What would Atlanta or Raleigh do if they ran out of water?
If it got bad with less than 30 days of drinking water left, I'm thinking drastic measures might include shutting down businesses that use large quantities of water and then most businesses. Then worst case, a massive trucking effort (trains too) bringing in tons of bottled water just for drinking. Sounds like an economic disaster.
I read the streams in my area are only running around 2 to 3 percent of normal volume.
I read the streams in my area are only running around 2 to 3 percent of normal volume.
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I'm reading about lakes not controlled by the corps are ok which makes me think this could be another case of severe mismanagement by our government and a disaster in the making especially if most businesses in Atlanta etc. have to start shutting down due to lack of water.
I guess this story isn't of much concern to those on the west coast currently involved in the wildfire disaster. I didn't intend it to be though. I think this story will have a national impact if it sinks the economy in the south with water rationing and businesses getting shut down en mass if drinking water becomes scarce. However we still have 2 or 3 months in the bigger cities. The corps doesn't control my local lake reservoir, no problem where I live at.
Then I also heard for the last 100 years, the policy of don't let the smaller fires burn and just put them out has made the current situation worse in the entire west. It doesn't help when people build in the middle of the woods and firefighters try to put out those fires to protect the buildings. People not evacuating also means firefighters are busy trying to save lives when the wind changes unexpectedly rather than trying to put out the fires. I heard over a million people have evacuated and I certainly wouldn't want it on my head that I stayed and forced some firefighter to make an effort to save my life while he could have saved someone's house instead. It's bad in the west and shaping up to be bad in the southeast.