Everyday weather reports often feature stories of droughts, wildfires, flooding and mudslides. The planet enjoys an abundance of water, but the weather disasters are problems of timing and distribution. Societies since the ancient Mesopotamians have addressed this challenge with engineering. Each day in the U.S., about 410 billion gallons of water are pumped or diverted from the nation’s rivers, lakes and underground supplies; mostly the latter. Steam-powered electric generating plants use nearly half of it, 128 billion gallons are used for irrigation, and 44 billion go to supplying the public. There are more than 150,000 public drinking water systems in the U.S., supplying about 307 million people. You can find more facts about America from the U.S. Census Bureau, online at <www.census.gov>.
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Ah Henderson–the home of spot zoning and special use permits–you’re killing us!
(Prudence I tried to post this earlier this week when HiH was not working for whatever reason.)
Prudence, many times I have agreed with you and sometimes disagreed. This is one of those times that I disagree with your view. I read the supporting material before the meeting and listened to Ms. Finamore, Mr. Inscoe, Mr. Kearney, and Mr. Rainey plus those making public comments favoring and opposing the re-zoning. This re-zoning passes the smell test unlike so many other re-zonings. I did wonder how these two properties ended up muddled in two different zones. A council member told me that probably happened 30 years ago.