It sounds terrible. Do you know if farmers in the region use
water-saving techniques like drip irrigation?
At 06:08 PM 4/20/2007, you wrote:
>Yup. It's bad. My parents live in the country and they've been on Stage 4
>water restrictions (no outside watering at all) for months. Coming to our
>city next month, I believe, unless it rains. I was surprised when I went to
>Sydney and saw green lawns.
>
>A
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>>----Original Message Follows----
>>From: Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]>
>>Reply-To: "Poetryetc: poetry and poetics" <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: the drought in Oz
>>Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 08:56:07 -0600
>>
>>I know all the Australians on the list are all too aware of the depth of
>>the
>>crisis, but The Independent today certainly brings it home to the rest of
>>us
>>reading:
>>
>>http://news.independent.co.uk/world/australasia/article2465960.ece
>>
>>It sounds terrible, & not helped by your government (as I understand all
>>too
>>well given ours here in Canada; now trying to make like they're going
>>green
>>without really doing anything that would actually count).
>>
>>I can only wish you some rain somehow soon....
>>
>>Doug
>>Douglas Barbour
>>11655 - 72 Avenue NW
>>Edmonton Ab T6G 0B9
>>(780) 436 3320
>>http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/
>>
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>>
>>What dull barbarians are not proud of
>>their dullness and barbarism?
>>
>> Thackeray
>>
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