Couple of things
- Speaking as someone who highly values community service and civic pride, this new campaign ad by Barack Obama, which is currently airing in New Hampshire, is one of the primary reasons I support him so strongly. While he is an inspiring figure, he also had a dedication to the non-profit groups which provide services to those most in need.
- I don't often commend him for a good many things, but I think Gov. Sonny Perdue is doing a pretty good job, all things considered, when it comes to providing leadership for the drought. He's really gone to bat for North Georgia the past few days, and that's to be applauded. I'm curious to know where water would be 'brought in' from? I mean, do we have the technology to transport millions of gallons from overflowing reservoirs in soaked places like, say, New Orleans?
- Speaking of that, I took a brief look at what water rationing means for three different communities.
- Speaking of that, a hearty 'Amen!' to this.
- Fred Thompson will win at least one state it seems, and that state appears to be Georgia. He was so excited, he took a nap upon hearing the news.
- I don't often commend him for a good many things, but I think Gov. Sonny Perdue is doing a pretty good job, all things considered, when it comes to providing leadership for the drought. He's really gone to bat for North Georgia the past few days, and that's to be applauded. I'm curious to know where water would be 'brought in' from? I mean, do we have the technology to transport millions of gallons from overflowing reservoirs in soaked places like, say, New Orleans?
- Speaking of that, I took a brief look at what water rationing means for three different communities.
- Speaking of that, a hearty 'Amen!' to this.
- Fred Thompson will win at least one state it seems, and that state appears to be Georgia. He was so excited, he took a nap upon hearing the news.
posted by Jmac at 7:01 AM
5 Comments:
Winders wonders at why a strong GOP state like Georgia would have to 'beg' for federal disaster relief money (Are we SURE we want it?), but isn't the problem that Alabama and Florida are ALSO GOP states? Alabama has already made a big stink over having their access to Lake Lanier flow restricted, so obviously this becomes a difficult political issue for Bush where he is having to balance the wishes of two different subgroups of GOP constituencies.
As to your question about whether we have the 'technology' to bring in water from outside sources, isn't the required 'technology' nothing more than 'more trucks'?
Well, yeah, but I meant a more efficient manner. You'd be transporting relatively small amounts of water that way, wouldn't you?
I'm no expert, and certainly people use a LOT of water in their daily lives, but my understanding is that there are other cities (I think there's one in Colorado that went through this a few years ago) that do this. Trucks bring it in one truckload at a time and put it in a reservoir of some sort. One truckload isn't that much water when you're talking about an entire community's needs, true, but there are a LOT of trucks on the American roadways. And, if you're willing to pay, there will be more. Since we're in dire straits we should be willing to pay.
Also, don't forget the trains! The sad, neglected trains. They still handle more of our transporting needs than trucks do, as I understand...(It was a train nut who told me that, though)
Building extensive pipelines like they did in Alaska for oil isn't as good of an idea, but could also be feasible I suppose. Isn't this something like what is done in desert communities like in the southwest? Huge extensive 'irrigation' systems and pipelines from far-away bodies of water? We have other local bodies of water so we shouldn't require such a long-range solution. Plus, that sort of long-range system is more likely to encourage inefficient use, should a drought ever strike the area where we are piping it in from. (It would be a rough analogue to the 'tragedy of the commons', I suppose).
Georgia went from being a "safe" Blue state that Presidents and Presidential candidates could safely ignore to being a "safe" Red state that could also be safely ignored.
If your state is not considered "in play", you're just screwed. Nobody does you favors and payback or quid pro quo is for amateurs when it comes to Presidential politics.
Al
oh. and a question:
what is the capacity of a standard tanker truck? We'd need about 15 million gallons of water each day so, how many trucks would we be talking about running?
Al
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