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Level -> Georgia declares drought emergency (10/21/2007 4:59:30 AM)
CUMMING, Georgia - 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 the state 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 regulations that dictate the amount of water released from Georgia's reservoirs to protect federally protected mussel species downstream. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21393296 Gotta protect those mussels........

SeeksOnlyOne -> RE: Georgia declares drought emergency (10/21/2007 5:03:42 AM)
im tellin ya Level, its a muckin fess......ive lived here all my life and never seen such drought as we have this year..... i hate it for the mussels, but fact is, the people need drinking water.... were practicing the "if its yellow let it mellow" thing about flushing the toilet here.......doing all we can...... they have even made the ritzy neighborhoods to quit watering their sod.....my gawd the injustice.....

pahunkboy -> RE: Georgia declares drought emergency (10/21/2007 5:03:47 AM)
A metal roof can collect water for drinking.

Level -> RE: Georgia declares drought emergency (10/21/2007 5:05:43 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: SeeksOnlyOne im tellin ya Level, its a muckin fess......ive lived here all my life and never seen such drought as we have this year..... i hate it for the mussels, but fact is, the people need drinking water.... were practicing the "if its yellow let it mellow" thing about flushing the toilet here.......doing all we can...... they have even made the ritzy neighborhoods to quit watering their sod.....my gawd the injustice..... Good morning SOO -- are people angry there, about sending the water down to Florida?

SeeksOnlyOne -> RE: Georgia declares drought emergency (10/21/2007 5:09:38 AM)
fla and alabama......the govenor is going to sue the corp of engineers....and they just now showed on the news where these pumps that you can put in your bath tub to recycle bath water are selling out at home depot...... theres a water tower near me that has a gauge on the side-numbers from 1-100 i think it is......normally, it has stayed about half full or more-all my life....yesterday i drove by it and it was under the 5 mark...... we need RAIN!!!!

pahunkboy -> RE: Georgia declares drought emergency (10/21/2007 5:17:27 AM)
We have ample water in Pennsylvania. I am sure we would share it with our friends in the south. :-)

Aileen68 -> RE: Georgia declares drought emergency (10/21/2007 5:59:38 AM)
Time to start sacrificing virgins.

Level -> RE: Georgia declares drought emergency (10/21/2007 6:05:21 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Aileen68 Time to start sacrificing virgins. Should we start a thread asking for volunteers?? [X(]

SeeksOnlyOne -> RE: Georgia declares drought emergency (10/21/2007 6:08:21 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Aileen68 Time to start sacrificing virgins. this is georgia.......killin ugly 6th graders would be frowned upon im sure..... (tongue in cheek of course)

nighthawk3569 -> RE: Georgia declares drought emergency (10/21/2007 6:27:40 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Level quote: ORIGINAL: Aileen68 Time to start sacrificing virgins. Should we start a thread asking for volunteers?? [X(] *Have all virgins report directly to me. I'll see that they're appropriately sacrificed.* *'hawk* *PS...to any shy virgins who may hesitate to volunteer, dancing naked in public will not be a requirement.* 'h

MiGTeK -> RE: Georgia declares drought emergency (10/21/2007 6:37:58 AM)
Heh. Fast forward to australia. The driest inhaibited island in the world. Look at south australia, the driest state in the nation. Droughts here happen most summers- the town i live in has some 320-odd cloudfree days a year. At the moment, we're stuck in what's pretty much a nationwide drought, it's been going for a couple of years now (or feels like it). Farmers everywhere are going broke as the crops die, and these are farms that've been going for generations. Statewide, you're allowed to water your garden for three hours a week, in the evening, with a dripper system or a bucket. And you know what? The steelworks here still uses 65Kl of water every 15 minutes of every day as part of one of its processes- it quenches baked coal. Then there's the water trucks that cruise around, keeping the dust down on site. Then there's the other processes that all use water, too. How is it that industry can do that sorta stuff, and get away with it? Anyway, if anyone's got any virgins to spare, send a couple down here. The aussie ones are too pretty to sacrifice ;)

FatDomDaddy -> RE: Georgia declares drought emergency (10/21/2007 2:38:17 PM)
The problem is that global warming is cause less hurricanes, that normally refill the south east's water tables this time of year... Wait... Wasn't global warming supposed to INCREASE hurricane activity? Silly Global warming! Go Sonny Go! It's about time somebody stood up to silly and stupid environment regulations. BTW... The good news is.... The United States of America sits onto of the greatest systems of aquifers known on the planet. It provides it with the best and most plentiful drinking water in the world and it is not going anywhere.

kc692 -> RE: Georgia declares drought emergency (10/21/2007 9:07:03 PM)
We in Alabama are getting some of that water, but trust me, it's no better here. We had a small bit of rain the last two days, and wish for at least 10 days of solid rain.

DomKen -> RE: Georgia declares drought emergency (10/21/2007 9:47:27 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: FatDomDaddy The good news is....The United States of America sits onto of the greatest systems of aquifers known on the planet. It provides it with the best and most plentiful drinking water in the world and it is not going anywhere. So all we need to do to solve the water problem in North Georgia is drill some wells? Why don't you rush to the area and start your own company. Surely there is a mint to be made. All right, everybody from the area stop laughing now. Drilling for water in North and Central Georgia south of the appalachian foothills is nearly impossible. There is a big sheet of granite underlying the area and you have to drill very deep into/through the granite to get significant water. The small suburban town I grew up in used well water for a while but as it was growing they had to build a water treatment plant to start pumping from a river that ran through town as the local wells could not sustain the growth rate and more wells weren't feasible. The drought is awful and I hope some rain comes in soon but it really does point up an important fact, most of the Atlanta area relies on Lake Lanier for drinking water and with the way the area has grown the lake is going to reach pumping capacity even in wet times pretty soon. Hoepfully Sonny and the state legislature will stop worrying about the required pumping, which if stopped will do a lot of damage downstream beyond killing off the endangered mussels and start looking at some ways to either get more water from out of the area, maybe from the Savanah River and the big Corps of Engineers lake up on the GA/SC border, as well as to start planning and perhaps limiting the growth in the area. How much longer can the commute get on GA 400 get before its simply impossible to get from one end to other?

cyberdude611 -> RE: Georgia declares drought emergency (10/21/2007 10:07:14 PM)
Didn't the Native Americans solve this problem by doing those rain dances? Lets give it a try! Everyone get up and dance!!! [sm=banana.gif]

popeye1250 -> RE: Georgia declares drought emergency (10/21/2007 10:36:47 PM)
Saw on the weather/news tonight that there's clouds headed up from the Gulf and Carribean. The Southeast should be getting rain this week.

kc692 -> RE: Georgia declares drought emergency (10/21/2007 10:41:20 PM)
That's what they keep saying, let's hope they are finally right. It has not been widespread enough lately to do any good. I hope there is much more this week.

DomKen -> RE: Georgia declares drought emergency (10/21/2007 11:37:52 PM)
Last I heard they need a lot of rain, like a hurricane remnant stalling out over N. Georgia, to end this drought quickly. Although I sure hope it does rain down there soon. My brothers are talking about coming up to visit if the water runs out. My new cat and my new pet might not like such a crowded house.

ownedgirlie -> RE: Georgia declares drought emergency (10/22/2007 12:08:21 AM)
I was in Georgia for a few days just a couple of weeks ago. Knowing of their drought situation, I arrived with my own case of bottled water, kept in my car, because I was hearing how bad it was there. I was really surprised to see all the fountains on Broad Street in Augusta fully flowing, and more fountains in Atlanta flowing nicely as well. I remember during bad drought spells in California, you didn't see a drop of wasted water anywhere, and if you did, you reported it. You had to ask for a glass of water in restaurants, and all sorts of precautions were taken to save and ration water. So why are all the fountains still flowing? Water was free flowing at every restaurant I enjoyed, and it seemed that no one around me seemed very concerned. What gives?

meatcleaver -> RE: Georgia declares drought emergency (10/22/2007 12:41:35 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: FatDomDaddy The problem is that global warming is cause less hurricanes, that normally refill the south east's water tables this time of year... Wait... Wasn't global warming supposed to INCREASE hurricane activity? Actually no. Like all sceptics you refuse to listen and use your head. The theory is that there will be MORE EXTREMES of weather, like MORE POWERFUL hurricanes and DROUGHT.

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