Georgia Feeling Effects of Drought

[londonrain]

not much better in South Carolina but no water restrictions here yet....

ATLANTA (AP) - Neighbors are turning in neighbors for violating water restrictions, farmers are jittery about crops and churchgoers are praying for rain as Georgia suffers through one of its worst droughts in decades.

Sweltering conditions are expected to intensify. State climatologist David Stooksbury this week classified 74 of the state's 159 counties as being in "extreme" drought - more than double the assessment he delivered just a few weeks ago.

And he said he's doubtful conditions will improve any time soon, with little rain in the forecast.

The drought has forced state officials to restrict when residents can water their lawns - limiting it to early mornings on alternating days. Some cities, including Atlanta, have gone a step further, ordering residents to water lawns, wash cars and restrict other outdoor use to one day a week.

In the Atlanta suburb of Roswell, police are giving residents the option to call 24 hours a day to report water-use violations.

"We are neither encouraging or not encouraging calls. It's up to them," said Julie Brechbill, a Roswell spokeswoman. "Our main concern is that our residents follow the restrictions because we're in a drought."

In Columbia County east of Augusta, officials get five to 10 calls a day from neighbors reporting neighbors for water violations. Sick of people ignoring the rules, the county is disconnecting the water for violators, with nearly 50 households disconnected in recent weeks.

"It's like any rule or law: If you don't enforce it, than no one abides by it," said Margaret Doss, the water quality manager in Columbia County. "These are our customers and we hate to punish them. But on the other hand, the drought is significant and it has to be handled properly."

In rural areas, farmers worried about whether they should plant their crops are also facing a massive shortfall of hay, a key part of Georgia's $50 billion agriculture industry.

Bone-dry fields can't sustain enough grass to make hay. There's hardly a bale of hay to be found in Tifton and other Georgia towns.

"I don't know what I'm going to do," said Derrick Jones, a Tifton farmer who this week could only scrape up enough bales of hay from his property to feed his 300 head of cattle for a day or two. "My only other option is to sell. That's not a good option, but it may be what we have to do."

Larry Crumley, a farmer in nearby Berrien County, is hoping to use a bin of unused rye seed to feed his 200 cattle. "It's down to that," he sighed. "We've bought all the hay we can buy, and it will last until Monday."

The lack of rain has given some residents a reason to ask for divine intervention. A group of churches in Moultrie, a south Georgia town, has started a weekly prayer service on Wednesdays to ask for rain.

"The community needed to come together and feel like you're doing something," said Rhonda Royals, a secretary who attended the first meeting Wednesday. "And the only thing you can do is pray - and pray hard."

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http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070525/D8PBH8JG4.html
On The Net:

University of Georgia's drought site: http://www.georgiadrought.org

[Lawnworks]

Yeah it sucks. In middle GA, they just went to Phase 2 of the water restrictions... we are only able to water on the weekends. Needless to say, my own watering system is set to water 3 days a week at 4AM!! No way I am going to lose my yard. Supposedly the fine is $300 for the first violation and $500 for the second. I have yet to see what the effect is on the irrigation side of my business since this new Phase 2 went into effect today.

[Remote Pigtails]

It's amazing how fast it can change. You'd have thought last year into winter that N TX was in a permanent drought. I wouldn't be surprised if our lakes are in flood stage in another week or two.

[PurpHaze]

And to think that people have made fun of CA's "water police" for years.

[PurpHaze]

"Big Yellow Taxi"

by Joni Mitchell

They paved paradise,
And put up a parking lot.
With a pink hotel, a boutique
and a swinging hot spot.

Don't it always seem to go,
That you don't know what you've got,
Till it's gone.
They paved paradise,
And put up a parking lot.

They took all the trees,
And put them in a tree museum.
And they charged all the people,
A dollar and a half to see 'em.

Don't it always seem to go,
That you don't know what you've got,
Till it's gone.
They paved paradise,
And put up a parking lot.

Hey farmer farmer,
Put away that D.D.T. now.
Give me spots on my apples,
But leave me the birds and the bees,
Please!

Don't it always seem to go,
That you don't know what you've got,
Till it's gone.
They paved paradise,
And put up a parking lot.

Late last night,
I heard the screen door slam.
And a big yellow taxi,
Took away my old man.

Don't it always seem to go,
That you don't know what you've got,
Till it's gone.
They paved paradise,
And put up a parking lot.

[Remote Pigtails]

[QUOTE=Lawnworks;1841945Needless to say, my own watering system is set to water 3 days a week at 4AM!! No way I am going to lose my yard[/QUOTE]

This kind of of perturbs me. Before I go into an early morning rant I'd like to gauge forum sentiment. Is anybody else as bothered by this comment and attitude as I am?

[Lawnworks]

lol... scared to flame me if isn't a forum consensus?

If there really was a problem... I would be concerned. We have a 600 acre resevoir that hasn't even been touched. We all should adjust our lives and work patterns before they change the level on their lake... god forbid some fish die.

I am tired of the gov't breathing down my neck every second. They tax the hell out of us, now they are going to take work away from me... so I will water my yard whenever the f#$^ I want to... I have spent 20k just in materials on my front yard... so I am pretty sure it will get watered whenever the hell I feel like it.

Got my ranting out of the way!

[Wet_Boots]

There are different levels of water concerns. I remember drought restrictions in north Jersey that got to a point where they were allotting fifty gallons per day per person in a house, and lawn sprinkling was long forgotten. Overreacting? Probably. But their supply was really getting low.

As long as one's utility connections are subject to being yanked, I believe extreme water misbehavior is unlikely. The only green lawn in the area will call attention to itself, and appropriate action can be taken. If the water department was on its toes, they'd introduce drought pricing, and make a green lawn a ridiculous luxury.

[DanaMac]

I agree with Pigtails, it bothers me as well. We were in drought conditions and restrictions a few years ago. I turned a few people in that were breaking the rules. Did I like the rules/ no, I didn't. But they are in place for a reason. In 2002 Colorado Springs Utilities went to restrictions of 3 days a week, It was either later that year or the next, They went to 2 days a week. The restrictions were lifted in 2005 or 2006. Now, just about every surrounding water district has restrictions in place, but CSU doesn't. I believe they should since most everybody got used to it. We need to be proactive, not reactive to the situation. I think that you bragging about watering when ever you want is completely careless, classless, and lame. There, I flamed you without the consensus.

I have customers that have wells no longer consistently reach the water. It's not just the above ground reservoirs that can be low, the below ground aquifers and water tables that we can't see are changing as well.

I have also thought about getting out of this business just due to what the he!! we are doing. Wasting all this water on keeping grass green. What a joke, honestly. Many people in this world struggle for clean water every day. And we waste it like it's nothing. I'm hoping my next career choice is more environmentally conscious.

[Remote Pigtails]

My frustration on this issue is that irrigators and landscapers have a tremendous effect on how water is used. I try and educate every customer as well as I can. I have customers who try to get me to set their clocks to violate city watering restrictions and I refuse to do it followed with an attempt to shame them for trying to cheat. I am a strong supporter of the rights of the individual but that most be balanced in the use of our natural resources with the greater good. If I had to vote for green lawns or fish. I'd vote for the fish. Unless we want more water police we need to follow the public consensus and if we disagree with it we should try and get support to change it. Whether you like the codes or not cheating isn't the solution.

[PurpHaze]

I have proposed for many years to allow the elementary sites' field areas go without water over the summer when they're not in great use but leave the zones around the buildings intact. We'd leave the high schools and middle schools alone due to sports programs that occur over the summer. Then pump the water back to them about two weeks before school starts up again. A tremendous amount of water and electricity would be saved.

We had one site last summer that lost its water and there was no way to economically get temporary water to it and the entire site died out. They finally got the well fixed about two weeks before school started up and we started the irrigation system back up. Some of the best Bermudagrass I've seen in years.

[Wet_Boots]

I think the last time the Jersey guys did drought restrictions, they got more sensible, and allowed irrigation of shrub areas. Lawns were on their own.

[PurpHaze]

Perhaps the reason some have mixed lawn/shrub areas onto the same zone?

[Remote Pigtails]

Perhaps the reason some have mixed lawn/shrub areas onto the same zone?

It is interesting you note that. Here they allow daily foundation watering and once a week yard watering. So what do you think happens? The soaker hoses start weaving through the whole yard.

[PurpHaze]

It is interesting you note that. Here they allow daily foundation watering and once a week yard watering. So what do you think happens? The soaker hoses start weaving through the whole yard.

Water Police: "Your soaker hose is on the lawn area and that's prohibited."

Homeowner: "The neighborhood dogs must of gotten ahold of it and dragged it out there."

Water Police: "Here's your ticket."

:laugh:

[Wet_Boots]

Combined lawn and shrub watering would have probably been prohibited under their last restrictions. Too bad for those without dedicated shrub zones.

[racer56]

Does this help bring in more money overall? Looks to me if the lawn dies off then Fall seeding would be big. Around here less than 5% have sprinkler systems installed and of that % only 2% use them. We don't have any water restricions here but most don't care what the grass looks like here either. If it was cheaper to light it on fire than mow it that's what would be done here :hammerhead: . A sprinkler systems designed correctly should use very little water to begin with compared to hose and such. I've never understood why they can't just raise the price of water above a certain cubic foot use so then the guys that use alot of water pay alot and the folks that don't well they have roughly the same price bill they always have. What about the houses that have 5 kids. When are they going to knock on your door and tell you to shower once a week due to using too much water. Bet your ready to let the fish go then :usflag: . What about swimming pools(don't fill them up), and what about public pools, how about factories that use tons of water pay a fair share instead of local credits and paying less per gallon than I do at my house. Just seems like we always pick on the easiest target. Not saying that we don't need to use common sense but lets use the common sense.

[Remote Pigtails]

I agree with you that pricing is the best way to control water usage. Let's separate luxury from necessary water usage. My guess is that most water usage is luxury use. Require separate meters and charge the bejeebers for luxury usage. It probably wouldn't work because people would cheat. I would take the fish over any luxury use of water. Sprinkler systems to the extent we have them now have existed for maybe 2 generations? When my daughter did study abroad in Bolivia the things she saw involving limited water resources makes you really appreciate what we have. I'd like to think as a country we can maintain this resource for both environmental and domestic needs.

[Wet_Boots]

A sprinkler systems designed correctly should use very little water to begin with compared to hose and such.I'd be saying that, if I drank the mfr's koolaid, but think about it. A lawn that's green, where it wasn't green in previous summers, is definitely using more water. Significant water, in terms of hundreds of dollars. What about swimming pools(don't fill them up)Indeed you did not, if the restrictions were in place. Someone would truck in your pool water from out of the drought area.

[racer56]

Dang man that's really bad alright. Hope if doesn't get to that point around here. It's mostly lawnless country down here so not sure the rules would do any good here anyway. I am a stickler for the rules so if they did have them I would follow them. Do you still make good money with these rules? How about seeding in the Fall? Mowing is a big part of our overall money come in the company but also the biggest thing taking money out.

[Lawnworks]

I agree with you that pricing is the best way to control water usage. Let's separate luxury from necessary water usage. My guess is that most water usage is luxury use. Require separate meters and charge the bejeebers for luxury usage. It probably wouldn't work because people would cheat. I would take the fish over any luxury use of water. Sprinkler systems to the extent we have them now have existed for maybe 2 generations? When my daughter did study abroad in Bolivia the things she saw involving limited water resources makes you really appreciate what we have. I'd like to think as a country we can maintain this resource for both environmental and domestic needs.

I agree w/ the pricing... it should be just like oil... supply and demand. That would solve the problem.

[Lawnworks]

I agree with Pigtails, it bothers me as well. We were in drought conditions and restrictions a few years ago. I turned a few people in that were breaking the rules. Did I like the rules/ no, I didn't. But they are in place for a reason. In 2002 Colorado Springs Utilities went to restrictions of 3 days a week, It was either later that year or the next, They went to 2 days a week. The restrictions were lifted in 2005 or 2006. Now, just about every surrounding water district has restrictions in place, but CSU doesn't. I believe they should since most everybody got used to it. We need to be proactive, not reactive to the situation. I think that you bragging about watering when ever you want is completely careless, classless, and lame. There, I flamed you without the consensus.

I have customers that have wells no longer consistently reach the water. It's not just the above ground reservoirs that can be low, the below ground aquifers and water tables that we can't see are changing as well.

I have also thought about getting out of this business just due to what the he!! we are doing. Wasting all this water on keeping grass green. What a joke, honestly. Many people in this world struggle for clean water every day. And we waste it like it's nothing. I'm hoping my next career choice is more environmentally conscious.

My view is that the amount of water is a constant... I just don't think it is like oil where it can be depleted. With water it seems like it is a renewable cycle... cannot be created or destroyed(used up).

I feel very good about doing landscaping/irrigation. I think we are increasing the quality of life for people, increasing their homes value, and making a great living.

[Picky1]

In my non-irrigated yards, I'm down to mowing the weeds once every 3 weeks. Regular cycle on the pretty, irrigated ones. I have a bigger problem with farmers running irrigation during the daytime than home-owners controlling the use three nights a week.

[Remote Pigtails]

I have a bigger problem with farmers running irrigation during the daytime than home-owners controlling the use three nights a week.
I'm just curious trying to keep this a discussion, but how would a farmer water at night and don't we need what farmers produce? If we prioritized our water usage wouldn't the needs of a farmer rank higher than our yards?

[Wet_Boots]

Yeah, definitely farms first. Yer swimming pools and bluegrass lawns finish a distant second. As for any idea of the farm wasting water, if they're pumping it, theiy're spending money for it, and I don't figure farmers to be needlessly increasing their costs.

[Mike Leary]

I think there must be some kind of "use it or lose it" mentality that some
farmers have because of grandfathered water rights.
I've seen irrigation going on in the west when I KNOW they don't need it!:hammerhead:

[Wet_Boots]

I have to leave water usage in the far west out of the discussion. That's a different picture. I recall a program on PBS that was examining the usage of water, and the Homestead Act. Agribiz versus small farmers. The camera pans through two farm towns. One town surrounded by corporate farmland. One town surrounded by farms in keeping with the Homestead Act's 160 acre limitation. Any guesses as to which town was a vital living community, and which was a shuttered ghost town?

[Remote Pigtails]

My view is that the amount of water is a constant... I just don't think it is like oil where it can be depleted. With water it seems like it is a renewable cycle... cannot be created or destroyed(used up).

I feel very good about doing landscaping/irrigation. I think we are increasing the quality of life for people, increasing their homes value, and making a great living.

I agree with you in general but if the water is constant and the number of people needing it increase problems are going to develop. In N TX during the 50s we had a major drought and water shortage. A major lake building program was put into place and a 50 year water plan was developed. That plan is coming to an end. We expect to add 10 million people over the next 30 years in this area. I can't remember the volume designation for this but i believe it is 1000 cfs. But it will cost 30 dollars per to develop this new needed volume as opposed to 7 dollars per to encourage water conservation and set watering restrictions. As a taxpayer I would prefer my local govts produce new sources of water at the lower cost. More likely it will be a balance between the two. I have always thought that people drawing water from wells should be billed similar to someone getting it from a city water dept.

[Mike Leary]

What we have here in the west is the classic "failure to communicate".........
water is water..no matter if it's your uncle Clem or ADM...tho the big boys
have those wippersnappers w/the spread sheets..waste is waste.
I'd love to have a nickel for the clients that have bragged "I'm on a well, I don't pay a water bill". Whut?

[CAPT Stream Rotar]

the way we look @ it here on cape cod goes like this.

your property, your ground.....your water.....

they are trying to get new wells on a meter to see how much is taken out of the local ground water table.

[Mike Leary]

Not your water

[CAPT Stream Rotar]

who's water is it grandpappy?

the goverments?

[Wet_Boots]

It's the state's water. How you might look at it is completely irrelevant. The legal point has been long established, and is not open to discussion.

[Mike Leary]

Bingo Boots

[CAPT Stream Rotar]

It's the state's water. How you might look at it is completely irrelevant. The legal point has been long established, and is not open to discussion.

not in the liberal state of TAXachusetts......


next?

[Wet_Boots]

Don't waste your typing, Rotar. This was settled before your grandparents were born. If you want one example of what happened when the state did not have absolute control of the water, read about the Johnstown Flood (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnstown_flood)

[CAPT Stream Rotar]

so the state gives water away.

[Mike Leary]

The state regulates water....not coming from Pluto Rotar..a must to insure
you and all your mis-understood buddies are not going to think it's free and
forever.

[CAPT Stream Rotar]

The state regulates water....not coming from Pluto Rotar..a must to insure
you and all your mis-understood buddies are not going to think it's free and
forever.

hold on gramps....


holster your firearm and relax homes...

awnser my question...the state gives away water?

[Mike Leary]

The State monitors and allows water rights..at least out here in the wild &
wooly....yes gives away..in reason..try to apply for a 14K gallons per application permit...not even close.

[CAPT Stream Rotar]

thank you....i totally get what your saying mike...

This issue is going to be a HUGE topic here in mass over the next few years.
they are starting to test backflows around here, while slapping meters on wells,In my short 3 years doing this ive seen much change...some towns on cape cod dont allow systems with out a permit...

14K gpm?
ouch.

[Wet_Boots]

Remember that nearly every state collects well data whenever one gets drilled. In serious droughts, states can approach a well owner, and inform him that the million gallons a day he can pump (one example I recall) will be pumped and sold to the local utility for a dollar amount they specify. The well owner has no options but to pump water and sell it to the utility.

[Mike Leary]

That's why the smart money are drilling wells & keeping the application rate
as low as possible....(read) install small irrigation & move up as inspector
leaves the site.

[CAPT Stream Rotar]

Remember that nearly every state collects well data whenever one gets drilled. In serious droughts, states can approach a well owner, and inform him that the million gallons a day he can pump (one example I recall) will be pumped and sold to the local utility for a dollar amount they specify. The well owner has no options but to pump water and sell it to the utility.

im not quite sure what this means...

this means that the owner of the well has no choice but to sell water to a company...Reguardless the well owner is making money...But has no choice where there water can go?

[Dirty Water]

im not quite sure what this means...

this means that the owner of the well has no choice but to sell water to a company...Reguardless the well owner is making money...But has no choice where there water can go?

If we can sell power back to the grid, why not water?

Boy that would open up a lot of contamination issues.

[Wet_Boots]

The million-gallon-a-day well was on a big farm, and the local utility used reservoir water, since they didn't feel like sinking wells to lift water to the surface. But reservoirs run dry, so the available wells get put into service. Adjacent towns with their own wells are also put into the water-selling business, via state orders, employing town-to-town interconnections. Using the largest wells to supplement supplies simplifies the testing that's needed to ensure water quality.

Mis-reporting well information might get a well-driller's certificate yanked, so I expect there are limits to how much lying goes on.

[Mike Leary]

If you want to ask who is freaked these days...ask the drillers.

[Remote Pigtails]

the way we look @ it here on cape cod goes like this.

your property, your ground.....your water.....

they are trying to get new wells on a meter to see how much is taken out of the local ground water table.

Speaking of the Cape what happened on the wind energy issue? The Kennedys fighting the wind energy on Cape Cod did not go over very well in TX.

[Mike Leary]

Speaking of the Cape what happened on the wind energy issue? The Kennedys fighting the wind energy on Cape Cod did not go over very well in TX.

It was so they avoided blowing ROTAR to Texas....you win.

[Remote Pigtails]

It was so they avoided blowing ROTAR to Texas....you win.

Mike did you know that Rotar came to TX for irrigation classes? He was taught by one of the best we have in this business.

[Mike Leary]

Mike did you know that Rotar came to TX for irrigation classes? He was taught by one of the best we have in this business.

There is some deal about the salt air out there....

[CAPT Stream Rotar]

im for the wind farm... most arent..

[CAPT Stream Rotar]

Mike did you know that Rotar came to TX for irrigation classes? He was taught by one of the best we have in this business.

That course for the Texas IRRIGATORS LIC taught by Ben was fantastic...

i really look foward to the intermediate course.......attending those classes did so much for my understanding of hydraulics, and working pressure among many other things....

BEST.Course.EVER.

[Mike Leary]

That course for hydraulics, pressure among.

Jeez, what would the world be like without pups?

[Remote Pigtails]

Jeez, what would the world be like without pups?

Training a high school graduate right now Mike. Thought he was 18 turns out he is 17. Picking up the irrigation fast but the people skills is a whole different world. Explaining that when people write you checks you do not want to show any signs of being a smart a-- is really tough with these kids.

[Mike Leary]

Training a high school graduate right now Mike. Thought he was 18 turns out he is 17. Picking up the irrigation fast but the people skills is a whole different world. Explaining that when people write you checks you do not want to show any signs of being a smart a-- is really tough with these kids.

About the best AMEN we could start our weekend with, my friend; pups are us.

[squirtgun]

not much better in South Carolina but no water restrictions here yet....

ATLANTA (AP) - Neighbors are turning in neighbors for violating water restrictions, farmers are jittery about crops and churchgoers are praying for rain as Georgia suffers through one of its worst droughts in decades.

Sweltering conditions are expected to intensify. State climatologist David Stooksbury this week classified 74 of the state's 159 counties as being in "extreme" drought - more than double the assessment he delivered just a few weeks ago.

And he said he's doubtful conditions will improve any time soon, with little rain in the forecast.

The drought has forced state officials to restrict when residents can water their lawns - limiting it to early mornings on alternating days. Some cities, including Atlanta, have gone a step further, ordering residents to water lawns, wash cars and restrict other outdoor use to one day a week.

In the Atlanta suburb of Roswell, police are giving residents the option to call 24 hours a day to report water-use violations.

"We are neither encouraging or not encouraging calls. It's up to them," said Julie Brechbill, a Roswell spokeswoman. "Our main concern is that our residents follow the restrictions because we're in a drought."

In Columbia County east of Augusta, officials get five to 10 calls a day from neighbors reporting neighbors for water violations. Sick of people ignoring the rules, the county is disconnecting the water for violators, with nearly 50 households disconnected in recent weeks.

"It's like any rule or law: If you don't enforce it, than no one abides by it," said Margaret Doss, the water quality manager in Columbia County. "These are our customers and we hate to punish them. But on the other hand, the drought is significant and it has to be handled properly."

In rural areas, farmers worried about whether they should plant their crops are also facing a massive shortfall of hay, a key part of Georgia's $50 billion agriculture industry.

Bone-dry fields can't sustain enough grass to make hay. There's hardly a bale of hay to be found in Tifton and other Georgia towns.

"I don't know what I'm going to do," said Derrick Jones, a Tifton farmer who this week could only scrape up enough bales of hay from his property to feed his 300 head of cattle for a day or two. "My only other option is to sell. That's not a good option, but it may be what we have to do."

Larry Crumley, a farmer in nearby Berrien County, is hoping to use a bin of unused rye seed to feed his 200 cattle. "It's down to that," he sighed. "We've bought all the hay we can buy, and it will last until Monday."

The lack of rain has given some residents a reason to ask for divine intervention. A group of churches in Moultrie, a south Georgia town, has started a weekly prayer service on Wednesdays to ask for rain.

"The community needed to come together and feel like you're doing something," said Rhonda Royals, a secretary who attended the first meeting Wednesday. "And the only thing you can do is pray - and pray hard."

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http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070525/D8PBH8JG4.html
On The Net:

University of Georgia's drought site: http://www.georgiadrought.org

I live 15 miles west of Tifton and just yesterday their city adopted a no water usage restriction above the states recommendations watering grass or washing cars.
Businesses that reply on water are exempt carwashes,sod and fertilizer companies and companies like mine(pressure washing).The entire state of Ga. is under level 2 water restrictions= odd addresses can water certain days,evens the others and one day no lawn watering or car washing.Watering can only be done between 12am to 10am.The exemptions are wtaer related businesses carwashes,pressure washing,sod fertilizer companies.Those on provate wells and people with vegetable gardens can water as they need to.
Tifton and other cities in the state have the right to add further restrictions as they see fit.Tifton officials believe their newest restrictions will save about 300,000 gallons daily.
As a business owner who's business relies on water to make it's living I'm thankful for the exemptions,but it has caused a drop in booked jobs.If it weren't for commercial jobs that must be cleaned in the interest of public health we wouldn't be working at all.
I had a discussion with a local water authority last week that assures me the governor of our state will be doing everything in his power to keep water related business working during the water restrictions even if they go to level 3 or higher.
This is the heart of peanut country and I know a lot of farmers personally, who are sweating bullets over their crops and doing some serious praying for rain soon.What little grass my lawn had is slowly turning brown,but I would rather sacrifice that than my livelihood.

[dKoester]

Do you think la nina has anything to do with the drought. My answer is yes.

[Remote Pigtails]

Do you think la nina has anything to do with the drought. My answer is yes.

I don't know. The rain that is being dumped on us right now went your way last year i guess when we were dry. One year I remember everything went 25 miles south of us. I'm sure over a 20 year cycle it all evens out.

[Mike Leary]

I don't know. The rain that is being dumped on us right now went your way last year i guess when we were dry. One year I remember everything went 25 miles south of us. I'm sure over a 20 year cycle it all evens out.

Tails, no offense...the ad in blue is distracting..or is is just me??
I know of your product..works great....but

[Remote Pigtails]

Tails, no offense...the ad in blue is distracting..or is is just me??
I know of your product..works great....but

It was annoying me as well. I'll find a new color. Green maybe? Like money.

[Remote Pigtails]

Okay I changed it. Basic black. I have a college bus major who may take over the pigtail sales Dept. So I'm going to need to find a new handle on this place.

[Mike Leary]

Okay I changed it. Basic black. I have a college bus major who may take over the pigtail sales Dept. So I'm going to need to find a new handle on this place.

Mucho better...thanks......is it time for a contest to re-handle Remote????

[Wet_Boots]

FIMCO-Meister? :p

[FIMCO-MEISTER]

FIMCO-Meister? :p

You won Boots. I decided to put an end to this contest real fast. Besides a know a winner when I see one. Does the avatar show on your screen?

[Wet_Boots]

Yep, shows fine. True pipe art!

[Remote Pigtails]

You won Boots. I decided to put an end to this contest real fast. Besides a know a winner when I see one. Does the avatar show on your screen?

Welcome to Lawnsite Fimco. We have lots of brilliant people here to guide you through your irrigation journeys.

[PurpHaze]

Welcome to Lawnsite Fimco. We have lots of brilliant people here to guide you through your irrigation journeys.

You can run but you can't hide! :nono: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

[Mike Leary]

You can run but you can't hide! :nono: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Ah jeez, the wife sent me to the dump & didn't get a chance to vote!Welcome 'tails & your new handle:cool2: