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October 08, 2002

Orange County Water

I met a guy today from Orange County who mentioned how low the San Joaquin river was. We've had a dry year up here in Mammoth as many other parts of the country. He then mentioned that the Orange County water supply, which mostly comes from Lake Arrowhead was in jeopardy due to low lake levels. Lake Arrowhead was at its lowest in recorded history, so low that experts say that 3 HUGE, WET winters wouldn't be able to bring the water level back to its past levels. "There's just too much development," he said.

Its an old issue, and there are tons of books on the subject. Its still disturbing. Water will most likely be the oil of the new millennium. More precious than Gold. We are running out of Oil and when we do, we will find new ways of fueling our cars, planes, trains, etc... But water is different. We need water to live. Thinking back to a prior post on consumption... America consumes more water than any other nation. We water huge golf courses in the desert. I lived in Phoenix for much of my life and witnessed first hand how wasteful we can be with water. So, as the UN, the WHO, and many scientists tell us what we should have already known, how will we, as Americans, react? It looks grim. :)

Posted by wonko at October 8, 2002 08:57 AM

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Yes!!! My dreams of being a true to life Mad Max will become a reality. I am the Road Warrior....

Posted by: useEvil at October 8, 2002 08:39 PM

That rocks. We can fight each other in the Thunderdome!

Posted by: wonko at October 8, 2002 09:57 PM

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