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#101464 - 08/03/07 03:34 PM WHERE'S THE WATER????
CANOEDOGS Offline
Pooh-Bah

Registered: 02/03/07
Posts: 1853
Loc: MINNESOTA

Hello group..
from some of my older posts you may have gathered that
i'm from Minnesota and never gave a thought about the
water storage problem..i suggested that stored water should
be dumped and replaced every month...well i'm on the road
taking a vacation in the SW USA--i'm in Tempe AZ right now..
well i see where the water concerns come from..there is none
and the stuff out of the tap in the motel tastes like
alka-selzer....
that bridge that went down in Minneapolis is one i use
all the time..the TV shots i see in the motel are unnerving.

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#101467 - 08/03/07 03:58 PM Re: WHERE'S THE WATER???? [Re: CANOEDOGS]
wildman800 Offline
Carpal Tunnel

Registered: 11/09/06
Posts: 2851
Loc: La-USA
Hello Canoedogs,, I am glad to hear that you are on vacation AWAY from Minneapolis!!!!!

I picked up some "Worst Coast" hitchhikers years ago, and it was amusing to hear their "SHOCK & AWE" as we crossed over 1 river, creek, bayou, coulee, etc" after another. They could not believe that there was that much fresh water in the world, much less, the southeast USA!!!
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#101544 - 08/04/07 03:23 AM Re: WHERE'S THE WATER???? [Re: wildman800]
Chris Kavanaugh Offline
Carpal Tunnel

Registered: 02/09/01
Posts: 3824
Remember the advise of Edward Abbey regarding desert travel " carry lots of water, avoid the sun, pray frequently."

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#101547 - 08/04/07 04:09 AM Re: WHERE'S THE WATER???? [Re: Chris Kavanaugh]
Todd W Offline
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Pooh-Bah

Registered: 11/14/04
Posts: 1928
Loc: Mountains of CA
It's a weee bit dry out here on the west coast during summer, and even during some winters it's DRY. But, yeah Arizona is DRY!!

If you hike make sure to have a lot of water!!
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#101559 - 08/04/07 07:01 AM Re: WHERE'S THE WATER???? [Re: CANOEDOGS]
LED Offline
Veteran

Registered: 09/01/05
Posts: 1474
I watched a program recently where officials said water availability (and battles over water rights) would the the #1 source of problems in the SW within the next 20 years. Having said that, I'm sure you're enjoying the lack of mosquitoes.

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#101563 - 08/04/07 12:43 PM Re: WHERE'S THE WATER???? [Re: LED]
falcon5000 Offline
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Registered: 09/08/05
Posts: 662
Also the Great Lakes has been going down (water Levels) at alarming rates and I think in the near future it won't be fighting over land but water.

http://environment.newscientist.com/chan...reat-lakes.html
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