All those folks who think the Great Lakes states ought to share their water:

[hedgehog]

I've got 3' of snow here.



Help yourself.



Bring a shovel.



Dress warmly.








BTW - you know how New York is a high tax state? The road in front of my house is bare pavement, shoulder to shoulder.

[Evergreen Emerald]

1. hehehe

That is what I thought. If they want water move to WA where it rains all the time!

[Cronus Protagonist]

2. It is not your water

Unless, perhaps you have an agreement with God? The US government? :P

Sorry about the bad weather, have you considered moving?

:P

[Bonobo]

4. Possession is 9/10ths of the law.

My ass is hurting from all the shoveling here.

Water is life. There's a reason we don't live in water-starved areas.

On edit: Why am I not surprised you are in L.A.?

[Cronus Protagonist]

17. Hahaha well, I could say don't come to "our" beaches

But I'm not like that, so I won't. :P

[hedgehog]

5. I consider the six weeks a year of bad weather the price we pay for

the other 46 weeks of good weather. Of course, my definition of good weather is anything above freezing that I don't have to wade through.

[hedgehog]

6. It's not "our" water, but we residents are stewards of the Great Lakes basin.

It's pretty much a closed loop system that wouldn't be able to tolerate the removal of large amounts of water.

Pictures of the Aral Sea.

[IsItJustMe]

16. That picture is scary as hell. Something bad going on there.

[Kittycat]

3. Actually - we're going to have some problems here ourselves this summer.

Because of the warm temperatures, it caused water to evaporate instead of absorb in to the ground, like it normally does in the spring (since our ground is still frozen). Now the normal run off is gone. We've already been on water restrictions in the suburbs the past few years. I'm thinking that instead of every other day - we're probably go to a no auto-water for the hottest months this summer. Similar to a couple years back - maybe worse.

ETA: not that I'm trying to keep my grass green, but I do have a nice organic garden. I plant it each year with our most used crops, to help with money, health - and because I'm able to give to my neighbors as well. We do plan on using a big run-off tank in the back this year for watering, but it would be nice to have back-ups on timers for when we're not home. We have to handwater everything instead.

[sarcasmo]

7. Just shoveled for the third day in a row here in West Michigan, come take my snow.

[baldguy]

8. The Great Lakes region is experiencing a drought.

Lake levels have bee consistently down on all five lakes for the last 15 yrs. The only reason people haven't noticed is because its been accumulating for 15000 yrs.

[Ikonoklast]

9. Canada has a say by International Treaty

See:http://www.ijc.org/rel/agree/water.html concerning the Boundary Waters Treaty.

The U.S. cannot unilaterally decide to use Great Lakes water for any purpose other than those delineated by treaty.

[Eurobabe]

10. what no PIX??

[hedgehog]

12. Here:

(White-out conditions)

[Eurobabe]

14. ...

:spray:

you got me. :hi:

I waited for a minute for that picture to load. :rofl:

[Jamastiene]

11. ...

:spray:

[mdmc]

13. I love the snow, sleet, and rain

I lived in LV and Colorado for about three years. It was too dry for my comfort.

[JVS]

15. All those folks who think the Great Lakes states ought to share their water are idiots