Re: [VO]:Chicken Little & The Sky is Falling
In reply to R C Macaulay's message of Sun, 1 Feb 2009 17:47:17 -0600: Hi, [snip] > Dry times.. While serving on the state water planning board, I made the >mistake of stating people should never build cities in the desert like San >Antonio or El Paso Texas.. the comment made during a public meeting near ole >S.A. sorta went over like a lead balloon. [snip] IMO all cities should be built on land that's useless for anything else, leaving the arable land for farming. Then the waste water from the cities should be treated and fed to bio-fuel plantations. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/Project.html
Re: [VO]:Chicken Little & The Sky is Falling
Howdy Jack, Interesting observation. Better evidence indicates the Anasasi ( those who came before) passed into obvilion in a short less than a30 year time frame somewhere around the 12 th century AD. Spent some time at Aztec, New Mexico studying the ruins of an ancient farming village along side the Animas River trying to understand the connection between such a village and the cliff dwellings further n w around the 4 corners. I concluded the Anasasi lived and farmed where food crops could thrive near water .. and.. the cliff dwellings were more for religious and educational purposes where some would go on a sabbatical. Cliff dwellings make for poor habitation and defense. A severe drouth of 100 years would have killed off the population in the first 7+1=8 years since God only made food grains survive 7 years according to ole Joseph's account to Pharoah. There are always a few survivors in any conflagration. The Sky people further south called themselves Zuni which may be some of the survivors.. Dry times.. While serving on the state water planning board, I made the mistake of stating people should never build cities in the desert like San Antonio or El Paso Texas.. the comment made during a public meeting near ole S.A. sorta went over like a lead balloon. Hi Richard, We may be entering the long severe phase of the drought cycle (over 100 years?) that in the past wiped out the Anasasi. Jack Smith R C Macaulay wrote: We are entering the second year phase of a drouth in the Texas- Midwest region and a certain Californio area that is beginning to get scary. Lack of rainfall this year can have a double whammy impact on food grains at a time when the nation's grain stores are already below makeup rates from the world give-away food programs. Water may become more valuable than rotgut whiskey. The last big drouth here lasted 7 years beginning in year 1950. Water is often overlooked in the grand scheme of things but a shortage does have a way of getting attention.. especially if we dont get enough rain to make a grain harvest this fall.. Richard
Re: [VO]:Chicken Little & The Sky is Falling
In reply to Taylor J. Smith's message of Sun, 01 Feb 2009 14:59:28 +: Hi, [snip] >Hi Richard, > >We may be entering the long severe phase of the >drought cycle (over 100 years?) that in the past >wiped out the Anasasi. > >Jack Smith This year is La Nina, dry in the USA, wet in Australia. [snip] Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/Project.html
Re: [VO]:Chicken Little & The Sky is Falling
Hi Richard, We may be entering the long severe phase of the drought cycle (over 100 years?) that in the past wiped out the Anasasi. Jack Smith R C Macaulay wrote: > We are entering the second year phase of a drouth in the Texas- Midwest > region and a certain Californio area that is beginning to get scary. Lack of > rainfall this year can have a double whammy impact on food grains at a time > when the nation's grain stores are already below makeup rates from the > world give-away food programs. Water may become more valuable than rotgut > whiskey. > The last big drouth here lasted 7 years beginning in year 1950. Water is > often overlooked in the grand scheme of things but a shortage does have a > way of getting attention.. especially if we dont get enough rain to make a > grain harvest this fall.. > Richard
Re: Re:[VO]:Chicken Little & The Sky is Falling
Howdy Michael, We are entering the second year phase of a drouth in the Texas- Midwest region and a certain Californio area that is beginning to get scary. Lack of rainfall this year can have a double whammy impact on food grains at a time when the nation's grain stores are already below makeup rates from the world give-away food programs. Water may become more valuable than rotgut whiskey. The last big drouth here lasted 7 years beginning in year 1950. Water is often overlooked in the grand scheme of things but a shortage does have a way of getting attention.. especially if we dont get enough rain to make a grain harvest this fall.. Richard I dunno, Richard. I think we might need free whiskey, too. It's, you know, an emergency. M.
Re:[VO]:Chicken Little & The Sky is Falling
I dunno, Richard. I think we might need free whiskey, too. It's, you know, an emergency. M.
