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Re: Drought bill moves ahead

scharrison — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:53:17 -0400

The problem with drought plans is easily reflected in the comment below. People will only conserve when they see themselves in a crisis, and a little bit of rainfall is enough to make them think everything's fine. Well, it's not fine, and it hasn't been for some time now.

We need to change the way we handle water, which means we need to change the design of our homes and buildings. Reusing grey water for toilets and irrigation saves an incredible amount of potable water, even when people aren't trying to conserve.

Re: Drought bill moves ahead

MeckDeck — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:25:47 -0400

Meanwhile, Wadesboro got like 4 inches of rain yesterday. The bill is already working.

JAT

Re: Drought bill moves ahead

FFC1304 — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:18:51 -0400

Pryor Gibson likes as much citizen oppression thru laws as possible. Im sure he DOES want to ADD MORE THINGS!!! Never met a democrackkk who didnt want to add more restrictions...strive to be smarter than a NC democrackkk!

Now where is it that Gibson's children attend school? In Rawleigh you say?
But we thought he lived in Wadesboro? His wife works in Rawleigh too? huh.

Re: Conservation measures appear stalled

scharrison — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:46:19 -0400

Here's your first "low-hanging fruit": all new developments should (by law) be required to limit impermeable surfaces and grade the unsurfaced land to encourage groundwater infiltration. We also need to install cisterns with the same vigor we install/service roads.

The bottom line is we need to capture a lot more of our rainfall, which will ease drought and cut down on stormwater runoff, which is apparently getting worse.

Re: Conservin' Irvin to urge shorter showers

FFC1304 — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 05:51:33 -0400

'Evasive Easely'
would be a realistic character name

'Corruption Uninterrupted' could be the theme...

Re: Conservin' Irvin to urge shorter showers

MeckDeck — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:40:13 -0400

Uh, Erasin' Mason? Shreddin' Sally? Cmon, this is like shooting fish in a barrel.

Deletin' Eaton and the Perjury Pals...Abscondin' Albert and the Rocky Mount Bandits....

You could do an entire cartoon show...

Re: Farm "groups "oppose it?

j1c2kp — Mon, 19 May 2008 10:23:27 -0400

Wow I bet farm groups do oppose this. Just think of all the industrial factory farms for hogs, chickens and turkeys in NC. Don't know about the chickens and turkeys but the hog factory farms use a lot of water daily. These operations suck a lot of water out of the ground. Some may recycle but probably alot do not. Maybe DENR should try and figure out just how much water is being used just in eastern NC by industrial factory farms. Then you have the huge cone of depression under Smithfield Foods in Tar Heel. Salt water intrusion in areas in Bladen County.

Farm "groups "oppose it?

James_Protzman — Mon, 19 May 2008 08:24:03 -0400

I've always thought of the Farm Bureau as one group, not "groups." The article mentions no others.

Re: Easley's new PSA

twoshadesofblue — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:10:04 -0400

Good art; terrible writing. And perhaps should be promoted on the opinion page rather than the news blog?

Re: Easley's new PSA

FFC1304 — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 07:52:19 -0400

A cartoon characterization fits him well...blehhhhh...puke vomit...

Re: Easley's new PSA

emily5316 — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:25:57 -0400

Pure PR.

Re: Easley's new PSA

jjsmith2 — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:53:47 -0400

The lakes maybe full, but the water table is not back to where it should be. The end result is another, possibly worse, drought this summer.

If it weren't for the dams and proper water management the lakes would be no where near full.

Re: Easley's new PSA

jonoflocke — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:26:24 -0400

Well done; the tag at the end was perfect. Wonder if poor, unbathed "Bingo" knows that "Yeah, all the lakes are full."

Re: State wasn't ready for drought, Orr says

bnartist — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 22:26:52 -0400

I wonder if Bob Orr appreciates the irony that his blog sits, at no charge, on a Google server somewhere as it runs on Blogger, a Google company.

Re: State wasn't ready for drought, Orr says

GrayJ — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:59:11 -0400

Google is probably getting free water, but Bob Orr has been an outspoken critic of corporate welfare for years. Remember he attempted to sue the state over the huge incentive package it gave to Dell. Orr is the only one actually speaking on issues, besides that is because he is the underdog candidate. All the "established" candidates are sitting on their comfy leads and trying not to take a stance on any issues, because they fear they might offend someone.