Posted on June 24, 2008 by Jared Simpson
In a lengthy, well-written article about Georgia’s ongoing water woes, writer Rick Perlstein, via Alternet.org, excoriates the state’s legislators and decision makers (oops, we mean deciders). The subtitle sums it up nicely:
The colossal mismanagement of water in Georgia has produced an urban crisis with no clear solution other than a return to smart government.
The editorial [...]
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Posted on April 15, 2008 by Jared Simpson
Atlanta Water Shortage points to this Popular Mechanic’s story, The Ten Pieces of Infrastructure We Must Fix Now. We’re bursting with self-involved excitement over here at Waterblogged.info because four of the 10 imminent disasters are water related!
Our copy editor is now running three office pools: one to pick the day that Kentucky’s [...]
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Posted on March 4, 2008 by Jared Simpson
“Too little, too late,” snarls Governor Sonny Perdue. “We want the Tennessee River’s water, and by golly gumdrops, we’re gonna have it!”
Actually, Perdue didn’t say that, but he could have, because, like the members of the Georgia legislature, he’s a shameless idiot who should be removed from office. The state’s newest solution to persistent drought [...]
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Posted on December 24, 2007 by Jared Simpson
Welcome to Waterblogged.info’s gala holiday special, the really special thing being that we posted at all. Let’s just call our editorial team’s failure to post anything for over a week an intentional and carefully planned holiday hiatus and leave it at that.
And speaking of intention, let’s also point out that we mindfully wrote ten [...]
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Posted on December 5, 2007 by Jared Simpson
The Waterblogged.info team was heartened to learn that Georgia state officials, who have done such a great job planning in the past, are confident that Atlanta will not run out of water!
Per the Atlanta Journal Constitution, via Atlanta Water Shortage, there are no plans to deal with a long-term drought in Atlanta. Even though there [...]
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Posted on November 20, 2007 by Jared Simpson
There are the Chris George Carloses (4th paragraph) of the world, and there are decent folks like the writer of the web log, Atlanta Water Shortage (AWS), which we’ve recommended previously and do so again. The writer states that he or she isn’t a scientist, but he or she definitely displays a scientist’s [...]
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Posted on November 3, 2007 by Jared Simpson
The first three words of the prologue of Jeffry Rothfeder’s 2001 book, Every Drop for Sale (at Amazon you can read the prologue; also a comprehensive review here) are The Chattahoochee River, set off from the text that follows with tasteful small caps. The Chattahoochee feeds Lake Lanier, Georgia’s rapidly-depleting primary reservoir.
Titled Beginning: Scenes of [...]
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Posted on October 31, 2007 by Jared Simpson
In a recent post we poked a bit of fun at Atlanta, Georgia, and ended up feeling a tad guilty. Instead of showing compassion for fellow citizens who appear to be about 3 months from having to evacuate because they won’t have any water, we portrayed them as a bunch of idiots who are in [...]
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Posted on October 27, 2007 by Jared Simpson
The Waterblogged.info team sat in stunned and uncharacteristic silence as our obviously exasperated editorial director went over our performance evaluation, point by point, explaining why we not only failed to get the overall Exceeds Expectations rating that we fully anticipated–leading to a raise and water-cooler bragging rights–but instead got spanked with an unexpected and embarrassing [...]
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Posted on October 26, 2007 by Jared Simpson
Now that we have caught your attention with an unnecessarily harsh and provocative title, the Waterblogged.info team softens the rhetoric and announces in a civil manner that almost half the U.S. is experiencing drought conditions. That’s the bad news. The good news is that the linked article and this interactive map tell the story [...]
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