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There's just no other word to describe the weather today except for hot. It's mind-melting, pavement wavering, please don't make me go outside hot. I'm no delicate little flower, but there's something really overwhelming about this kind of heat this early in the year. I want grasscloth and bamboo fans and a gin and tonic, and maybe some cabana boys waving those fans. Oh, and camels. If it's this hot, there should be camels!!
This heat can only mean drought, and in a region where water is already such an issue, drought can be disastrous. I grew up in the American west, and am baffled by the unwillingness of Angelenos to conserve water. At home, you don't water the lawn, don't pour that resource into grass and golf courses. I see so little conservation here and I wonder if people just don't understand that water is a limited resource. We're already in dispute over the water we're taking from the Colorado River. The other western states want their fare share, and really, CA has no right to deny them. I see major conflict in the future over this.
The whole concept of water rights fascinates me. Probably a residual from having watched Chinatown too many times as a kid, but it's a reality, a force of nature that no amount of money or power can ultimately control. The city thought it had solved the problem with the Aqueduct, praised the genius of William Mulholland, said up yours to the Owens River Valley and turned them into a desert. But eventually, the water always runs out.
I should maybe wait until Monday to post about the LGM trilogy, but the first episode is one of my favorite eps ever, with no disclaimers necessary. I like the next two, as well, but this one stands alone in a different way. The set up has been coming for a whole season.
( Guilt me, but just don't lie to me. )
This heat can only mean drought, and in a region where water is already such an issue, drought can be disastrous. I grew up in the American west, and am baffled by the unwillingness of Angelenos to conserve water. At home, you don't water the lawn, don't pour that resource into grass and golf courses. I see so little conservation here and I wonder if people just don't understand that water is a limited resource. We're already in dispute over the water we're taking from the Colorado River. The other western states want their fare share, and really, CA has no right to deny them. I see major conflict in the future over this.
The whole concept of water rights fascinates me. Probably a residual from having watched Chinatown too many times as a kid, but it's a reality, a force of nature that no amount of money or power can ultimately control. The city thought it had solved the problem with the Aqueduct, praised the genius of William Mulholland, said up yours to the Owens River Valley and turned them into a desert. But eventually, the water always runs out.
I should maybe wait until Monday to post about the LGM trilogy, but the first episode is one of my favorite eps ever, with no disclaimers necessary. I like the next two, as well, but this one stands alone in a different way. The set up has been coming for a whole season.
( Guilt me, but just don't lie to me. )
