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former9thward

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69. And I will be happy not to see you.

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Thu Dec 18, 2014, 12:54 PM

Dec 2014

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11 trillion gallons of water needed to end Calif. drought [View all] jakeXT Dec 2014 OP

Time to invent solar powered desalinization and humidity recovery MrScorpio Dec 2014 #1

I never got that S. California had much humidity. TexasProgresive Dec 2014 #2

How about bringing these to Cali? MrScorpio Dec 2014 #4

We'd need thousands upon thousands of them KamaAina Dec 2014 #8

Seriously, no humidity. LeftyMom Dec 2014 #14

Close to the ocean we do Auggie Dec 2014 #5

It's near a big ocean CreekDog Dec 2014 #11

How about fog collectors in areas like around San Francisco? NutmegYankee Dec 2014 #40

places around San Francisco already have fog collectors CreekDog Dec 2014 #47

You folks had a wicked heat dome this summer. NutmegYankee Dec 2014 #53

California is a big state nichomachus Dec 2014 #18

The coast is somewhat humid shanti Dec 2014 #27

I grew up in New Orleans and Houston TexasProgresive Dec 2014 #29

One reason I don't live in the south! shanti Dec 2014 #30

both coastal and interior areas have roughly equal amounts of moisture in the air CreekDog Dec 2014 #51

im not a meterologist shanti Dec 2014 #58

California needs more reservoirs -- big ones -- to retain more runoff and snow melt Auggie Dec 2014 #3

We voted for that in November upaloopa Dec 2014 #7

Yes, I voted for it ... Auggie Dec 2014 #25

Where? CreekDog Dec 2014 #12

I don't know Auggie Dec 2014 #24

You just decreed an answer and now you say you don't have any? CreekDog Dec 2014 #31

Yes Auggie Dec 2014 #55

To wit: The Sites Reservoir Brother Buzz Dec 2014 #15

you want to take more water out of the Delta? CreekDog Dec 2014 #32

Yes, capturing some of the winter flood water that shoots down the Sacramento river and.... Brother Buzz Dec 2014 #33

what about the people who get their drinking water from the Delta? CreekDog Dec 2014 #48

The salinity isn't going to change Brother Buzz Dec 2014 #52

We need more small water catchment. roody Dec 2014 #66

Time to shut down the frackers, and the for-profit water bottlers. Dont call me Shirley Dec 2014 #6

That tops my list too! Tell it to Governor Brown, who isn't listening. n/t CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2014 #17

+1 eom roody Dec 2014 #22

Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2014 #9

Canada can keep their tar sands too! Dont call me Shirley Dec 2014 #19

Americans shower too much wasting lots of water and energy ErikJ Dec 2014 #10

most of our water is used for agriculture and urban landscaping CreekDog Dec 2014 #13

Here's the graphic-77% ag, only 8% residential ErikJ Dec 2014 #16

The water doesn't go away in many places. I have an apartment in Minneapolis and a log home in the truthisfreedom Dec 2014 #36

Calif water comes mostly from mountain reservoirs ErikJ Dec 2014 #38

All my shower water goes underground to 8 spots in my orchard. roody Dec 2014 #23

Fuck that, my job is very physcial. MicaelS Dec 2014 #41

Just applies to sedentary Americans ErikJ Dec 2014 #42

You don't need it? former9thward Dec 2014 #43

I spent 5 months in Europe when I still showered every day ErikJ Dec 2014 #46

Well you obviously haven't been to Europe in a few decades CreekDog Dec 2014 #49

Been to 41 countries so far. former9thward Dec 2014 #56

you visited 41 countries in Europe? CreekDog Dec 2014 #59

I said 41 countries. former9thward Dec 2014 #61

you observed Europeans not showering? CreekDog Dec 2014 #62

Thailand, Dominican Republic, etc. tabasco Dec 2014 #70

Never been to the DR. former9thward Dec 2014 #71

Then stay out tabasco Dec 2014 #68

And I will be happy not to see you. former9thward Dec 2014 #69

Pics from an old thread Trillo Dec 2014 #20

What became of the 220 tons of snow that fell in Buffalo NY? rocktivity Dec 2014 #21

it doesn't matter here CreekDog Dec 2014 #50

where is Wilhelm Reich when we need him ? olddots Dec 2014 #26

And probably does not count the water used in fracking. oldandhappy Dec 2014 #28

Hmm MFrohike Dec 2014 #34

Your food prices would sky rocket. former9thward Dec 2014 #44

Ok MFrohike Dec 2014 #45

Most of the greens grown "off season" come from California. NutmegYankee Dec 2014 #54

State's estimated rainfall in last 10 days: 10 trillion gallons Ward Dec 2014 #35

at 11 tril x 8lbs /2000 that 44 billion tons- do those kinds of weight changes certainot Dec 2014 #37

ROFLMFAO snooper2 Dec 2014 #57

recovering from the drought and the drought coming to an end are two different things. olddad56 Dec 2014 #39

a lucky coastal state with an ocean of water right there Sunlei Dec 2014 #60

how much energy do you want the state to desalinate water? CreekDog Dec 2014 #63

we've never made a tunnel under, through mountians before or dug a ditch or used a syphon Sunlei Dec 2014 #64

you're telling us to spend money flooding CreekDog Dec 2014 #65

The shipment and storage issues have already been worked out for much of CA. Xithras Dec 2014 #67