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Monday, September 7, 2015
49 days
It has only rained a tenth of an inch in the last 49 days. Although I still have about 12,000 gallons on tap, I'm ready for the rainy season to begin...perhaps this week. 94,101,72,0,C
If I remember right, you were going to check into a grant or possibly getting the government to help with a dam project. Did you ever follow up with that thought or was it a lost cause.
John, How has the big dam project worked?
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ReplyDeleteThanks, I missed that one. No messing with mother nature when she's worked up.
ReplyDeletetwo questions:
ReplyDelete1- how much water would you LIKE to have on hand?
2. how much do your livestock use?
1. As long as we get a minimum of 8" per year, my present storage capacity of 22,000 gallons is sufficient.
ReplyDelete2. Ben drinks about 15 gallons per day.
If I remember right, you were going to check into a grant or possibly getting the government to help with a dam project. Did you ever follow up with that thought or was it a lost cause.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2014/01/17/you-think-the-deficit-is-bad-federal-unfunded-liabilities-exceed-127-trillion/
ReplyDeleteI learned that history repeats itself and one can learn from that. But surprised me the most is how we can see the future from economics.
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