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Why is it idiotic to question how increased population causes drought conditions? The problem in Wake County isn't too much water being consumed, it's that it hasn't rained very much this year. If you're going to call a post idiotic you sort of need to at least establish your position; you didn't and that's disappointing. There are towns all throughout the South East region with very small populations having exactly the same problem.... explain that away!
The drought has absolutely nothing at all to do with population or water useage and everything to do with lack of adequate rainfall in our region. I could really use a "bang my head against the wall" icon right here.
Our water shortages are a product of the drought combined with, IMO, careless overuse of a precious resource. That is why both small and large towns are having supply issues. In some areas, the trememdous population growth has taxed the water supply more than in years past. However, Cary is a good example of an area that has been growing, but has also implemented more effective water conservation strategies, and their water supply situation is nowhere near as dire as some neighboring communities.
I want to love each and every transplant that moves to my home state. However, I have had alot of bad experiences with Northerners/Westerners. The fiery attitudes, the different terminology, lack of privacy. I have worked with many and live beside a few.
How many other born and raised NC residents feel the same? I know I would feel different if our resources weren't being depleted (i.e., water, acreage, schools, jobs).
I want everyone to be happy. However, if too many people were to jump on a carrousel, eventually it would stop turning and break. I believe NC may be a nice prestine carrousel that everyone wants to jump on an enjoy the ride. The people that were riding don't mind a few others jumping on, as long as it doesn't become crowded. Get my drift?
As for the water: In consideration, when you find the water level is getting low; don't wait for the government to tell you to conserve. Use only the water necessary for healthy living. Stop being so selfish.
Love you all!
I don't even mind the crowding, if they would act with some manners when they get here. Stop blowing those horns, we try to have a little patience in North Carolina. Just because I have a Southern accent, does not mean my brain has stopped working. Consideration of ones neighbor is not being dumb. I know that you have just insulted me; I just choose to ignore it; but keep it up and soon no one will be talking to you anymore. When moving to Rome learn to act like the Romans. Have a good day. I will.
Water should be used for necessary things only. You can't live on two acres and water the whole two acres without causing a shortage. Now who has the brain problem? Unfortunately your brain problem and total lack of consideration for your neighbor is causing all of us problems. I think that is what the poster is talking about. Stop being so selfish.
I had a very good attitude about those from the North until I had to deal with a lot of them. I worked with some who had masters degrees, but were the lowest class of people I had ever met. A Southern beggar on the street would be a higher class then these were. I used to think that sitcoms were just jokes someone had thought up, but I found out there are people who act like those characters. They purposely did mean things even to each other and seemed to think that was the way people should act. Evidently it is a total lack of upbringing. Oh to see ourselves as others see us.
I don't care that you think I am dumb, because I realize you don't know what is a normal way of life.
The drought has absolutely nothing at all to do with population or water useage and everything to do with lack of adequate rainfall in our region. I could really use a "bang my head against the wall" icon right here.
Our water shortages are a product of the drought combined with, IMO, careless overuse of a precious resource. That is why both small and large towns are having supply issues. In some areas, the trememdous population growth has taxed the water supply more than in years past. However, Cary is a good example of an area that has been growing, but has also implemented more effective water conservation strategies, and their water supply situation is nowhere near as dire as some neighboring communities.
Yes drinking water from Jordan Lake, have you seen the numbers from the sewarge treatment plants up river from the lake, no wonder everything in the lake is GREEN!!!
Yes we are drinking surface wtaers that are well treated sewarge. Wonda full!
Yes drinking water from Jordan Lake, have you seen the numbers from the sewarge treatment plants up river from the lake, no wonder everything in the lake is GREEN!!!
Yes we are drinking surface wtaers that are well treated sewarge. Wonda full!
That's nothing. By the time Wilmington pulls water from the Cape Fear river, it's been used 23 times! Cary is lucky it's that far upstream.
Atlanta is a perfect example of a city bursting at the seams...overcrowded with a capital O. The air quality there is almost as bad as (if not worse than) Los Angeles.
Atlanta is a city with 5,300,000 people. Of course it's going to be overcrowded. How do you make a city with over 5 million people uncrowded? How could it have been planned better? It seems to have a pretty impressive downtown already, so it's not just sprawl. And other metropolitan areas, like Los Angeles, Washington DC, Detroit....they all look equally "sprawled" to me.
People have to live somewhere. The only option I see to prevent overcrowding is to unleash some sort of plague.
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