The Great Outsmores

What’s next, calling off wet t-shirt contests? We finally got some rain today… about a tenth of an inch, which leaves us about 16.9 inches short this year. Drought conditions in the deep South are reaching epic proportions, with legal battles heating up over the region’s main water source, the Chattahoochee River. The problem is, residents from three states get their water from the ‘Hooch and the Corp. of Engineers are mandated by law to release enough water from Buford Dam to save an endangered shellfish. That said, Buford Dam impounds Lake Lanier, the source of most of the drinking water for Metro Atlanta’s four million residents.

Now, I live about a half mile from the Chattahoochee, and go running next on the banks a couple times a week. The river appears to be normal, but drastic measures, even rationing, may be in store for a lot of people if don’t get some water here. I’ll keep ya’ll posted on the insanity, in the meantime consider this my virtual raindance:

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