[texbirds] Re: Drought and no rivers, for
- From: Jim Sinclair <jim.sinclair@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: sueorwig@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 08:25:40 -0500
I know that a number of golf courses around the nation are switching to
using waste water.
It's a start.
On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 7:57 AM, Susan Orwig <sueorwig@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Does anyone have a problem with golf courses staying green in this
> drought? I do, but I don't golf?
> Sue Orwig in west Houston
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 8:51 PM, Brush Freeman <brushfreeman@xxxxxxxxx
> >wrote:
>
> > I want to apologize to Joe, a gifted birder, naturalist and resource
> whom I
> > have the highest respect for, for my crass remarks. I hope we can argue
> as
> > friends. Joe has posted on the Colorado R./LCRA previously on at least
> 2-3
> > occasions and he is right to have his opinions, but I strongly feel that
> > the LCRA is not conserving water to short downstream customers or
> habitats
> > merely for recreational purposes in the Highland Lakes. To think
> > otherwise is a Twinkie full of dumb IMO. I figure with his last post Joe
> > settled that pretty well with his thoughts. Anyway my blast has weighed
> on
> > my mind and as always it was the other Brush ranting... not me :-)
> > **********************************************************************
> > Brush Freeman
> > 503-551-5150 Cell
> > http://texasnaturenotes.blogspot.com/
> > Finca Alacranes., Utley,Texas
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 3:45 PM, Joseph Kennedy
> > <josephkennedy36@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> >
> > > I do get a little carried away a little on a favorite subject of Texas
> > > drought going way back to the big one in the 1950's. Starting with
> summer
> > > camp getting closed as no one could afford to send kids from texas and
> a
> > > great shortage in cows shipped to Iowa to be fattened. Which led my
> > > mother's farm manager turning to rustling and my mother deciding to
> sell
> > > the farm. He was one of the most successful cattle rustlers in the
> > history
> > > of the business. I wrote several papers in high school and college etc.
> > > about the drought back then and my relatives here in Texas suffered.
> Each
> > > glass of water in Corpus Christi in those days contained more than a
> dose
> > > of Epsom salts.
> > > The drought now is worse than any back in the 1950's. They started
> > > measuring ground water, soil moisture levels etc in 1948 and both last
> > year
> > > and this year such measures are in the worst 1 or 2%. Compared to areas
> > to
> > > our west, Houston is wet but is 5 feet below normal for the last 5
> years.
> > > But Houston glommed lots of water through the quaint system of first
> dibs
> > > but much of that water has already been through the sewage systems of
> the
> > > metroplex. So much for dibs.
> > >
> > > There just is no water out there and it cannot be created. But I saw
> > > pictures of Austin a couple nights ago on TV and the lake looked very
> > nice
> > > and pretty. Not a drought stricken place at all. They released 8000
> acre
> > > feet as required by law for the bay but who will police the water as it
> > > goes down there. I used know where a lot of pumps worked a lot taking
> > water
> > > out of the river at night and there is not a lot of river police out
> > there
> > > ensuring that they do not run the pumps anymore. If I had 150 year old
> > > trees, I would probably pump too as they have done for 150 years.
> > >
> > > But then Houston was famous for sinking into the bay until it stopped
> the
> > > pumping of ground water causing the subsidence. But wait. The very rich
> > and
> > > politically connected in Houston still get to pump ground water to
> their
> > > 24th floor 14,000 square foot high rise condominium as they cannot
> afford
> > > to actually pay for a water bill from the city.
> > >
> > > Incidentally, Eagle Lake in front of the LCRA office is filled to the
> > brim
> > > and overflowing.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 1:38 PM, Joseph Kennedy
> > > <josephkennedy36@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> > >
> > > > Don't know if they made a big deal in Austin as Austin is the home of
> > > > green people and environmentalists and all that is good in the world.
> > > >
> > > > The LCRA also known as the Colorado River authority has agreed to
> stop
> > > all
> > > > water inflows into Matagorda Bay as of the end of this month. That
> will
> > > > mean no fresh water into the bay and adjacent bay systems going down
> > > toward
> > > > Aransas. They have already cut all water for ducks, shorebirds rice
> and
> > > > wildlife near the coast.
> > > >
> > > > This is all done to ensure that the yuppies can go out on the lakes
> > with
> > > > their powerboats and vroom-vroom and zoom-zoom while they pontificate
> > > about
> > > > how they are so much in favor of the environment that allows them to
> > > > maximize their personal noise and air pollution to the detriment of
> the
> > > > rest of the universe.
> > > >
> > > > So what if some cranes die etc. They can always clone more using the
> > > > latest yuppy tech stuff they will think of while zooming around. So
> > even
> > > > the Austin sewage water will no longer reach the coast and those
> > downhill
> > > > of yuppyville.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Joseph C. Kennedy
> > > > on Buffalo Bayou in West Houston
> > > > Josephkennedy36@xxxxxxxxx
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Joseph C. Kennedy
> > > on Buffalo Bayou in West Houston
> > > Josephkennedy36@xxxxxxxxx
> > >
> > >
> > > Edit your Freelists account settings for TEXBIRDS at
> > > //www.freelists.org/list/texbirds
> > >
> > > Reposting of traffic from TEXBIRDS is prohibited without seeking
> > permission
> > > from the List Owner
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > Edit your Freelists account settings for TEXBIRDS at
> > //www.freelists.org/list/texbirds
> >
> > Reposting of traffic from TEXBIRDS is prohibited without seeking
> permission
> > from the List Owner
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> Edit your Freelists account settings for TEXBIRDS at
> //www.freelists.org/list/texbirds
>
> Reposting of traffic from TEXBIRDS is prohibited without seeking permission
> from the List Owner
>
>
>
--
Jim Sinclair (TX-ESA)
TOS Life Member
Kingsville, TX
"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of
thinking we were at when we created them." - Albert Einstein
Edit your Freelists account settings for TEXBIRDS at
//www.freelists.org/list/texbirds
Reposting of traffic from TEXBIRDS is prohibited without seeking permission
from the List Owner
Other related posts:
