In Los Angeles, DON'T rinse and repeat:
Los Angeles residents were urged on Wednesday to take shorter showers, reduce lawn sprinklers and stop throwing trash in toilets in a bid to cut water usage by 10 percent in the driest year on record.
With downtown Los Angeles seeing a record low of 4 inches of rain since July 2006 -- less than a quarter of normal -- and with a hot, dry summer ahead, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said the city needed "to change course and conserve water to steer clear of this perfect storm."
It is the driest year since rainfall records began 130 years ago.
More here.
Like I said yesterday, there are risks associated with living...some cities are prone to flood, some are prone to...well, in the case of Los Angeles, name it: mudslides, earthquakes, wildfires...droughts (and, I think floods as well in some parts of the city). A responsible government, run by adults, will take these risks into account and plan/respond accordingly (to be fair, the second link suggests that the city has a decent record when it comes to water conservation). A government of wingnut loons, in contrast, will fall asleep at the wheel and allow sick-minded, twisted individuals to attack us...then exploit the ensuing revulsion to loot the treasury, launch disastrous wars...and let the national infrastructure rot while they hog all the resources.
Some future.
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