"Pete C." wrote:
>sf wrote:
>>"Pete C." wrote:
>> > sf wrote:
>> > >Janet Bostwick wrote:
>> >> > sf wrote:
>> > > > >
>> > > > >We don't call it CARB. We call it the Air Climate Control Board.
>> > > > >Only people who don't live in California are stupid enough to call it
>> > > > >CARB, mainly so they can ignore the purpose it serves.
>> > > >
>> > > > I don't care what it is called.. California could you please keep the
>> > > > smoke from your fires within your state? At 9:30 the morning we had
>> > > > to drive with lights on. You could be forgiven for thinking it was
>> > > > dusk. It was dark outside. The sky didn't lift at all until maybe
>> > > > 2. We still are unable to see our foothills. The air smells as
>> > > > though the fire is in our neighborhood. 'Nuff bitchin. How are you
>> > > > California guys doing what with the fires and drought?
>> > > > Janet US
>> > >
>> > > I understand, we need rain BADLY.
>> > >
>> > > Our visit to the Grand Canyon was ruined by smoke from fires there and
>> > > smoke from fires in Washington state ruined a car trip to the sights
>> > > in Wyoming and South Dakota.
>> >
>> > It's all in cycles, Texas has had a bad drought for a few years but
>> > we're doing pretty well this year. Prior to the drought we had a really
>> > wet year including flooding and a few people drowning in my area. I
>> > expect the next few years will be ok, then probably some more drought,
>> > etc. One of the reasons I plan to do aquaponic farming at my next place
>> > since it uses vastly (75%) less water than old school dirt farming. The
>> > big commercial farms are going to ultimately have to go there as well,
>> > perhaps going through drip irrigation as an intermediate step, replacing
>> > the incredibly wasteful pivot irrigation that is the norm.
>>
>> It seems like the West is so parched, it's starting to blow away and
>> the East is drowning. 
>
>Yes, but the middle had the dust bowl...
Was dusty today... I brush hogged my wildflower flower meadow... 4
acres of 6' growth took five hours:
http://i58.tinypic.com/2guvzx2.jpg
Harvested another cabbage:
http://i59.tinypic.com/6yz5tw.jpg