Tornado Alley (PROG)

[StephanieVanbryce]

hey DesertDrifter, I hope you are keeping your eyes out for those pot growers ... using all that water. To be Exact it's __The crisis is unfolding in ways expected and unexpected. Near Sacramento, the low level of streams has brought out prospectors, sifting for flecks of gold in slow-running waters. To the west, the heavy water demand of growers of medical marijuana — six gallons per plant per day during a 150-day period — is drawing down streams where salmon and other endangered fish species spawn.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/02/us/severe-drought-has-us-west-fearing-worst.html?pagewanted=all

thank God it's only for 150 days . .Sacramento is really really suffering water shortages ..the growers need to pay too .. they most certainly have the money to pay cash or to stop it! .... btw, I read the adjoining paper and it made it real clear that these numbers were NOT the Mexican Cartel ... or Gus ... or anyone like that ... ;) ... ..

http://co.humboldt.ca.us/board/agenda/questys/mg218885/as218921/ai224352/do224464/bosagendaitem.pdf

the sad thing now is .. it's a little late and no one cares.. perhaps they will if water really gets scarce ... We're buying cases ... but NOT everyone has that option available ..... and no, we are NOT one of the named counties .. but we figure we will be ... ;) one day.