• Texas drought forces police to search for any illegal lawn watering.
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[url]http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090726/ap_on_re_us/us_texas_drought_water;_ylt=AnDsWfAAQhsexaaNgMj1qaBvzwcF;_ylu=X3oDMTM4bDNlNGZyBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwNzI2L3VzX3RleGFzX2Ryb3VnaHRfd2F0ZXIEY3BvcwMzBHBvcwM4BHB0A3NlY3Rpb25zX2Nva2UEc2VjA3luX3RvcF9zdG9yeQRzbGsDaW50ZXhhc2Ryb3Vn[/url] [quote]Off-duty police officers are patrolling streets, looking for people illegally watering their lawns and gardens. Residents are encouraged to stealthily rat out water scofflaws on a 24-hour hot line. One Texas lake has dipped so low that stolen cars dumped years ago are peeking up through the waterline.[/quote][quote]There are 230 Texas public water systems under mandatory water restrictions, including those in and near San Antonio, Dallas, Houston and Austin. Another 60 or so have asked for voluntary cutbacks. Water levels are down significantly in lakes, rivers and wells around Texas.[/quote][quote]According to drought statistics released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 77 of Texas' 254 counties are in extreme or exceptional drought, the most severe categories. No other state in the continental U.S. has even one area in those categories. John Nielsen-Gammon, the Texas state climatologist at Texas A&M University, said he expects harsh drought conditions to last at least another month.[/quote][quote]Lake Travis is more empty than full, down 54 percent. All but one of the 12 boating ramps are closed because they no longer reach the water, and the last may go soon. The receding waters have even revealed old stolen cars shoved into the lake years ago, authorities said. There's no threat to the area's drinking water supply, said Bob Rose, a meteorologist with the river authority. But there are increased boating hazards from the "sometimes islands" that pop up when the water's low, increased risk of wildfires, and more interactions between humans and wildlife.[/quote] Read much, much more in the link. --- I'm impressed. It's relevant especially to me, because I lived in Austin until a year ago. Now I live in Florida. I know there are other Texan Facepunchers, so I'd like to know what they're experiencing. It sounds pretty awful.
How does one illegally water his lawn?
"Sir, were you just watering your lawn? You're gonna have to come with me downtown.."
[QUOTE=.soder;16277345]How does one illegally water his lawn?[/QUOTE] When there's so little water that there needs to be insurance that it only goes to real people, and not some little vanity project of a lawn. Read the link, read the quotes, don't be a dumbass.
I bet they're going to start looking for people who shower next.
I can see a porno where some barely clothed chicks are playing outside in the water then some cop comes over and threatens to arrest them unless they suck his dick
Damnit Bobbeh.
and im sitting up here surrounded by the great lakes.... [editline]03:36AM[/editline] [img]http://www.vitalitystrategies.com/images/tips/water.jpg[/img] mmm
Import water from Alaska or something, they got shitloads there
This reminds me of that king of the hill episode where kahn illegaly watered his lawn.
[QUOTE=Keegs_;16277820]and im sitting up here surrounded by the great lakes.... [editline]03:36AM[/editline] [img]http://www.vitalitystrategies.com/images/tips/water.jpg[/img] mmm[/QUOTE] shut up you're like 13 you have no say in this.
what?
[QUOTE=Keegs_;16277868]what?[/QUOTE] reported for flaming
oh ok /blocked
[QUOTE=Keegs_;16277879]oh ok /blocked[/QUOTE] rofl ok go cry to ur mummy
[QUOTE=dvondrake;16277912]I live in El Paso. One side of the street is allowed to water their lawn one day, and the other side of the street the next. You can technically get fined if someone tells or an inspector just happens to be driving past and hears your sprinklers, but the chances are very low and I've only seen one inspector ever when I filled my recycling bin with garden scraps, which is apparently a no-no. No signs of any commotion, at least not here.[/QUOTE] Ve are zee Lawn Gestapo! You vill cease zis waterink or ve vill be forced to shoot joo in ze kneecaps!
This would be an awesome time for Canada to cut off water supplies to the US :downs:
[QUOTE=hypno-toad;16277991]This would be an awesome time for Canada to cut off water supplies to the US :downs:[/QUOTE] I'm pretty sure that water pumped in canada doesn't go to Texas... the shipping would be outrageous [editline]03:59AM[/editline] they would use closer pumping stations
[QUOTE=Keegs_;16278150]I'm pretty sure that water pumped in canada doesn't go to Texas... the shipping would be outrageous[/QUOTE] no rofl the water comes from ur vagina
In elementary school they tell you water is a renewable resource and it never runs out water is running out (at least our freshwater)
lol I didn't know we were that bad. Plus. How in the [i]hell[/i] can you illegally water your lawn? Makes no sense.
[QUOTE=ubertaco;16278200]lol I didn't know we were that bad. Plus. How in the [i]hell[/i] can you illegally water your lawn? Makes no sense.[/QUOTE] they don't want you to waste drinking water on your lawn
Oh ok. Thank you. [editline]11:06PM[/editline] Plus it rained in Houston not too long ago and last week I think. So were fine. I think.
[QUOTE=Space Spam Squid;16277328][url]http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090726/ap_on_re_us/us_texas_drought_water;_ylt=AnDsWfAAQhsexaaNgMj1qaBvzwcF;_ylu=X3oDMTM4bDNlNGZyBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwNzI2L3VzX3RleGFzX2Ryb3VnaHRfd2F0ZXIEY3BvcwMzBHBvcwM4BHB0A3NlY3Rpb25zX2Nva2UEc2VjA3luX3RvcF9zdG9yeQRzbGsDaW50ZXhhc2Ryb3Vn[/url] Read much, much more in the link. --- I'm impressed. It's relevant especially to me, because I lived in Austin until a year ago. Now I live in Florida. I know there are other Texan Facepunchers, so I'd like to know what they're experiencing. It sounds pretty awful.[/QUOTE] This was a big deal two years ago. Nobody gives a fuck now. I water my goddamn lawn all I want
Everyone's stupid. There's water everywhere in the ocean there's noting wrong with it. Remember how the poem goes, "Water Water everywhere so let's all have a drink"
They have the same thing going on in California. I laughed though when I first heard that San Diego was hiring "Water Police". Now we're so restricted with our water usage where I work (Park Maintenance) that we can't even keep the parks properly watered, and it's dry as hell.
[QUOTE=pie_is_good;16278339]Everyone's stupid. There's water everywhere in the ocean there's noting wrong with it. Remember how the poem goes, "Water Water everywhere so let's all have a drink"[/QUOTE] It has salt in it
Looks like there's a drought on water and crime.
[QUOTE=AgentMatt;16278461]It has salt in it[/QUOTE] Then Aussies tried to build filters for it and people raged about [b]OMG FISHIES R MOAR IMPORTENT THAN HUMANATEE SAVE TEH FEESHEES D: D: D:[/b] It's only bloody salmon, and we have shitloads of it. Geeze.
Yeah i think the waters time are like 5am to 7am and like 8 pm to 10pm summin like that here in dallas
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