“Perfect Storm”

Recently we mentioned we have been receiving tons of email on the subject of water, or lack thereof.

The emails keep pouring in.

MSN.com recently posted an article on Tribes in the Southwest that are without water due to the cold snap and the aging infrastructure shattering with dropping temps.  If you think it can’t happen to YOU, here, ask around, find out how old the infrastructure carrying water to your home is.  You might be shocked.  Or terrified.

http://news.msn.com/us/tribes-struggling-without-water-in-southwest-cold-snap

"We are facing an emergency that is putting lives at risk," said Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly, who last month signed a declaration of emergency in the reservation, which extends across parts of Arizona, Utah and New Mexico and has an estimated 220,000 tribal residents.

"People with health risks don't have running water, some communities have low water pressure that are putting health centers and hospitals at risk of closure," he said.

The freeze, during which temperatures barely rose into the teens during the day, ruptured pipes, some laid in the 1950s, in Window Rock, the nation's capital, as well as the small town of Fort Defiance and in other smaller communities where many tribal members tend livestock, weave handicrafts and make jewelry.

Shelly is seeking $2.8 million in federal and state aid to fix waterlines across the nation, and to cover costs for operating an emergency center.

And the Fort Worth Weekly does another great job at letting you know just how much “blue gold” could end up costing YOU.  YOU better be paying attention.  YOU owe it to YOUR kids.

For those of you playing along at home, the Supreme Court will now here the Tarrant Regional Water District’s case concerning suing Oklahoma to take their water.

“I hate to use the analogy, but we’re looking at the perfect storm,” she said. “It’s kind of hard to calculate what the price of water will be when in some places there just won’t be any.”