Mastodawn

New from Dylan Baddour of Inside Climate News: “If we get to the point where we have to declare a Level 1 #Water Emergency, we need to be ready for that and we have no precedent to follow. There’s no manual, there’s no video.” https://www.texasobserver.org/corpus-christi-timeline-disaster-abbott-emergency-orders/

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Corpus Christi Cuts Timeline to Disaster as Abbott Issues Emergency Orders

The governor’s office said the city’s two main reservoirs could dry up by May, much sooner than previous timelines. But authorities still offer no plan for curtailment of water use.

The Texas Observer

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Roy -- the dull one Mar 18

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When you hate government, and 'thoughts and prayers' aren't fixing the problem, just pretend somebody will come to rescue you at the very last instant.

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cwicseolfor

@oldclumsy_nowmad @TexasObserver It’s a lot more like “the foxes have had control of the henhouse since before emancipation via regularly renewed gerrymandering, and continue to not worry about what happens to the chickens because they can always jetset to Cancún, or if it’s dragging on too long, their second or third homes.”