posted January 25, 2014 04:22 PM            

And yet neither Brown nor locals are mandating water restrictions. I don't get it. Politics? Restrictions don't win elections. Ask Carter.

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If you look at the archaeological record, you see that the Native American population in the West expanded in the wet years that preceded those long droughts in the Medieval period. Then during the droughts, they were pretty much wiped out. There was the so-called Anasazi collapse in the Southwest about 800 years ago. In some ways, I see that as an analogy to us today. We’ve had this wetter 150 years and we’ve expanded. Now we’re using up all the available water, yet our population is still growing.

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posted January 25, 2014 09:42 PM            

The tree hugging left seems intellectually incapable of connecting the dots.

It takes up to 2,100 gallons of fresh water to produce one, (1) gallon of ethanol...ranging down to 100 gallons of fresh water to produce 1 gallon of ethanol.

Most gasoline sold in the US contains 10% or more ethanol...by government decree.

The tree huggers say they're concerned about fresh water supplies...but, they're all in favor of synthetic fuels of which ethanol is a major player.

Makes one wonder if the tree huggers are in possession of the facts or, does the tree hugging left just need something to protest.

For my part, I would end subsidies for corn producers for ethanol production...yesterday.
Diverting food crop producing acreage to synthetic fuel production..ethanol, is starving the most vulnerable in the world, those living close to the edge of starvation.

The so called, self identifying compassionate don't seen to give a rat's ass about that.

posted January 25, 2014 10:17 PM            

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Mranwhile Nestle are getting ready to make water a privatized business. Nice, eh?[/B]

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but they're job creators, cat. therefore ...

posted January 27, 2014 01:14 PM            

The disaster in WV, with the poisoning of water delivered to millions, should bring this to national attention. It didn't.

The CDC tells that only 300,000 people were effected, and that the licorice smell coming from their water, is 'OK' to drink.

The back page of all the nuws. Only those paying attention to issues like this noticed.

Waayy unfortunate. http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/west_virginia_toxic_disaster_requires_ more_than_silence_20140120

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I can’t help but wonder what the reaction would be if this had happened on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, or in one of the wealthier ZIP codes of Southern California.

Imagine living for a week without tap water for drinking, cooking, bathing, even washing clothes. Imagine restaurants having to shut down, hotels putting sinks and showers off-limits, nursing homes trying to care for patients with only bottled water at their disposal imagine learning that there was essentially no information on the long-term health effects of a chemical you could smell everywhere you went.

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The company responsible Freedom Industries (sounds like heartland institute doesn't it?? )
Has not been inspected since The 90's!

posted January 27, 2014 01:14 PM            

negative 34 here and I`m just lovin the warming trends being bandied about!

posted January 29, 2014 04:34 PM            

Heavy winter storms and temps in the midwest but in New York, zero days followed by record highs followed by the return of the Frigidaire Monster...

posted February 02, 2014 02:42 PM            

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hopefully meaning an extended winter

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Bite yer tongue missy

OR at least just wish for your end of town !

posted February 04, 2014 07:56 PM            

I spent my birthday shoveling 4 ft of heavy global warming off my roofs... Already, we are over 3O inchs of snow than normal winters end with 8 more potential snow fall weeks left

hoorah for global warming

posted February 05, 2014 09:04 AM            

Well, that just proves the doomsayers of the man made global warming religion are right.

posted February 05, 2014 01:28 PM            

Increased precipitation includes snow, folks!

Yes we had a half decent rain the other day, juni, and apparently a couple of major storms on the way. I hope we get some snow, which will not flood my house! but if the sump pump decides to work this year I will welcome rain too. We got a new one last year, but only after the deluge came into my flat..

The drought scare-tactics are out in full force here...and the spectre of desalinization of the Bay is something the machine wants to push, apparently. I don't mind desalinizing but there is so much heavy metal and chemical pollution in that water I don't want to see that solution manifesting.

All the while the frackers are sucking water out of the tables at alarming rates....

posted February 05, 2014 05:47 PM            

Cat, good more is on the way. You folks are in dire need. It snows there?
I think a lot of sump pumps are going to be working overtime this spring.

We have so much snow, I am concerned about a quick spring thaw. That would be muddy nightmare! Including septic tanks and drain fields not working properly.