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Thursday, November 8, 2007

Orme, Tennessee: Atlanta's Canary?

CNN has an article about a small town in Tennessee that has totally run out of water. The city has limited all water usage to just 3 hours every afternoon. From the article:

"Volunteers take turns three days a week driving a tanker truck or Orme's diesel-belching 1961 fire truck to a hydrant near Bridgeport, Alabama, 2½ miles down the road. Making several round trips, they haul about 25,000 gallons of water back to Orme each day."

I might be wrong, but I don't think Atlanta will totally dry up. However, I would not be surprised to see complete limits on water use during certain hours of the day.

I tend to think that Sonny Perdue's plan to pray for rain is a little tacky. Unfortunately, that might be the only thing left to do in our attempt to stave off a major economic disaster. (Thanks Kyle)

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