- Joined
- Jun 21, 2016
Save the people:
"California just received enough fresh rainwater to entirely end the drought and still set some aside for later, but they still continue to dump water in the ocean ... Every year, California sends full amounts of rainwater out into the ocean. A giant swath of what used to be called, 'the breadbasket of the world' is a desert because Sacramento with the help of Washington refuses to divert water to the farmland. They got a lot of water this last week, yet with the constant releasing of extra water out the Delta into the ocean, it will not be long before it is all gone. They have saved over 350 Billion Gallons of water, but are already discussing excuses to release it and lower the water level in the reservoirs. The series of storms already has added 33 billion gallons of water to Lake Tahoe alone. 'Tens of thousands of people have been tossed out of work—the town of Mendota alone has an unemployment rate of about 40%—and the lines for food donations stretch down streets. The reason? There isn’t enough water to go around this year, and the Obama administration is drawing up new reasons to divert more of it from farms and people and into the San Francisco Bay. Today the San Joaquin Valley is being transformed into a dust bowl.'"
http://joeforamerica.com/2017/01/california-rainwater-ocean/
Save the fish:
"Quit your bellyaching and restore the San Joaquin River ... The water board is proposing that a mere 40 percent of the flow in rivers feeding the San Joaquin – the Merced, Tuolumne and Stanislaus – make it to the Delta. Board Chair Felicia Marcus said action was long overdue to reverse loss of water quality and salmon runs. ... But not every farmer thinks the board went too far. In fact, this lifelong Valley farmer knows it hasn’t gone far enough to restore the balance and save the river. ... I’m old enough to remember seeing San Joaquin spring-run Chinook salmon – once the largest run in the state – come up the river before dams were built and water diversion wiped out these amazing creatures"
Read more here: http://www.fresnobee.com/opinion/readers-opinion/article124973994.html#storylink=cpy
They choose to save the fish.
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20Jcrk6jGfo[/youtube]
"California just received enough fresh rainwater to entirely end the drought and still set some aside for later, but they still continue to dump water in the ocean ... Every year, California sends full amounts of rainwater out into the ocean. A giant swath of what used to be called, 'the breadbasket of the world' is a desert because Sacramento with the help of Washington refuses to divert water to the farmland. They got a lot of water this last week, yet with the constant releasing of extra water out the Delta into the ocean, it will not be long before it is all gone. They have saved over 350 Billion Gallons of water, but are already discussing excuses to release it and lower the water level in the reservoirs. The series of storms already has added 33 billion gallons of water to Lake Tahoe alone. 'Tens of thousands of people have been tossed out of work—the town of Mendota alone has an unemployment rate of about 40%—and the lines for food donations stretch down streets. The reason? There isn’t enough water to go around this year, and the Obama administration is drawing up new reasons to divert more of it from farms and people and into the San Francisco Bay. Today the San Joaquin Valley is being transformed into a dust bowl.'"
http://joeforamerica.com/2017/01/california-rainwater-ocean/
Save the fish:
"Quit your bellyaching and restore the San Joaquin River ... The water board is proposing that a mere 40 percent of the flow in rivers feeding the San Joaquin – the Merced, Tuolumne and Stanislaus – make it to the Delta. Board Chair Felicia Marcus said action was long overdue to reverse loss of water quality and salmon runs. ... But not every farmer thinks the board went too far. In fact, this lifelong Valley farmer knows it hasn’t gone far enough to restore the balance and save the river. ... I’m old enough to remember seeing San Joaquin spring-run Chinook salmon – once the largest run in the state – come up the river before dams were built and water diversion wiped out these amazing creatures"
Read more here: http://www.fresnobee.com/opinion/readers-opinion/article124973994.html#storylink=cpy
They choose to save the fish.
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20Jcrk6jGfo[/youtube]