Corktown_paddy Member Username: Corktown_paddy
Post Number: 14 Registered: 12-2006
| Posted on Friday, April 13, 2007 - 2:55 pm: | |
Funny as hell when I read about water 'rationing' out in the burbs when we're surrounded by five great lakes as well as St Clair. What's the story there? Is it BS or can the Detroit River intake just not keep up any more with the urbanization? |
Gannon Member Username: Gannon
Post Number: 8931 Registered: 12-2003
| Posted on Friday, April 13, 2007 - 3:54 pm: | |
I think it is just a ploy from the pharmaceutical industry to increase the blood pressure of those sub-sub-suburbanites who let others judge them on how perfect their LAWN is...my Livonia Friend just had an aneurism, I'm sure!! |
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge
Post Number: 425 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Friday, April 13, 2007 - 3:58 pm: | |
http://wcco.com/local/local_st ory_102202722.html |
Bulletmagnet Member Username: Bulletmagnet
Post Number: 265 Registered: 01-2007
| Posted on Saturday, April 14, 2007 - 12:58 am: | |
I think my well idea not so crazy after all. |
Yupislyr Member Username: Yupislyr
Post Number: 206 Registered: 07-2004
| Posted on Saturday, April 14, 2007 - 1:16 am: | |
You do know that there's more involved than simply sucking the water out of the river/lakes and sending it down your pipes, right? Water doesn't become drinkable in an instant by passing through a magic filter. |
Bulletmagnet Member Username: Bulletmagnet
Post Number: 266 Registered: 01-2007
| Posted on Saturday, April 14, 2007 - 1:30 am: | |
I drink water right from the Detroit River, it's good! I filtered it through a used cigarette butt. I got baptized in it at Belle Isle too, so I’m as pure as the River. |
Harsensis Member Username: Harsensis
Post Number: 250 Registered: 07-2005
| Posted on Saturday, April 14, 2007 - 1:36 am: | |
Is that why you are so full of crap sometimes bullet? jk |
Bulletmagnet Member Username: Bulletmagnet
Post Number: 267 Registered: 01-2007
| Posted on Saturday, April 14, 2007 - 1:42 am: | |
Check the incinerator thread, and why aren’t you in bed Harsensis,sawing logs? I’m turning in now…zzzZZZzzz…water...zzZZzz.. must...zZz.s..l..e..e..p... |
Harsensis Member Username: Harsensis
Post Number: 252 Registered: 07-2005
| Posted on Saturday, April 14, 2007 - 1:45 am: | |
I'm getting ready to crash, but my son fell asleep in the car and then woke up putting him into bed, so he is three and wide awake. |
Bulletmagnet Member Username: Bulletmagnet
Post Number: 269 Registered: 01-2007
| Posted on Saturday, April 14, 2007 - 1:59 am: | |
Well your better off checking out some porn then looking at this crap. I'll e-mail a good link, I dont think the thread is about smut, or is it? |
Qweek Member Username: Qweek
Post Number: 219 Registered: 07-2006
| Posted on Saturday, April 14, 2007 - 7:57 am: | |
Obscene Time article about the Great Lakes Water Pact, it's not even porn and I got all hot and bothered over it! http://www.time.com/time/natio n/article/0,8599,1607849,00.ht ml Dollar signs in the eyes of a few will drain the Lakes in no time. |
Bulletmagnet Member Username: Bulletmagnet
Post Number: 276 Registered: 01-2007
| Posted on Saturday, April 14, 2007 - 2:07 pm: | |
Thanks for the linkage, Qweek. It would seem that water would be Michigan’s ace-in-the-hole. Rather then pumping our great lakes water down south, why don't we tell them to come up and build their sweat shops in Detroit where we could use them? But if we do drain the lakes, it would be so cool to walk around and pick up all the fish and junk on the lake bed. I bet we could even find the drain and it would be clogged with hair and zebra mussels. A couple weeks of rain would put an end to the treasure hunt and re-float the lakes fleet, with no harm done. |
Themax Member Username: Themax
Post Number: 645 Registered: 09-2005
| Posted on Saturday, April 14, 2007 - 4:11 pm: | |
I had heard that the Great Lakes were losing water because of the warm winters when water was evaporating instead being held in by ice. But this info says we can expect lots of rain, maybe not when we need it, but lots of rain. http://www.ucsusa.org/greatlak es/glimpactwater.html |
Oldredfordette Member Username: Oldredfordette
Post Number: 1510 Registered: 02-2004
| Posted on Saturday, April 14, 2007 - 5:52 pm: | |
We should just pretend it's oil and suck every last drop into our greedy lives until it's gone! Yeah! |
Corktownmark Member Username: Corktownmark
Post Number: 311 Registered: 12-2004
| Posted on Sunday, April 15, 2007 - 11:27 am: | |
Water rationing in michigan is more often about preventing contamination because of low pressure in pipes then an actual shortage of water. When pressure drops instead of water going out through leaks contaminants enter the pipe. This can sometimes cause bacteria to enter the water supply. |
Sstashmoo Member Username: Sstashmoo
Post Number: 68 Registered: 02-2007
| Posted on Monday, April 16, 2007 - 5:22 pm: | |
Corktownmark, Probably right, the city of Redford stopped by last week to make sure I had check valves on any fawcett with a garden hose connected. Now it makes sense why they were here. |