Chattanooga pokes fun of GA wanting to take our water

[strickj]

Chattanooga makes fun of GA wanting to take our water.Man this is funny:D

http://www.newschannel9.com/video/index.php?bcpid=1111405995&bclid=1137849423&bctid=1435496357

[Fallguy]

LOL...funny, but serious at the same time.

I noticed Davy didn't carry his musket into the capital....wondered if he took the knife off too?

[Marswolf]

Actually, as I understand it, everyone agrees that the line should have been where Georgia wants it. But it had historical president to support where it is now.

Same thing happened in our area and finally it was agreed that the border followed a boundry line surveyed by one party. So State Street in Bristol is the state line.

I have said for years that cities should not be built where they do not have sufficient local water. Atlanta could eliminate its water shortage by eliminating welfare in that location.

[Guest SUNTZU]

Atlanta could eliminate its water shortage by eliminating welfare in that location.

:bowrofl::clap:

[Mike.357]

There was a story by a local guy in the paper the other day where he mentioned this border thing. He pointed out that back in the day that Georgia lawmakers refer to about the state line, that the TN river was much narrower and the channel of the river would not have been on the Georgia side of the line. Only since TVA and Nickjack Lake came in to being has the river widened to the point where the 35th parallel would touch the river water.

[Marswolf]

Well, the Tennessee legislature will probably have to pass some opposition measure. Wonder if it could have some riders about gun possession in restaurants and such?

[Guest Star1021Scott]

Since the 90's, the Corps of Engineers, Florida, Georgia, and Alabama have all been fighting for use of the water held in Lake Lanier. Federal law mandates that when a river flows between two or more states, each state has a right to an equal share of the water. Additionally, other laws such as the Endangered Species Act require that water be available for threatened or endangered species that live in or around Chattahoochee River and Apalachicola Bay.

The ACOE have been shipping out water from Lake Lanier to Apalachicola Bay (22 Billion Gallons) to protect several species of mussells in Apalachicola from excessive saltwater intrusion.

[saintsfanbrian]

Since the 90's, the Corps of Engineers, Florida, Georgia, and Alabama have all been fighting for use of the water held in Lake Lanier. Federal law mandates that when a river flows between two or more states, each state has a right to an equal share of the water. Additionally, other laws such as the Endangered Species Act require that water be available for threatened or endangered species that live in or around Chattahoochee River and Apalachicola Bay.

The ACOE have been shipping out water from Lake Lanier to Apalachicola Bay (22 Billion Gallons) to protect several species of mussells in Apalachicola from excessive saltwater intrusion.

So Atlanta's welfare recipients are an endangered species?

[molonlabetn]

So Atlanta's welfare recipients are an endangered species?

Invertebrates of all kinds are under government protection...

[Marswolf]

Invertebrates of all kinds are under government protection...

Unfortunately. ( No backbone)

[Guest Phantom6]

We could play a football game for the water rights. No, I guess that wouldn't be fair. Here's a thought. Why don't we build a pipeline and sell them water from the Tennessee River (notice that it is not the Georgia River)? Bunch-a land grabbin', red clay crackers!

[Guest Phantom6]

Invertebrates of all kinds are under government protection...

That'll only get worse if Barak Husse (OOPS!) Obama gets elected.

Damn. I almost had John McCain at my door apologizing for my use of Mr. Obama's middle name.

[Guest atomemphis]

I didn't really find the story that funny. The drought in Georgia was a very serious problem.

The other issue is the Georgia/Tennessee Border. This has been contested many, many times. Any collegiate Tennessee History class covers this, and which state Chattanooga belongs in. (Its been up for grabs several times).

I'm glad somebody tried to have a joke about it, but I'd be more concerned with helping out our southern neighbors with essential water.

[Fallguy]

I'm all for helping them. I wouldn't mind some sort of pipeline or however the engineers could do it, done to provide water to them. But I don't think in anyway the border should be changed.

[Guest Grout]

It ain't gonna happen.That would be an expensive water pipe.

[Fallguy]

It ain't gonna happen.That would be an expensive water pipe.

Well whatever GA is willing to pay. If we let them tap in I figure they can flip the bill.

Of course...they could argue if the border was moved the revenue that TN would loose from the former TN, now GA residents would be more than TN's part of a alternate solution.

Guess we'll just have to see how they play it out.....but I really don't see the border being moved. Especially if as I see it, TN would have to agree to any border change.

[dariks]

I have said for years that cities should not be built where they do not have sufficient local water. Atlanta could eliminate its water shortage by eliminating welfare in that location.

Goodbye LA?

[Guest atomemphis]

Don't build a city filled with concrete and asphalt with the ocean wind holding your pollution against the mountains over your city.

That was supremely poor city planning. (Los Angeles)

The images of the lake depth drop for GA are pretty incredible though. The drought was damn near spectacular, and signs to conserve water were all over the place when I went to visit friends at UGA.

Edited February 29, 2008 by atomemphis
i think poorly of california.

[Marswolf]

Goodbye LA?

Certainly the one I was thinking of.