thatlisagirl's Blog

I imagine one day, we will take our grandchildren for a ride in our hovercar and pass what used to be our lakes, now dry and evaporated; developers had begun to build a huge neighborhood called Lanier Downs because barren land in this state has to be built on and habitated by someone because population density creates dollars for everyone around. We pass by what used to be that lake and tell stories how we used to use to race boats and water ski and get the sunburns of our lives and fish on that lake. We would become angry telling the story because we knew what it used to be and we dont have it anymore. Our grandchildren would ask what happened to the lake. What will we tell them? That a long time ago, we had a time were we didnt get any rain and that lake was getting low because we used to be able to use this lake for play and for consumption for our own area, but this Army Corps of Engineers felt it necessary to send our water from that lake to other neighboring states and to maintain the lives of  rare mussels.  They would ask what are mussels? We would tell them they are a type of shellfish. Then they might ask: why are shellfish more important than people?

What will we say? I know its about more than shellfish. But, what is the sense of sending billions of gallons of water downstream when our state has no other water source, and no assistance from any of our neighboring states when in fact they scoff and brag that they have the water and why dont we leave our state and go live where they have the water? Its ludicrous and boggles the mind that a judge ruled that based on our circumstances, there has been a minimal reduction in the water released from Lake Lanier. Why are there STILL many people that defy the system and water their lawns in the middle of the night? This is a serious thing that is happening any yet anything we are trying to do to reduce our consumption is thwarted by the daily drainage by the Corps. Whats going to happen when they drain the last of the water? We will be screwed and they'll say "Thanks for the water, but now those states that you sent the water to are now converting their salt water from the coast for consumption....so we wont need your water anymore, not that you have any!"