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8. Egg Zack LEE right

Reply to MotownPgh (Reply #2)

Mon Feb 3, 2025, 10:18 PM

Feb 2025

That water is needed late March/early April through October depending on the
crop and soil conditions. My late Grandfather was a fruit grower in southern Oregon
(Ashland) for years who depended on waters that were stored as snow and then
reservoirs during the growing season. Dumping the water now is madness and
designed to hurt the farmers and all of us who buy produce, milk, eggs, or meat.

Trump is a mad man. Winter is more than 1/2 over are they going to get enough
snow and rain to have water for the farmers when they need it?

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They plan on cutting or eliminating MotownPgh Feb 2025 #22

He's too fucking stupid to know that Dem4life1234 Feb 2025 #35

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Egg Zack LEE right Botany Feb 2025 #8

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I think thinkingagain Feb 2025 #4

and they should do it in a "rough way" bigtree Feb 2025 #6

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ETTD... Hitorque Feb 2025 #7

Every day he fills out another ID-10-T form. AZLD4Candidate Feb 2025 #9

Close the gates seleff Feb 2025 #10

K & R for exposure SunSeeker Feb 2025 #11

Water released in January does zero for the dry, dry growing season in the summer... Hekate Feb 2025 #13

Did the deadheads who released the water know it wouldn't help? Aussie105 Feb 2025 #14

They knew Rebl2 Feb 2025 #15

"Or did they go . . . . just following orders" sop Feb 2025 #31

Dump fucked us over. Again. sakabatou Feb 2025 #17

The Corps did not know that the water would not get to Los Angeles? Norrrm Feb 2025 #18

Corp "Just following orders?" Hassler Feb 2025 #19

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Lawrence did a very good segment on this last night. In fact, the whole show was excellent. eppur_se_muova Feb 2025 #20

Why do republicons hate America's farmers? BoRaGard Feb 2025 #23

California has folded AStern Feb 2025 #24

I just checked my weather app Unwind Your Mind Feb 2025 #25

Exactly as planned. He knew (or was told) what would happen. Oopsie Daisy Feb 2025 #26

Shouldn't Newsom be addressing this? Nt spooky3 Feb 2025 #27

Lawrence O'Donnell talked about this on his show the Last Word yesterday Beringia Feb 2025 #28

Those farmers are going to raise holy hell about this Beringia Feb 2025 #29

If they're Trumpers, they won't. Eyeball_Kid Feb 2025 #32

But did they get some good pictures? Turbineguy Feb 2025 #30

Can the farmers sue for damages? underpants Feb 2025 #33