Nice suggestion. I opened the newpaper last Sunday or so to "San Francisco Threatened by Wildfire" and the story was about the Yosemite fire.. hundreds of miles away.
San Francisco's water source is Hetch Hetchy Reservoir, in Yosemite National Park, where the fire is located.
I know Hetch Hetchy is in Yosemite National Park and the fire may be on the watershed for the reservoir, but you do know that the water for immediate use of San Francisco is storage in the Crystal Springs Reservoir system that is an interim transfer point for Hetch Hetchy water, don't you?
The title simply said, "San Francisco Threaten by Wildfire". While the article might have mentioned that the Hetch Hetchy water supply was involved... even that is a a bit of a stretch. There is many months of water at Crystal Springs, and I doubt that the fire might threaten Hetch Hetchy itself. Of course, there will be some damge to the quality of the water shed due to defoliation.
I have just seen this again and again that as the news reports events farther and farther away, the facts become more and more distorted. Whenever there is a quake in Taiwan, people are calling me to see if I am still alive. I live in a city of over 2 million that hasn't had one earthquake casulty in the 19 years I've been here.
titles and headlines just become attention getting ploys.
Livermore may be more threatened than San Francisco. You are closer and have less water resources.
Livermore may be more threatened than San Francisco. You are closer and have less water resources.
True, we do have less water resources than SF. But, still far enough from the "Rim Fire",
SF's water does pass right by us on its way to Calaveras Reservoir, through Sunol and then piped across the Bay Security around that path is almost like the airport!
BTW: the "imagined or real" threat was that ash from the fire would cover Hetch Hetchy putting the filtering process in jeopardy. Got your point though, headlines are often misleading.
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San Francisco's water source is Hetch Hetchy Reservoir, in Yosemite National Park, where the fire is located.
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/san_francisco&id=9220150
dgately
So it should be:
"Free as in beer?"
or
"Free as in speech?"
or
"Free as in a sample from a sales rep?"
There still isn't anything such as a free meal - everything has a price attached to it....some prices just aren't so clearly marked!
I know Hetch Hetchy is in Yosemite National Park and the fire may be on the watershed for the reservoir, but you do know that the water for immediate use of San Francisco is storage in the Crystal Springs Reservoir system that is an interim transfer point for Hetch Hetchy water, don't you?
The title simply said, "San Francisco Threaten by Wildfire". While the article might have mentioned that the Hetch Hetchy water supply was involved... even that is a a bit of a stretch. There is many months of water at Crystal Springs, and I doubt that the fire might threaten Hetch Hetchy itself. Of course, there will be some damge to the quality of the water shed due to defoliation.
I have just seen this again and again that as the news reports events farther and farther away, the facts become more and more distorted. Whenever there is a quake in Taiwan, people are calling me to see if I am still alive. I live in a city of over 2 million that hasn't had one earthquake casulty in the 19 years I've been here.
titles and headlines just become attention getting ploys.
Livermore may be more threatened than San Francisco. You are closer and have less water resources.
SF's water does pass right by us on its way to Calaveras Reservoir, through Sunol and then piped across the Bay
BTW: the "imagined or real" threat was that ash from the fire would cover Hetch Hetchy putting the filtering process in jeopardy. Got your point though, headlines are often misleading.
Anyhow, back to the thread
dgately