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Post by digger on Jan 30, 2009 11:44:02 GMT -5
I see in today's PD, all indicators point to this. Wow. I guess I'm letting the lawns die this summer. An article the other day stated that if SR imposes a 50% mandate, you'll only be able to water trees and shrubs, no lawn. I wonder if my concord grapes qualify as shrubs?
I'm really hoping for some whopper storms in Feb and March. I'm not holding my breath though.
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Post by mrbose on Jan 31, 2009 3:24:40 GMT -5
I am keeping the pool full the rest can dry up and blow away  |
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Post by Mink on Jan 31, 2009 4:14:33 GMT -5
I'm going to focus on my garden. Vegetables will be sky high priced at the market. I'm betting we get our storms though.
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Post by digger on Jan 31, 2009 10:47:01 GMT -5
Mink I sure hope we get the storms. What galls me is that they'll raise water rates too. We'll also focus on the garden and let the rest dry up and blow away as mrbose puts it.
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Post by The New Guy on Jan 31, 2009 12:37:43 GMT -5
i hope they try to ration my water. i'm just the kind of a-hole who will intentionally let my water run down the drain.
can't wait to get the hell out of this nanny state that can't manage it budget, water, education system, and everthing else.
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Post by digger on Jan 31, 2009 13:45:51 GMT -5
can't wait to get the hell out of this nanny state that can't manage it budget, water, education system, and everthing else. It's gotten out of control hasn't it? Between the smoke cops, the water cops and everything else, it's driving me crazy. I bought a cord of wood this winter in hopes of using that to heat the downstairs instead of running the furnace all the time. Now everytime I turn around they've declared a spare the air day because someone in my area may have asthma. |
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Post by mrbose on Jan 31, 2009 13:58:44 GMT -5
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Post by subdjoe on Jan 31, 2009 14:18:07 GMT -5
Will the county and the municipalities be cutting back too? Stop watering in the parks, schools, ball fields, and so on? Or will all those places still have nice green lawns?
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Post by The Avenger on Jan 31, 2009 14:57:21 GMT -5
I saw sprinklers going willy nilly at the new city hall complex in Rohnert Park yesterday in the mid-afternoon. I doubt they are going to let all that pretty sod turn brown. Do as they say, not as they do. I also find it pathetic that RP is trying like hell to ban smoking almost everywhere including sidewalks, private apartments, parks, and golf courses! I don't smoke but this is getting stupid. Aren't there some budget, education, crime issues they should be dealing with first? But then again the government always knows best, right?  |
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Post by digger on Jan 31, 2009 19:50:48 GMT -5
As mentioned in numerous other threads, CA has really turned into a nanny state. I think our liberal overlords have too many fingers in the pie.
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Post by The Big Dog on Feb 1, 2009 17:07:38 GMT -5
I've had people tell me, when I berate the SCWA for not keeping pace with storage capacity, that there is more than enough storage capacity for our population in SoCo. Let's see... the last major storage project was Lake Sonoma. When it was built....
** SoCo had a population about half of what it does now.
** Some of the cities (i.e. Petaluma) were storing / providing a percentage of their own need, all of which has been abandoned in favor of SCWA.
** SCWA wasn't actively selling water to North Marin Water District.
More centralized government control = Stalinist water politics.
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Post by digger on Feb 1, 2009 17:57:09 GMT -5
Will the county and the municipalities be cutting back too? Stop watering in the parks, schools, ball fields, and so on? Or will all those places still have nice green lawns? Good point subdjoe. Gee the 5 acre park down the street from me is kept lush and green. Last summer when Windsor was asked to cut back 15%, they kept those sprinklers busy. The PD ran several articles advising people how to replace their lawns. I'm all for doing my part, but I don't like being told one thing while Big Brother does the opposite. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to see if the Cardinals can pull one off. |
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