Mikelly Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 We've got the same conditions in Va. as well... It's pretty nuts and my lawn also looks like crap... My well hasn't run dry... YET!!! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavyZ Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Wouldn't it be more prudent just to ship in water than to evacuate an entire city? Seems pretty drastic. We've been under water restrictions here for a while too, but it's not like they're thinking of evacuating or anything. Seems pretty silly to leave everything behind due to lack of water, especially when nobody's life is in direct harm. NO, Warren, that would be far too logical. Let's see, I lived in CA and we had 9 years of drought. Looked like crap before the dought, looked like crap after. Same same. I almost guarantee that after a few weeks of wet winter, no one will remember this time in NC. Currently, though, my lawn does resemble my CA lawn: dead weeds. Davy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjhines Posted October 23, 2007 Author Share Posted October 23, 2007 Wouldn't it be more prudent just to ship in water than to evacuate an entire city? Seems pretty drastic. We've been under water restrictions here for a while too, but it's not like they're thinking of evacuating or anything. Seems pretty silly to leave everything behind due to lack of water, especially when nobody's life is in direct harm. When the crappers quit flushing the city gets evacuated. We are not talking about drinking water shortages. Obviously you can go buy more water in bottles. The problem comes from the fact that sanitation will stop working when the water runs dry. I would not bet on a wet winter. We usually have dryer winters than summers. We need massive amounts of rainfall in the next few months to keep up with the demand on our reserviors. It is unlikely we will get enough rain this winter to bring levels back up to a safe mark. The thing is, We may well run out of water before the spring rains. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruez Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 I heard it was going to be a pretty dry winter here... I dug my well when the last "drought' hit about 5 years ago in this area when we built the house.. Its been fine so far. We hit a pocket 'o water. More than we could pump @ 12gpm. We've had a couple sprinkles in the last few months. One just the other day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m4xwellmurd3r Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 man, Cali's up in smoke, the east coast is bone dry. and arizona is business as usual. weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LLave Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 We are so 4ucked. On a side note, I have been able to work on the project 240Z body without fear of flash-rust all summer long. You see that? Looking on the bright side! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.I.jonas Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Its funny when people say that climate change is a myth lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metallicar Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 In the case of North Carolina. I am sure the population explosion over the past 10 years is not helping the water situation. I read that the population has tripled in the along I-95 in the past decade. So far as the Outer Banks, they keep putting up 10 bedroom houses in Duck and Corolla, moving the old 5 bedroom houses up beach to Corova. Rendering ground water non-potable. Finally a working municipal water works in Corolla, and the water company now says not to install copper pipes, becuase their product (water) is corrosive - and it tastes like it is too! What a F'n place! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cygnusx1 Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 When people hear global warming, they expect weather to get hotter and hotter. That's because of our general tendency to be short sighted. The path to global warming is an ugly one. In this case it's not the end result that we need to worry about, but it's the path to the end result that will kick our a$$es. We already see changes in micro climates that will be followed by changes in macro climates. I still don't think humanity should take full blame for the changes. Are we that egocentric? There is so much finger pointing going on. Human nature. Good luck there in NC and CA and everywhere else where adaptation is already beginning to nudge the unaware. Nomex, a kayak, relocation, beer...those will buy us some time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluntmaster280 Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatbackz Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 http://www.cuttingedge.org/News/n1207.cfm interesting! just something i came across. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrism Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 I remember as a kid living in northern Illinois, when the population grew bigger, so did the water reserves. We built more lakes. Don’t see any increases in water reserves around here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Its funny when people say that climate change is a myth lol. We should not get political with this thread. Cygnusx1, for what it's worth here in Seattle we had the coldest, wettest summer in over 30 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srgunz Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Its just hype to get you scared. You wont run out of water. Remember there will always be a supply of bottled water that you can go to costco and buy for like 30c a bottle. 30 cents a bottle? Right. If drinking water becomes scarce, you will lucky to buy it for $3.00 a bottle if you can find it at all. Just consider the population of that area of NC. Think about this. Each of the 165,000 men and women in Iraq drinks approx. 5 bottles per day according to a recent report I just read. That is 825,000 bottles of water per DAY. Probably 10 C130's flights per day worth. What is the population of that part of NC? 5 million? Think about it. How would you even get that much drinking water to where it needs to be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluntmaster280 Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 No they wouldnt up the price of water to 3.00 a bottle. Especially not a large chain store like costco. Thats called price gauging is illegal and i highly doubt that Costco would put their reputation in such jeopardy to make some more money. How do you get that much water there. Simple, trucks and airplanes. What does any of this have to do with iraq? Last time i checked NC isnt a desert . And we also dont have highways going to iraq to deliver products, oh and its thousands of miles away. Think about this, people in canada wear coats and use heaters in the winter time to keep from freezing, does that apply to me? No as i dont live there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Well there was gas for $6/gal after Hurricane whatchamacallit a couple years back in FL. There's price gouging and there is the laws of supply and demand, the two can be confused but are not the same thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluntmaster280 Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Na gas never got to 6 dollars. At least not from gas stations. The only problem we had was that the gas stations had no power and couldnt pump gas so there were massive lines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JIM73240Z Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 our gas prices went up anytime a cloud went by a off shore well. the big price gouging happened when a construction worker hit the only gas line to feed the phx area. no gas came in by pipe, only truck. gas went way high. we now have law also against price gouging but the law makers saw it as supply and demand and not price gouging. i bet cosco would jack the prices up a bit. just my $.02. jimbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.I.jonas Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 I wonder if these things have anyhting to do with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbesheer Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 Why don't they just use fake grass for the golf courses. I mean it would cost more for the grass, but you don't have to water it and you don't have to mow it. seems win win to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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