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elessathis past spring as i made the decision to leave southern california i had a few discussions with my brother about my reasoning.
it would appear that one of the reasons for leaving may (not necessarily will)come to fruition.
California cuts water deliveries to cities, farms
The Department of Water Resources announced it will deliver just 15 percent of the amount that local water agencies throughout California request every year.
15% of the water requested and used per year is all that will be delivered. if there isn't a significant snow pack and rain to fill reservoirs look for farmers to be leaving fields fallow which will in turn cause the price of groceries to increase even more. last year the state delivered 35% of the amount requested.
cities may have to consider implementing the rationing of water. i know that san diego did well in 1993 with educating people to cut back on water by 10%, however consider the increase of population which has occurred in california since that time. conservation will need to be much greater in order to have enough water for everyone. definitely no lawn watering or car washing will again be par for the course.
the spectre of fire and the amount of water resources which are lost in putting them out is depressing. it is a horrible cycle. drought causes fires to be more frequent. water from reservoirs and lakes is needed to snuff them. the very water also needed for farming and human consumption.
among my reasons for leaving SoCal besides the cost becoming prohibitive to remain there, the chaos which could erupt among the masses due to a lack of water, high food prices, high unemployment, and other economic depression crept into my addled brain. does it only happen in movies and books? i suppose we will know by the end of 2009 if there isn't a healthy rain/snowfall this winter.
yeah, yeah. i am a pessimistic alarmist. i hope i am proven wrong and there is another miracle march.
for more info, here is the site of the california department of water resources
it would appear that one of the reasons for leaving may (not necessarily will)come to fruition.
California cuts water deliveries to cities, farms
The Department of Water Resources announced it will deliver just 15 percent of the amount that local water agencies throughout California request every year.
15% of the water requested and used per year is all that will be delivered. if there isn't a significant snow pack and rain to fill reservoirs look for farmers to be leaving fields fallow which will in turn cause the price of groceries to increase even more. last year the state delivered 35% of the amount requested.
cities may have to consider implementing the rationing of water. i know that san diego did well in 1993 with educating people to cut back on water by 10%, however consider the increase of population which has occurred in california since that time. conservation will need to be much greater in order to have enough water for everyone. definitely no lawn watering or car washing will again be par for the course.
the spectre of fire and the amount of water resources which are lost in putting them out is depressing. it is a horrible cycle. drought causes fires to be more frequent. water from reservoirs and lakes is needed to snuff them. the very water also needed for farming and human consumption.
among my reasons for leaving SoCal besides the cost becoming prohibitive to remain there, the chaos which could erupt among the masses due to a lack of water, high food prices, high unemployment, and other economic depression crept into my addled brain. does it only happen in movies and books? i suppose we will know by the end of 2009 if there isn't a healthy rain/snowfall this winter.
yeah, yeah. i am a pessimistic alarmist. i hope i am proven wrong and there is another miracle march.
for more info, here is the site of the california department of water resources
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Date: 2008-10-31 06:05 pm (UTC)Speaking of zombies, I quit playing WoW last week because of the utterly idiotic zombie plague and its indication that while the game was fun, the people running it have large lumps of Gorgonzola cheese where you and I have brains. (I'd only been playing two weeks so it's not like I had a big emotional investment.) I went on the WoW forums to see if I was just being oversensitive (as usual) or if others also objected to it.
It went both ways. On the pro side, there was a lot of really ridiculous stuff about how "of course you can't opt out, it's a zombie plague, could you opt out of a real zombie plague?*"
My response was, "You're allowed to use real bullets on real zombies. A bullet from a real Level 1 Gun will kill a real Level 70 zombie dead. I'm pretty sure I'd enjoy a real zombie plague much more than I enjoyed this one."
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*If this doesn't make sense, I'll offer the short explanation that when you create a WoW character, you can pick whether or not you want to participate in player vs. player combat. Regardless of your setting, during the plague any player who had been zombified could attack any other player, and that player retained all the combat benefits of their original level, which meant that there were dozens of Level 70 zombies running around killing my Level 15 character with one hit and who I could not so much as touch. It made Resident Evil look like Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy.
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Date: 2008-10-31 06:41 pm (UTC)as for dilbert, oh hell yes, i read the strip everyday. the blog not so much. i probably should move it higher on the list of what i read daily.
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Date: 2008-10-31 06:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-10-31 06:55 pm (UTC)unfortunately as of this moment there is an error on the dev server and my co-admin is out to sea with no access to the plesk panel where he can fix it.
one of the coders uploaded some new files a couple days ago and borked it.
there are servers running with older code you can check out if interested. they are heavily modified with different modules. these are sites admin'd by some very creative and strong coders. they have taken the core code and expanded it.
the first one is standard slay the dragon. the second is a survivor island style game and the last is a castle siege game.
http://www.maddriovillage.com/
http://www.improbableisland.com/
http://www.castle-siege.net/