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Originally posted by Little E
I assume you haven't spent vast amounts of time in WI or perhaps even know the two events I referenced. CA (during the drought) proposed that they ship water from Lake Superior (North of WI, MI, MN and South of Canada) to CA via the Panama Canal to fill their pools or irrigate their dessert lawns. They ONLY wanted to lower the entire lake Superior by 3-4in (correct me if I'm wrong here). WI, MN, and MI have a lot of money that comes in from tourism and the industry was threatened, plus the loss of that water would change the eco-system of the lakes, streams and rivers all throughout the area...So CA could fill pools...
Milk..I don't even know where to begin other than a system was set up during the depression to encourage milk production in areas other than the northern mid-west. Prices were based on how far a farmer was from Eau Claire, WI. These pricing structures took more than 60 years to change, despite economic recovery and the invention of refridgerated trains to ship milk.
CA actually pays non-CA farmers less per gallon than they do their own farmers. Last I heard there were some cases pending.
I grew up in a farm town...
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Yeah, Cali does need to workout their water issues... They've been kickin' others so much in the azz about it that it is really not that cool...
But given the huge El Nino effects this past winter, and some of it is not done, yet, I think Cali might have a tad bit more water until the next drought... That could be next year or that could be 10 years for now--who knows?
With me and BobbytheDon thinking about nuking certain areas of Cali, I think "Ilse de Santa Los Angeles" sounds pretty nice...
With beach front property in Yuma, Arizona...
And don't forget, Mammoth Mountain is a volcano... Don't know how active it is, but it hasn't erupted in awhile--'bout time it does... It will DEFINITELY jack up ALL of LA by default--specially San Bernadino--think Pompei...
But, hey, I have been exiled from California for life... I have to obtain a visa to re-enter the state... And I still have to pay some BS taxes... Butthole FTB's!!!