Georgia denied rehearing in Florida water case

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals said today it was denying Georgia's petition for a rehearing on an earlier court decision, thwarting Georgia's thirst for waters that feed into the Apalachicola River of North ...

[Olando]

Georgia (i.e. metro Atlanta) takes all the water in its never ending thirst for rampant uncontrolled growth. In their quest to top 5 million idiots population, they forgot how to plan for it, resulting in 24/7 horrendous traffic jams, polluted air, and now no water.

I got the hell out of that craphole and will never go back.

Boo hoo, Georgia, cry me a river. You're not taking Florida water!!!!

Go back to plan B (stealing part of Tennessee State line).

[vader]

Orlando, you're not mad are you? And you're getting this upset over water. This is the United States and don't forget the magic words
"Congress has to decide" so much for what Florida wants in the end:)

Take care...

[Liberals Hate Facts]

Again.....BUILD A HUGE NEW NUKE plant on the outskirts of Panama City....pump the extra electric to Alabama, Georgia, and nearby Tallahassee....then build a brand new high volume desalinisation plant.....and even offer to build a fresh water supply line up to those states.
That should get them to shut up.
BTW....large scale desalination is about as costly as Kissimmee irrigation h2o.......

[Smart Thinker]

vader wrote:

Orlando, you're not mad are you? And you're getting this upset over water. This is the United States and don't forget the magic words
"Congress has to decide" so much for what Florida wants in the end:)
Take care...

That is easily the smarmiest response I have seen in a long time.
Georgia, plan your growth better.

[Typical]

vader wrote:

Orlando, you're not mad are you? And you're getting this upset over water. This is the United States and don't forget the magic words
"Congress has to decide" so much for what Florida wants in the end:)
Take care...

Better install that low-flush toilet, Goober!

[vader]

Some people are really amazing:)

And to get this upset over water!

[The Sage]

Florida and Alabama are ridiculous. If you have a water problem, build your own damn dam! I need som tomatoes for my salad tonight. If I hop my neighbors fence and take tomatoes from his land, that's called stealing! What the hell makes Florida and Alabama think they have a "right" to rain that falls in Georgia?

Here's the really ridiculous part: Alabama's big mouth redneck governor has accused Georgia of not doing enough to prepare for the future water needs. However, he has also filed a lawsuit to STOP THE COMPLETION OF A DAM IN ROME, GA! This dam was started over 10 years ago. When it was months from being complete, this stupid redneck governor accused Georgia of not doing enough to supply themselves with more AND tried to stop us from completing this dam we started over 10 years ago!!! Do you know how retarded that is?!? This dam would have doubled the water capacity for the north western counties of metro Atlanta. But somehow, that isn't planning for the future?!?! And for some dumb reason, this governor thinks he has the right to stop it?!?!

[Get Real]

Uh. The federal dams in Ga. Lanier, West Point, Allatoona etc. were not build for Ga. with Ga. funding. They were built with federal funds and for purposes authorized by Congress. These purposes, since the dams are on rivers that cross state lines, can affect the waters as they pass into another state. They are all connected in how they are managed. Georgia/Atlanta's problem is 20 years ago they should have been building their own lakes instead of living off the fed dams.

[The Sage]

The dams were built to stop down stream flooding. What entitles Florida and Alabama to water that falls in another state??

And what about Alabama's inbred redneck governor trying to STOP Georgia from increasing its water supply with a dam built with Georgia tax dollars?

[Get Real]

Well you are partially right. The key words are downstream water users. Alabama and Florida are downstream of Buford Dam. Straight from COE website.

Lake Lanier was built to serve many purposes including hydropower production, flood control, navigation, water quality and supply, recreation and fish & wildlife management. To meet these purposes and the water needs of downstream users Lake Lanier's water level will periodically fluctuate. Sometimes meeting these purposes may require one or more purposes being given a higher priority than the others.

[The Sage]

When we are in the middle of a drought, Florida and Alabama shouldn't be getting more water than is going into the lake. The dam should behave like it isn't there at all. What goes in is all that should be allowed out.

What about the dam Alabama's governor was trying to stop? Isn't it a little hypocritical and ridiculous of him on one hand to say Georgia isn't doing anything, then trying to block the completion of a dam that shows we HAVE been trying to do something?

[Get Real]

Well, I agree on the first part. "What goes in is all that should go out." Disagree on the 2nd part if the water from the proposed river/stream to be damed eventually flows into Alabama, then I wouldn't put it past Georgia to stop the flow out of the dam completely to match uncontrolled growth. That's the Perdue/Dr.Couch mentality so far.

[The Sage]

Oh, so first you said the dams we currently have were built by federal money, so we're not entitled to keep all of the water.

Now I point out that we're building dams with our own money, and you're saying we still don't have a right to keep what falls in our own backyards. What's wrong with you? Why don't you build your own dams LIKE WE ARE DOING. We can't help that water from our state does flow into your state. We aren't bordered on all four sides by an ocean. Get over it! Your not entitled to our run off. Get off your cheap lazy asses and build your own dams!

[Get Real]

Wow, what a remark. By your reasoning the dam furthest north on the Mississippi River should hold all the water back so none of the 1/2 dozen or so states downstream don't get any water. I give up. You da man or woman.

[The Sage]

Actually, your logic is fatally flawed. And this same flawed logic has been used by your inbred governor.

A dam at the furthest point north on the Mississippi River would do little to affect the amount of water that reaches the Atlantic Ocean. Why? Because there are TONS of rivers, streams, and creeks that flow into the Mississippi River before it reaches the Atlantic, south of where your hypothetical dam would be.

Likewise, Buford Dam is VERY FAR NORTH in Georgia. In the summer months, you can walk across parts of the Chattahoochee River south of the dam. However, when you get to the Alabama state line, the river is wider than parts of Lake Lanier. There are over 65 rivers, streams, and creeks that flow into the Hooch south of the dam. Decreases in releases from Buford dam barely affect the amount of water reaching Alabama. But people from Alabama are too stupid to understand that. To hear them speak, you'd think the dam was 20 ft from the state line and any changes in water flow would result in no water for Alabama. Give me a break.

Thanks for demonstrating my point that people from Alabama are idiots.

[Get Real]

Oops, sorry my tag reads Alabama but I live in GA 3 miles from Buford Dam and thats where I get water from. Never been to Alabama. I just have a regional mindset on how the Chattahoohee River system works from Ga. thru AL to Fl.

[The Sage]

Regardless of where you live or what your "mindset" is, your logic and arguments are flawed.