Comments on: Atlanta = Almost Out of Water http://www.palmtreegarden.org/fp/2007/11/01/atlanta-almost-out-of-water/ Gnosticism, Forteana, fun and more from a modern Gnostic Minister. Formerly "Fantastic Planet." The opinions expressed hereon are solely those of the author, and do not represent the opinions of The Palm Tree Garden Gnostic Community. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:23:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 By: James Russell http://www.palmtreegarden.org/fp/2007/11/01/atlanta-almost-out-of-water/#comment-337 James Russell Sun, 04 Nov 2007 09:44:30 +0000 http://www.palmtreegarden.org/fp/2007/11/01/atlanta-almost-out-of-water/#comment-337 Actually, I'll tell you what the apocalypse really looks like: when you're living in a country (i.e. Australia) which is almost 100% in drought, where extreme water restrictions (dictating, among other things, the days—and, moreover, the precise hours during those days—on which you can water your lawn to try and make it turn a less unattractive shade of brown while prolonging its death agony) are in place, where those extreme water restrictions will apparently remain permanently in place even though the situation they apply to has passed (i.e. just because water levels in the dams are back up and things aren't as bad as they were doesn't mean we can actually start using water again), and where a 60-something man can get physically attacked (dying of a heart attack following the assault) after someone picked on him for being presumptuous enough to water his lawn on a day when he was legally entitled to do so. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7072917.stm This, alas, is not the last story of this sort we will see. Actually, I’ll tell you what the apocalypse really looks like: when you’re living in a country (i.e. Australia) which is almost 100% in drought, where extreme water restrictions (dictating, among other things, the days—and, moreover, the precise hours during those days—on which you can water your lawn to try and make it turn a less unattractive shade of brown while prolonging its death agony) are in place, where those extreme water restrictions will apparently remain permanently in place even though the situation they apply to has passed (i.e. just because water levels in the dams are back up and things aren’t as bad as they were doesn’t mean we can actually start using water again), and where a 60-something man can get physically attacked (dying of a heart attack following the assault) after someone picked on him for being presumptuous enough to water his lawn on a day when he was legally entitled to do so.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7072917.stm

This, alas, is not the last story of this sort we will see.

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