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Yeah you’re right Dillon Reservoir feeds both east and west. There was a big hullabaloo about the possibility of terrorist taking out the damn. Bunch of security measures put in place after 9-1-1. But that blocked fire trucks from crossing. And if I70 gets closed for whatever reason (happens a lot), that’s the only route to go.
Was quite the mess. I still don’t think ANY trailers are allowed across. Even if pulled by a family car.
I 70 is about 35 minutes north of me. I’m south of Breckenridge. Hoosier pass.
I’m in Denver now though, got to run back up the hill this morning. Starting to hate that drive, but looking forward to being home.
It’s not easy to grow crops elsewhere as efficiently and cheaply as Ca. But lettuce and peas will grow just fine in wetter climates. It isn’t a weather issue, it is a money issue. Of course I like paying less for lettuce, but at some point reality kicks in whether we like it or not.
True enough. We grew lettuce and other greens in Portland with great success, and the farmers’ markets were full of produce from the Willamette Valley, which is on the western side of the Cascades.
It won’t be cheap to grow those crops in California if there isn’t sufficient water. Also, I’ve been hearing that farmer’s are paying an artificially low price for water in California, which means growing crops there isn’t as cheap as it might appear to be.
CBS is telling us about Water Asset Management, one of the lovely investment firms that hope to rake in the big bucks off the drought,
Water wars are the thing I fear most about the near-to-mid future. That, along with who will take in a hundred million Bangladeshis when their country is under the sea?