On 2/5/2014 2:20 PM, Califbill wrote:
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On Wed, 05 Feb 2014 11:06:51 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
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Just finished doing round one of plowing. Still snowing though.

I use the truck for the bulk work and then use the tractor to clean up
once the sun comes out.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/n8mcksds1vch8bd/plow1.jpg

I may have to mow the grass.

We are in severe drought so may not have lawn this summer.



I saw some satellite images of the drought stricken areas out there.
Not good. Hope it's not going to become a permanent thing.

"Mr. Luddite" wrote:
On 2/5/2014 2:20 PM, Califbill wrote:
wrote:
On Wed, 05 Feb 2014 11:06:51 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

Just finished doing round one of plowing. Still snowing though.

I use the truck for the bulk work and then use the tractor to clean up
once the sun comes out.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/n8mcksds1vch8bd/plow1.jpg

I may have to mow the grass.

We are in severe drought so may not have lawn this summer.



I saw some satellite images of the drought stricken areas out there. Not
good. Hope it's not going to become a permanent thing.

We have had 100 year droughts in historical times. The problem is they
want to keep sending all the water to the Cental Valley farms and SoCal.
Heck with the fish and drinking water here. Subsidized water the farmers
are getting for $9 or less an acre foot and reselling for $300-1500 an acre
foot to water districts. And at the same time growing water hungry
subsidized crops in the desert. Since about 2000 they have doubled water
deliveries. With no extra storage.

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On Wed, 05 Feb 2014 13:57:16 -0600, Califbill
wrote:

"Mr. Luddite" wrote:
On 2/5/2014 2:20 PM, Califbill wrote:
wrote:
On Wed, 05 Feb 2014 11:06:51 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

We are in severe drought so may not have lawn this summer.



I saw some satellite images of the drought stricken areas out there. Not
good. Hope it's not going to become a permanent thing.

We have had 100 year droughts in historical times. The problem is they
want to keep sending all the water to the Cental Valley farms and SoCal.
Heck with the fish and drinking water here. Subsidized water the farmers
are getting for $9 or less an acre foot and reselling for $300-1500 an acre
foot to water districts. And at the same time growing water hungry
subsidized crops in the desert. Since about 2000 they have doubled water
deliveries. With no extra storage.

I have been saying for a long time that we are going to run out of
water long before we run out of oil.
We even have water problems here some time, just not right now. My
daughter has a lake where her back yard should be.
(sort of ironic since her hubby is a water manager)

I think we may have water brokers and a national distribution network
some day just to even out that disparity.

I think the next wars will be over water and not oil. Look at the problems
with too many people in arid sections of Africa and the starvation and
wars. As Samuel Clemons stated about Western water. Whisky's for drinking
and waters for fighting.