostly the San Diego area that does |
KamaAina |
Nov-01-09 04:51 PM |
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Yes, California gets water from the Colorado, which runs through California |
CreekDog |
Nov-01-09 09:29 PM |
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i think we (CAlifornians) get most of our water from the colorado river. |
robinlynne |
Nov-01-09 12:46 PM |
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California's water system delivers 40,000,000 acre-feet a year |
XemaSab |
Nov-01-09 03:04 PM |
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No, most of the state's water comes from CA and specifically, NorCal. nt |
Garbo 2004 |
Nov-01-09 04:54 PM |
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Wrong. Most of our water does not come from the Colorado |
CreekDog |
Nov-01-09 09:30 PM |
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Ohh, time for Nuclear Power & Desalination Plants! |
shintao |
Nov-01-09 09:46 PM |
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One thing this thread has taught me .... |
Trajan |
Nov-01-09 10:45 AM |
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just the opposite.... |
mike_c |
Nov-01-09 10:49 AM |
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No it's not about hating California |
proud2BlibKansan |
Nov-01-09 10:50 AM |
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And I just called out your hypocrisy |
itsrobert |
Nov-01-09 10:55 AM |
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And you are wrong |
proud2BlibKansan |
Nov-01-09 10:56 AM |
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You're wrong! |
itsrobert |
Nov-01-09 10:57 AM |
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The feds have been in charge of California's water for at least 80 years |
XemaSab |
Nov-01-09 01:10 PM |
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yes, about calling out hypocrisy of some schmoe from Kansas |
CreekDog |
Nov-01-09 09:31 PM |
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pot, meet kettle.... |
mike_c |
Nov-01-09 10:45 AM |
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They better find out, and |
Are_grits_groceries |
Nov-01-09 10:46 AM |
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very interesting, thanks |
ensho |
Nov-01-09 10:49 AM |
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Interesting article, thanks |
XemaSab |
Nov-01-09 01:08 PM |
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Cool post!! |
shintao |
Nov-01-09 09:55 PM |
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California's government makes PA's government look responsible |
AllentownJake |
Nov-01-09 10:48 AM |
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who owns Pa. water? is it as complicated as Calif.? |
ensho |
Nov-01-09 10:52 AM |
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The Northeast doesn't have as many dry areas |
AllentownJake |
Nov-01-09 11:03 AM |
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Hey, the clouds dropped it on my land this past summer |
pipi_k |
Nov-01-09 10:50 AM |
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LOL |
underseasurveyor |
Nov-01-09 12:09 PM |
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There is virtually unlimited water in CA |
Statistical |
Nov-01-09 10:58 AM |
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won't ten years be too late? |
ensho |
Nov-01-09 11:01 AM |
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About 10 years ago.... |
CanSocDem |
Nov-01-09 11:06 AM |
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Why were all the bottles labled with "Labatts" and "Molsens"? |
TankLV |
Nov-01-09 12:32 PM |
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No. |
CanSocDem |
Nov-01-09 04:27 PM |
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No because I think it will take a true crisis before anything changes. |
Statistical |
Nov-01-09 11:09 AM |
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The plants also create other problems. |
Are_grits_groceries |
Nov-01-09 11:08 AM |
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Some people here sure like bashing California... |
hayu_lol |
Nov-01-09 11:21 AM |
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I wasn't trying to bash CA. |
Are_grits_groceries |
Nov-01-09 11:29 AM |
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Grits, I wasn't pointing anyone out... |
hayu_lol |
Nov-01-09 11:40 AM |
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For the last few years many more people have left CA |
Bluenorthwest |
Nov-01-09 12:22 PM |
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Kansas doesn't have huge amounts of water. |
amandabeech |
Nov-01-09 01:32 PM |
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Only if you use non-carbon forms of energy to run the desal. plants |
NickB79 |
Nov-01-09 06:42 PM |
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Groundwater will not, and cannot, be regulated. |
Xithras |
Nov-01-09 11:29 AM |
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It can be regulated. |
Are_grits_groceries |
Nov-01-09 11:34 AM |
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Perhaps for the larger wells... |
Xithras |
Nov-01-09 11:45 AM |
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Dr. Gleick is bringing this up at the right time, there are going to be changes one way or the other |
bridgit |
Nov-01-09 11:59 AM |
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K & R--and for those who don't care because it's CA, WATER is the next big thing |
Nikki Stone1 |
Nov-01-09 12:22 PM |
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And I was always told by Northern Californians that it was the Southern |
Cleita |
Nov-01-09 12:36 PM |
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How much is enough?? |
shintao |
Nov-01-09 10:05 PM |
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Most of the water you get is flowing from the Sierras. |
Cleita |
Nov-02-09 12:47 AM |
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Sitting here in the rust belt surrounded by fresh water |
cmd |
Nov-01-09 01:33 PM |
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You are very kind |
underseasurveyor |
Nov-01-09 01:38 PM |
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The Great Lakes area has its own problems. |
Are_grits_groceries |
Nov-01-09 02:25 PM |
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Yes! |
ellie |
Nov-01-09 05:08 PM |
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The Maumee has the largest watershed by area |
Mendocino |
Nov-01-09 09:25 PM |
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Psst. There's an Ocean of water there. Literally. |
boppers |
Nov-01-09 05:23 PM |
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Psst. It's salt water. |
KamaAina |
Nov-01-09 06:48 PM |
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Whhaaa. De-salination is HARD! |
boppers |
Nov-02-09 01:12 AM |
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Let me see if I've got this straight. Ahh-nuld threatened to veto every single legislative bill |
KamaAina |
Nov-01-09 06:50 PM |
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Southern Californians! |
LeftyMom |
Nov-01-09 06:58 PM |
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A lot of that water from the Sierras is diverted south, true. |
Cleita |
Nov-02-09 12:52 AM |
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"benefiting no one" = keeping salt water from destroying delta farmland, sustaining species |
LeftyMom |
Nov-02-09 12:35 PM |
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The environment is irrelevant, donchaknow. |
Xithras |
Nov-02-09 12:42 PM |
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Same people that are stealing from the Great Lakes, I suspect. |
glinda |
Nov-01-09 11:05 PM |
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on a related note... |
shanti |
Nov-02-09 12:52 AM |
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Colorado, of course! |
elleng |
Nov-02-09 01:39 AM |
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