COLD DARK ROOM

Yvonne G

Old Timer
10 Year Member!
Platinum Tortoise Club
Joined
Jan 23, 2008
Messages
95,399
Location (City and/or State)
Clovis, CA
Are you guys low on water as well?
Yes. We had a many year drought that was finally broken last year with enough rain/snow to take us off water restrictions. Our water supply comes from the snow pack in the mountains. No snow means no water for the valley. And we're starting again this year. All the ski resorts around our area are closed due to no snow. So they've started the restrictions early to conserve what water we do have.
 

CarolM

Well-Known Member
5 Year Member
Joined
Oct 30, 2017
Messages
19,492
Location (City and/or State)
South Africa - Cape Town
Morning everyone.
I'm standing in the kitchen try to convince Clunker that he wants to go poop in his soak... It's been 45 minutes in the tub for him and he just stretches out, looking smug. Darn stubborn tort
Sweet. Do they have to poop everyday?
 
Last edited:

CarolM

Well-Known Member
5 Year Member
Joined
Oct 30, 2017
Messages
19,492
Location (City and/or State)
South Africa - Cape Town
Yes. We had a many year drought that was finally broken last year with enough rain/snow to take us off water restrictions. Our water supply comes from the snow pack in the mountains. No snow means no water for the valley. And we're starting again this year. All the ski resorts around our area are closed due to no snow. So they've started the restrictions early to conserve what water we do have.
Oh dear. Seems that there are quite a few places in the world going through drought. The funny thing is that if you go to Durban or Johannesburg they have more water than they know what to do with. At least you guys are planning ahead. Apparently our guys knew this was going to be a problem a long time ago and did nothing about it.
 
Last edited:

Yvonne G

Old Timer
10 Year Member!
Platinum Tortoise Club
Joined
Jan 23, 2008
Messages
95,399
Location (City and/or State)
Clovis, CA
Oh dear. Seems that there are quite a few places in the world going through drought. The funny thing is that if you go to Durban or Johannesburg they have more water than they know what to do with. At leadt you guys are planning ahead. Apparently our giys knew this was going to be a problem a long time ago and did nothing about it.
Our governments have been talking about making desalination water plants for many years, but nothing has ever come of it. Now they're talking about building more dams to keep our water here instead of letting it run to the ocean. There's just no money for this sort of thing.
 

CarolM

Well-Known Member
5 Year Member
Joined
Oct 30, 2017
Messages
19,492
Location (City and/or State)
South Africa - Cape Town
Our governments have been talking about making desalination water plants for many years, but nothing has ever come of it. Now they're talking about building more dams to keep our water here instead of letting it run to the ocean. There's just no money for this sort of thing.
I hear you. Ours told all of us to use less water now they want to charge us an extra levy because there is not as much revenue coming in due to people using less. So obviously with the income being less they have even less money to do the projects that they are proposing, to try and get more water. Either way you don't win.
 

Bee62

Well-Known Member
Joined
Nov 13, 2016
Messages
11,981
Location (City and/or State)
Germany
Ah. That explains it. I turn “image previews” off in the app settings as they’re annoying (and slow and use up unnecessary data from my data allowance) I only see images in the the threads themselves!
View attachment 226745
I am glad I don`t own such complicated things .....
I am like my tortoises... an old dinosaur...
images

and sometimes I am grumpy !
 

Bee62

Well-Known Member
Joined
Nov 13, 2016
Messages
11,981
Location (City and/or State)
Germany
Are you guys low on water as well?
In Germany we have enough, or to my opinion at the present too much water. It is raining for months with short breaks of a few days. My garden has turned into a swamp. I should grow mangroves but it is too cold for them.
I hate the rain ! Want someone rain ? I have to give plenty of it.
 

Yvonne G

Old Timer
10 Year Member!
Platinum Tortoise Club
Joined
Jan 23, 2008
Messages
95,399
Location (City and/or State)
Clovis, CA
In Germany we have enough, or to my opinion at the present too much water. It is raining for months with short breaks of a few days. My garden has turned into a swamp. I should grow mangroves but it is too cold for them.
I hate the rain ! Want someone rain ? I have to give plenty of it.
I love it when it rains, as long as I don't have to be out in it. A nice fire in the wood stove, the rain beating on the windows, a good book. Yeah!
 
Top