Comments on: Where did the water go? http://fatquestion.com/learning/where-did-the-water-go Ask a fat question... get fat thinking. Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:58:59 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Susan Williams http://fatquestion.com/learning/where-did-the-water-go/comment-page-1#comment-759 Susan Williams Sat, 12 Sep 2009 23:03:21 +0000 http://fatquestion.com/?p=370#comment-759 Where did the water go? Perhaps it was dammed - which impacts the wildlife in the river. In my town, our water supply is jeopardized by Pan Am Railways and Ford Motor Co., which are partnering to build a 25 acre parking lot over an aquifer that supplies water to 15,000 people. No one I elected -- state, local or federal -- is able to intervene because of an outdated federal law protecting railroads right to ignore local regulations. I feel like I live in a third-world country because <a href="http://www.cleanwaterwarrior.com" rel="nofollow">outside powers</a> control our local resource. Please let Ford Motor Co. know you object to them risking clean water for 15,000 people by placing corporate convenience over envrionmental protection. Go to www.cleanwaterwarrior.com. Where did the water go? Perhaps it was dammed – which impacts the wildlife in the river.

In my town, our water supply is jeopardized by Pan Am Railways and Ford Motor Co., which are partnering to build a 25 acre parking lot over an aquifer that supplies water to 15,000 people.

No one I elected — state, local or federal — is able to intervene because of an outdated federal law protecting railroads right to ignore local regulations. I feel like I live in a third-world country because outside powers control our local resource.

Please let Ford Motor Co. know you object to them risking clean water for 15,000 people by placing corporate convenience over envrionmental protection. Go to http://www.cleanwaterwarrior.com.

]]> By: Rebecca http://fatquestion.com/learning/where-did-the-water-go/comment-page-1#comment-757 Rebecca Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:59:01 +0000 http://fatquestion.com/?p=370#comment-757 Rainstorms reported in San Antonio on Thursday evening, August 27. http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/weather/55589257.html Rainstorms reported in San Antonio on Thursday evening, August 27. http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/weather/55589257.html

]]> By: Rebecca http://fatquestion.com/learning/where-did-the-water-go/comment-page-1#comment-743 Rebecca Sat, 25 Jul 2009 23:09:08 +0000 http://fatquestion.com/?p=370#comment-743 As of the end of July, drought is still keeping people from enjoying the rivers in Central Texas: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/outdoors/tompkins/6542900.html As of the end of July, drought is still keeping people from enjoying the rivers in Central Texas: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/outdoors/tompkins/6542900.html

]]> By: Rebecca http://fatquestion.com/learning/where-did-the-water-go/comment-page-1#comment-633 Rebecca Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:03:20 +0000 http://fatquestion.com/?p=370#comment-633 The weather remains dry in June even on the Gulf Coast: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/metro/6481582.html The weather remains dry in June even on the Gulf Coast: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/metro/6481582.html

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