Bolivia declares drought emergency

[Roland99]

Source: Yahoo News

Bolivia's government declared an emergency on Monday as the country suffers its worst drought in 25 years.

"The cabinet has approved a decree... to declare a national emergency due to the drought and the shortage of water in various regions of the country," President Evo Morales told reporters.

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Morales said 2016 has been the hottest year in a century for the Andean nation.

The drought started two weeks ago and has caused shortages in seven of the country's 10 biggest cities.

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/bolivia-declares-drought-emergency-165836006.html

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Remember who was buying up hundreds of thousands of acres in Paraguay and in Bolivia about 10 years ago with large water reserves underground?

The Bush family.

[kebob]

1. Coming North Soon

With a POTUS who will say, "Hey, a little dryness. Big deal."

[Roland99]

2. No appreciable rain in FL since Hurricane Matthew blew through in early October.

Much the same for the entire Southeast.

[Hortensis]

3. Yes, northern Georgia is having severe drought.

We're on a well, delicious water but not much of it. Georgia's *foolish Tuesday and Thursday watering restrictions don't apply to us legally, but we have our own, more basic restrictions.

In any case, with the future appallingly clear, this year as in others I'm letting shrubs that can't take it show themselves and die. I've been replacing with tougher, even if they make for a less beautiful, less interesting garden. We will monitor major trees for stress if we detect it.

*In a several-year severe Southern California drought, our community required cut-bacsk on total water use 15%--*and allowed people to use their water allocation however they wished*--NOT to to blow through all restrictions as long as it was watering of yards on approved days and invite neighbors to spy and report on non-approved uses all the rest of the week. That said, California did not impose upper limits, so people who's already been using vast amounts for whatever reason could continue piggish watering of vast gardens or whatever.

[Roland99]

4. I've cut way back on irrigation (we use reclaimed water) usage

Mostly by virtue of having a pool installed last year (one-time big fill-up) and the rest of the backyard is artificial turf and rocks. Just a drip line to water a row of italian cypress along the back fence.

Most of my front yard is rock and driveway with some hardy plants and an established Magnolia tree.

Went from 6 irrigation zones down to 3 (counting the row of cypress trees)

New, more efficient washer and dishwasher. Replacement shower heads and sink faucets.

[Hortensis]

6. We're snowbirds, and I've often thought I'd go

that direction if I had a suburban yard. With any care to design at all, it looks wonderful and definitely so much nicer than lawn grass clinging to life in dry sand. We actually do have "lawn" that came with our property surrounded by marshlands, but it's really mowed everything that can plant itself and thrive with no more care than nature's watering and occasionally being shaved to the ground. Leaves from 2 old live oaks are a ferocious mulch raked behind shrubs onto areas too shady for "lawn."

[Judi Lynn]

5. Even Lake Titicaca, largest S. Amierican lake, which it shares with Peru, is shrinking rapidly.

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Lake Titicaca is a lake located on the border of Peru and Bolivia. It sits 3,811 m (12,500 ft) above sea level, making it the highest commercially navigable lake in the world. By volume of water, it is also the largest lake in South America (Lake Maracaibo has a larger surface area, but it is often disregarded as it is directly connected to the sea).







Bolivia's ski area lost its snow. This was the Chacaltaya ski lodge. [/center]

[Roland99]

7. Last pic there... :(