Water, Water Everywhere... But Not Enough And Not Where We Need It

The Colorado River situation is just part of the US and the global water management problem oppportunity.

But things coud be worse! We haven't hit "Worst Year EVER!" status, where 536 AD may be the reigning champ.

Comments

[henry]

live where the water is.

[Dave (in MA)]

How many Gaia pinwheels would it take to power desalination plants to irrigate the crops?

[Neo]

New York City ordered to reinstate all cops fired over vaccine mandates

Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Lyle Frank said the city's vaccine mandate was invalid "to the extent it has been used to impose a new condition of employment" for members of the Police Benevolent Association (PBA), the largest union to which NYC police belong.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Propublica is full of horseshit, per usual. As one can see in the charts [which I cannot make smaller, unfortunately]
There have been longer and more severe droughts in the last couple of hundred years. Moreover as the second chart shows the flow of the Colorado has been almost flat for the last 45 years and the decrease inflow was much more pronounced from 1900 to 1975.
The problem is not insufficient flow. It's overly sufficient use. Lake Mead is drying up because people keep sucking more and more out. Did someone expect the climate to magically produce more rain and snow on our demand?
The same is true of CA where almost all areas have a flat or nearly so precipitation trend over the last 100 years. What we have that is different from a century ago is about 40 million more people. That and a bunch of dumbass politicians who have done nothing for fifty years to solve the problem are the CA story on almost everything.

[clarice]

Klobuchar says if we vote Democratic they'll be no more hurricanes. wow! Simple solution. OTOH IIRC this is the first hurricane of the year when the "models" predicted we'd have more of them than usual.

[Dave (in MA)]

My betters tell me that the lack of storms in August was climate change and the Florida-bound hurricane is climate change. I look out my window and see the Japanese red maple leaves moving in the breeze: climate change.

[Dave (in MA)]

When you're downstream of the Orange Man Bad/TDS lunatics...

*click*

[Rocco]

From THE MOST RELIABLE SOURCE OF FAKE NEWS ON THE PLANET

CNN: How Trump’s white supremacy caused Hurricane Ian

“White supremacy is the number one threat to this country,” Wray said. “And as we’ve discovered, Hurricane Ian is part of a white supremacist conspiracy to take over the country.”

Congresspeople including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have weighed in.

“If you look at a radar, you’ll see that Hurricane Ian is made of 100% of white clouds. Not brown. White. And what kind of name is Ian anyway? A racist name,” Ocasio-Cortez said.

Wray said that they will be bringing charges soon against Trump for all the damage Ian causes.

https://genesiustimes.com/cnn-how-trumps-white-supremacy-caused-hurricane-ian/

[Narciso]

ah brunilda's flacking for 80 billion, and all we got was this lousy t shirt,

[Narciso]

yep

https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2022/09/27/as-hurricane-bears-down-on-florida-biden-shows-just-how-petty-he-can-b

[Narciso]

satire is dead, and progs killed it,

https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2022/09/27/chris-wallace-gets-served-his-just-deserts-with-latest-news-about-cnn-show-n633394

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

5:30 link stinks.

[Narciso]

let me try again:

https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2022/09/27/chris-wallace-gets-served-his-just-deserts-with-latest-news-about-cnn-show-n633394

[Narciso]

well you get the gist, norms restored,

[Narciso]

and of course he he is talking to some of the duller rocket surgeons, in castor and demming

[Narciso]

oh

https://www.ntd.com/fbi-changes-total-number-of-documents-seized-from-trumps-estate_846898.html

[clarice]

https://justhuman.substack.com/p/recap-of-last-weeks-filings-in-the

danchenko filings

[Narciso]

down the rabbit hole, well no honor among thieves,

[Narciso]

now with polkovnik (colonel) bout, the whole band will be back together

https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/biden-white-house-us/2022/09/26/id/1089131/

[clarice]

On the suit to halt the tuition debt forgiveness:https://reason.com/volokh/2022/09/27/the-first-lawsuit-challenging-bidens-student-loan-forgiveness-plan/

[Rocco]

I don't believe the FBI was deceived!

From the Danchenco filings at 6:57

"Some folks have gone apoplectic over such sentences, such ideas that the FBI was deceived. This where much of the “Durham is a coverup for the DOJ/FBI and Deep State!” reactions are coming from. People cannot accept that the FBI was deceived on any level. Whether they were, and I believe at certain points certain people in the FBI were, is inconsequential to this case. What is consequential is that the defendant, Igor Danchenko, “engaged in an over-arching ‘plan’ to deceive the FBI.”

All of you Floridians are in my prayers, nite all.

[Davod]

Living with downstairs neighbors

https://twitter.com/i/status/1574498706098995200

[Davod]

Models

https://twitter.com/i/status/1574569231513165824

[Davod]

Dogs just want to be involved

https://twitter.com/i/status/1574416503155306497

[Davod]

Protectors

https://twitter.com/i/status/1574472536989077523

[Davod]

Watermelons

https://twitter.com/i/status/1574413810504450048

[Davod]

Wait for it

https://twitter.com/i/status/1574826051754201088

[Davod]

Don't worry human, I got it.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1574730681246224385

[Jim Eagle]

Good morning, from rainy & windy SW Florida as Ian makes his way up the Gulf. Drove down toward Naples since Bradenton, where I live now, was ground zero for landfall.

Can’t wait for breakfast!

[henry]

Stay safe JiB! My brother and Mom are in Naples. They expect worrying levels of surge.

[henry]

https://www.thenewneo.com/2022/09/26/how-corrupt-is-the-fbi/

[clarice]

https://asiatimes.com/2022/09/who-gains-most-from-nord-stream-sabotage/

JIB, You now live in Bradenton?

[clarice]

https://forumfordemocracy.com/article/the-speech-that-shook-parliament
The Dutch Meloni

[Jim Eagle]

Clarice,

Yes. Want to be my oldest son the. Fishing captain.

[Jim Eagle]

….be close to my oldest so ….

[clarice]

HAVE YOU SOLD YOUR HOME, JIB?
https://meaninginhistory.substack.com/p/seems-confirmed-us-destroyed-german

I THINK WE'LL NEVER KNOW FOR CERTAIN WHO SABOTAGED THE PIPELINE.

[Jim Eagle]

Clarice,

No. Still in HD with wife and the Beagles. Separation blues 🙁

[Jim Eagle]

You see, Clarice, according to article, destroying the pipeline gave us an opportunity to test new technologies. No harm intended😉

[clarice]

Sorry to hear that, JIB, but it's good you have your son at your side.

[Davod]

Clarice. Unless someone with a big mouth decides to take credit.

[Dave (in MA)]

Glad to know where Jack is and hope he remains safe.

Today's question, though, is "Where's Jackie?"

[henry]

Naples is under water, water still rising. Hope Jack is on an upper floor wherever he is.

[Rocco]

It's a nasty storm down in Florida.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/09/weather-reporters-nearly-get-blown-away-hurricane-ian-live-broadcast-video/

Scott Ritter on the pipeline bombing.

https://www.bitchute.com/video/1yUMpDpAm452/

[Rocco]

WoW, Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni lights up Macron.

https://twitter.com/WallStreetSilv/status/1575137671453630466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1575137671453630466%7Ctwgr%5E26e8aadc35d528392a106c35bfc265dd1cdda1f6%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpatriots.win%2Fp%2F15JnG5d6cG%2Ffrance-just-got-lit-the-fuck-up%2Fc%2F

[Rocco]

BREAKING: Trump calls for peace, offers to broker deal between US, Russia, and Ukraine to end war

https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1575121746327388162?s=20

As if this administration would ever give him a win. But he could announce his candidacy with a plan to bring peace.

[Rocco]

Still praying for all of our friends in this hurricanes path.

nite all

[Davod]

Ace dogscape

http://ace.mu.nu/archives/dogonswing.jpg

[Davod]

Doggie Trip

https://twitter.com/i/status/1574677836190941184

[Davod]

Golden eagles like to cuddle [I think]

https://twitter.com/i/status/1573663372536696832

[Davod]

Peacock in flight

https://twitter.com/i/status/1573601411497361409

[Davod]

Dolphins at work

https://twitter.com/i/status/1575233937110343680

[matt - deplore me if you must]

I guess they all forgot about the Dust Bowl.

We just had the enviros shut down a large desalination plant in Huntington Beach because of reasons. In the meantime the LA Board of Supervisors wants to shut down all oil/gas drilling in 10 years. The state wants to eliminate gas & diesel cars and trucks by 2035. But they just had brownout warnings including telling people not to charge their cars at night because it might black the grid out.

Lunacy.

[henry]

Damn near everyone in southwest Florida will need a new car tomorrow. Dealer lots are still empty everywhere. Power will be out for a couple weeks. They won’t be buying electric.

[Davod]

Cat pirate

https://twitter.com/i/status/1573805700576415744

[Davod]

Saving energy for the hard part.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1574827177891319809

[Davod]

Goats at a dam

https://twitter.com/i/status/1574102569298821123

[Davod]

Attention pleas

https://twitter.com/i/status/1573801294652968960

[matt - deplore me if you must]

Henry, that column of flames on TV was another Tesla gone to meet its maker.

[Davod]

Best friends

https://twitter.com/i/status/1573773765116305414

[Davod]

And the Oscar goes to.. 😅

https://twitter.com/i/status/1573658511459946498

[Davod]

Dog loves the slide

https://twitter.com/i/status/1573570017311989760

[Davod]

The jump

https://twitter.com/i/status/1573400017783910402

[Davod]

Wake up

https://twitter.com/i/status/1574415728148680706

[Davod]

Helpful dog

https://twitter.com/i/status/1574550075572994048

[Davod]

Always on the job

https://twitter.com/i/status/1574438972104794112

[Davod]

Dog's reaction

https://twitter.com/i/status/1573983561350275074

[Davod]

A waterpark closing for the season let a longtime resident gator of a close by zoo take a field trip to their lazy river 😭

https://twitter.com/i/status/1574452488593444873

[Pinandpuller]

Every time Lizzo runs up and down a scale, she breaks it

[Davod]

Ben E. King singing Stand by Me

https://youtu.be/dTd2ylacYNU

[Davod]

Found at Ace:

Man’s Attempt to Tow with His Electric Truck Is ‘Total Disaster’: ‘What a Joke!’

"Man’s Attempt to Tow with His Electric Truck Is ‘Total Disaster’: ‘What a Joke!’
Automotive YouTuber Tyler “Hoovie” Hoover bought a brand new 2023 Ford F-150 Lightning electric truck and was stunned when it failed to perform a simple task.

In a Friday episode of “Hoovie’s Garage,” Hoover decided to use his Lightning for one of its intended purposes: Towing.

Hoover’s goal was to drive the truck 32 miles with only an empty trailer in tow, load up his recently purchased 1930 Ford Model A pickup truck and then tow it back the same 32 miles.

It did not go well."

https://slaynews.com/news/mans-attempt- ... what-joke/

[jim nj]

https://malcolmgladwell.bulletin.com/princeton-university-is-the-worlds-first-perpetual-motion-machine
Princeton University Is the World’s First Perpetual Motion Machine
If you had a car that could run forever, would you still stop for gas?

[Jim Eagle]

Still up. Rain is gone but not the wind.

Roads impassable in places.lots of travel restrictions but not for the thousands of line trucks and their crews. Looks like we spend another day and night before heading back to Bradenton.

To those North of us, prayers. Ian still has its punching power just not the speed it once had.

[jim nj]

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/28/google-search-adds-vibes-immersive-views-for-some-locations.html
Google adds new search features to try to give users the ‘vibe’ of a city or neighborhood

"Google now says it has enough local data to predict a neighborhood’s “vibes” in search results."

Hmm, will that include crime statistics?

[Davod]

What is Florida doing:

The Left Is Hoping DeSantis Botches Hurricane Response. Here's What They Didn't Count On.
By Paula Bolyard 6:34 PM on September 28, 2022

https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/paula-bolyard/2022/09/28/all-hand-on-deck-heres-a-massive-list-of-gov-desantiss-extraordinary-preparations-for-hurricane-ian-n1633073

[Davod]

ENTERTAINMENT The 35 Greatest Westerns of All Time
By Matthew Jackson, Sep 27, 2022

"Though it’s easy to conjure up tired tales of gunfighters standing in the street waiting to draw when you think of Westerns, the genre is actually home to a surprising range of diversity. It’s been part of cinema since the very earliest days of Hollywood, and has produced some of the greatest films ever made that go far beyond such masterpieces as The Searchers or The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. To dive into the entire genre is to find a wide array of subgenres, thematic concerns, performances, filmmaking styles, and even conclusions about the American West itself.

In other words, there’s at least one great Western for everybody. To prove it, we’ve compiled a list of 35 of the best films the genre ever produced, spanning more than 80 years of movies..."

https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/best- ... source=RSS

[Davod]

Correction.

https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/best-western-movies?utm_source=RSS

[Davod]

My boyfriend saving a cat from flood waters near Bonita Beach. #HurricaneIan #Naples #Bonita #FortMyers

https://twitter.com/MeganScavo/status/1575156353865510912

[Davod]

Time-lapse of the storm surge in Fort Myers.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1575253395304288271

[Davod]

Air Force 'Hurricane Hunters' Fly Through Ian, Pilot Describes 'the Strongest Storm I've Ever Been In'

https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2022/09/28 ... in-n634652

[Davod]

"This is the face of authoritarianism - even though it looks different than you were taught to expect. And it's the mindset of tyrants everywhere:

This is someone so inebriated by her sense of righteousness and superiority that she views dissent as an evil too dangerous to allow:"

https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1575188754071171072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1575188754071171072%7Ctwgr%5E45f8c40fda91b7ec12bed2dc3209d61e61b797be%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Finstapundit.com%2F

Top

[Davod]

Found at Ace

"Tales of Times Forgotten
No, the ‘Epic of Gilgamesh’ Is Not the Oldest Surviving Work of Literature"

https://talesoftimesforgotten.com/2022/09/22/no-the-epic-of-gilgamesh-is-not-the-oldest-surviving-work-of-literature/

[Davod]

http://ace.mu.nu/archives/sanibelcausewaycollapse.jpg

50-65 feet of the Sanibel Causeway Bridge collapsed, cutting off Sanibel Island from the mainland and
stranding anyone who did not evacuate earlier

[Davod]

Test
[img]http://ace.mu.nu/archives/sanibelcausewaycollapse.jpg[/img]

[Davod]

Another test

http://ace.mu.nu/archives/sanibelcausewaycollapse.jpg[/quote]

[henry]

drone view of the causeway and bridge (in daylight)

https://abcnews.go.com/US/video/sanibel-island-devastated-hurricane-ian-90704863

also only one gas station open in Naples (if it still has gas now I'd be very surprised). Hope JiB has a full tank already.

[Rocco]

Who's bluffing whom?

Medvedev Says US, NATO Won't Intervene If Russia Uses Nuke

Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday said he doesn’t believe the US and NATO would intervene if Russia launched a nuclear strike in Ukraine over fears of a "nuclear apocalypse" despite recent comments from US officials.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/medvedev-says-us-nato-wont-intervene-if-russia-uses-nuke

[henry]

Rocco, now I'm not worried about the cost of propane for this winter.

[Rocco]

Lol henri!

[Rocco]

Sundance lost his home during Ian. No casualties or injuries thankfully.

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/

[Jim Eagle]

On my back from Ft Meyer’s area where we went to since Bradenton was in the eye. On I-75N showing a lot of water needing lots of raining. Trees uprooted or snapped like twigs. Don’t see many homes along the way but the ones you see have a lot of blue tarps.

All the news says it was a monster and first west coast landfall since 1921!

More later when I get home😎

[Jim Eagle]

…draining not raining….

[Rocco]

Glad you're ok JiB, Ft Meyers got hammered!

[Jim Eagle]

Hello!

[Jim Eagle]

Back home: No power, No A/C, no Nuttin. Pleasant weather, in fact cool. No modem & WiFi. This message by magic.

[Davod]

Pumpkin guard.

http://ace.mu.nu/archives/halloweendog.jpg

[Davod]

Hog

https://twitter.com/i/status/1562883994294751232

[Davod]

Halloween practice time

https://twitter.com/i/status/1573448147489153024

[bubarooni]

Stay safe Floridians.

[Davod]

Attack of the ducks.

[Remember the song "Please don't let the ducks in"]

https://twitter.com/i/status/1565021952896638977

[Davod]

Red squirrel

https://twitter.com/i/status/1558814660232708096