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I know what you mean Sigurd. Here in southern California (70's & partly cloudy) we've been in a drought for about 3 years - our Governor just this week declared us officially in a drought. Net result? Instead of 'suggested' water conservation measures, now they're mandatory.
Now, if I could just figure out some way to capture and transport makaikhaan's excess (unwanted) Iowa rainfall out here to the left coast, I'd be one rich Org'ster.
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Have no worries Kurki. They would simply tax 90% of your profit.Originally Posted by KukriKhan
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Believe me, you'd be welcome to it. As makaikhaan's neighbor to the north, I can tell you that it's not been much better here weather-wise.I generally like thunderstorms -- they help me sleep -- but I have to admit it starts to get a little old when you've gone through 4 tornado watches/warnings in the last 2 weeks.
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Midwestern thunderstorms and rain aren't an issue for me. I enjoy the show.
It's the @!#%*150-year-old midwestern house in combination with the thunderstorms that makes it not quite so much fun. If only we still lived in caves...
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We're still in 10 years of drought. Though I must say this winter/spring has been peculiarly wet almost like when I was a kid, kind of nice for a change. The Water table is still way down, but its improving each year, and besides all that mandatory in California? nah actually I'm not surprised. No Mandatory water use here, we're damming up our basement windows and yard with sandbags cause the river is swollen with run off.
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makaikhaan,
have to agree with you about the constant downpours/ thunderstorms @ 2 am. couple of days ago it flooded so bad that i thought we turned the cornfields into rice paddies. LOL And a major street was completely impassable (about 5 feet of water).
what part of Iowa are you living in, I'm in central Iowa.
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I hate Swiss weather. It's been raining non-stop for the past 4 weeks (!!!!!! ***!!!!! ) and next week, while im gonna chill here (school is over), the entire week will be rainy.
*** is wrong with this ******* climate?
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We stole it.I hate Swiss weather. It's been raining non-stop for the past 4 weeks (!!!!!! ***!!!!! ) and next week, while im gonna chill here (school is over), the entire week will be rainy.
*** is wrong with this ******* climate?
The spring was so bad so we thought we needed some compensation.
More seriously, some of the weird weather is probably connected to the current La Niña.
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I'm in the Des Moines area for the time being, but come fall, I'm heading to Cedar Falls for college.
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IM in a drought and fixin to die! We need rain!
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Queensland, Australia has been in drought in drought (the worst in over 100 years) for the last 3-4 years. The combined water supply was 15% at the lowest point. Outback Queensland had to have water shipped in. This last few months we've had less than average rainfall, but the government has actually done a bit, building a water transfer pipeline (which my brother supervised for 9 months, his first out of uni job) and a desalination plant. We are now between 39 and 40%!!! Still on Level 6 water restrictions, you just get used to it.
My knowledge of the restrictions:
140 Litres per person per day, no outside watering/washing/filling up the pool, 4 minute showers. If you have a rainwater tank you can do some watering. It was tough to begin with, but its ok now. WE have to hit 40% total supply before we go down to Level 5, which means 30 minutes a week of a hand held hose watering/washing/filling up the pool.
And you complain about a bit of rain
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