Ogallala Water

I would have liked to have been at that meeting, but had to take my wife to the doctor in Wichita.

I will have to admit that I do not receive warm welcome at the water meetings.

I likely would have said several things to and about Gov. Brownback, which likely would have gotten me some notoriety. He has had opportunity to address water issues with me and refused when he answered my lengthy letter with his cute little form letter. "Governor, you didn't hear a word I said, now did you?"
 
M. R. Byrd said:
I would have liked to have been at that meeting, but had to take my wife to the doctor in Wichita.

I will have to admit that I do not receive warm welcome at the water meetings.

I likely would have said several things to and about Gov. Brownback, which likely would have gotten me some notoriety. He has had opportunity to address water issues with me and refused when he answered my lengthy letter with his cute little form letter. "Governor, you didn't hear a word I said, now did you?"
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MRB
Great posting..........5' in one year is enormious to overcome
 
OKIEGunner said:
MRB
Great posting..........5' in one year is enormious to overcome
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oldandnew was the OP on this and I appreciate him directing my attention to the article in the Star, since I do not get the newspaper.

I am not a water scientist, but I have fairly good objective reasoning abilities. I can glean from the article a few gems-----

“They announced the water was finite."

Caps are my thoughts-
YES, THE WATER IS FINITE. IT IS TREATED AS A WATER MINE AND LAWS ARE MUCH LIKE YOU WOULD HAVE WITH A GOLD MINE, EXCEPT YOU CANNOT CONTAIN THIS MINE, SINCE IT IS LIQUID AND FLOWS.

parts of eight states: South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Texas.

SINCE THE MINE IS LIQUID, IT WILL BE PRETTY HARD TO DO MUCH UNLESS ALL EIGHT STATES AGREE.

“Without Ogallala water, agriculture and all of its related businesses could not be sustained,” Brownback said. “Manufacturing could not continue, recreational opportunities would diminish, and the towns in the area would cease to exist.”

THE DAY IS COMING THAT SW KANSAS WILL BE A GHOST TOWN, OR MAYBE A BUFFALO COMMONS

In southwest Kansas, where the drought has been particularly bad, well tests in January showed the water level in some parts of the aquifer had dropped more than 5 feet in a year, said Brownlie Wilson of the Kansas Geological Survey at the University of Kansas.

The aquifer generally recharges only about half an inch a year.

“If you see conditions like that year after year, it won’t come back in your lifetime,” Wilson said.

I ASSUME THAT THIS ENTIRE QUOTE IS FROM BROWNIE. A COUPLE OF GEMS HERE, SOME PARTS DROPPED FIVE FEET AND THE AQUIFER GENERALLY RECHARGES ABOUT A HALF INCH A YEAR. AGAIN, NOT ROCKET SCIENCE HERE TO COMPREHEND BUT THE RATIO OF USE TO RECHARGE IS A VERY HIGH RATIO.
 
Old&New Sorry for my mistake....I guess I :)need to get a bigger screen.
 
M. R. Byrd said:
You still using the kerosene screen?:):):)
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Fogged specticals from the high humidity today. We recieved 4-5 drops of rain on the windshield today.
 
OKIEGunner said:
Fogged specticals from the high humidity today. We recieved 4-5 drops of rain on the windshield today.
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Good deal, I guess.

Good thing the internet is not like our party line cranker phone system of years gone by. :) I have to admit, I listened in when ever I heard the phone ring. We used to "rubber" the line if you know what I mean. For you youngsters, the hook on the phone had a switch that first mated the receiving circuit and then the sending circuit. Half a hose washer was just the right thickness to let you listen in, but in our world was the same as today's mute button.
 
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I only wish we could go back to those days. If I remember fuel was less than $1 per gallon.
 
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dad modified one- yep- sure did enjoy the days of the party line
 
we had a few scattered arround the resort- sort of like- "the boys better answere the ring"

we each got an original- dad wanted me to have this one as it was in the house- I crank it every now and then- Dad, can you hear me now

though you'd get a kick out of the picture- kids are grown up now- they ask- you have it hooked up dad
 
Shadow said:
we had a few scattered arround the resort- sort of like- "the boys better answere the ring"

we each got an original- dad wanted me to have this one as it was in the house- I crank it every now and then- Dad, can you hear me now

though you'd get a kick out of the picture- kids are grown up now- they ask- you have it hooked up dad
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Those old crankers had a lot of uses, get earthworms for fishing(legend has it at one time there was a river full of fish in SW Kansas), or shocking someone.

Around our town there was the infamous 'general ring', where Central(for years I thought that was the lady's name) could ring every phone on the system at the same time. It was ten short rings. It was our town's early warning system, such as "There is a fire in Smith's pasture", "Uncle Ben has taken ill", or "There will be a cake walk after the basketball game Friday night, ya'all come."
 
Hey oldandnew-----

You post this link, get me all fired up, and leave town. What is the deal?:)
 
M. R. Byrd said:
Those old crankers had a lot of uses, get earthworms for fishing(legend has it at one time there was a river full of fish in SW Kansas), or shocking someone.

Around our town there was the infamous 'general ring', where Central(for years I thought that was the lady's name) could ring every phone on the system at the same time. It was ten short rings. It was our town's early warning system, such as "There is a fire in Smith's pasture", "Uncle Ben has taken ill", or "There will be a cake walk after the basketball game Friday night, ya'all come."
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uhm- we used to really work at it- to get dads chain saw running- we'd heard you could set it on the ground running and the worms would show up- brother and I would sit- we sold worms to the tourists- dang chain saw- almost cut my leg off- nasty thing

there is talk about fish that used to be- would have liked to see the Cimmeron running

ours was 3 rings- 8 rings and everyone was supposed to pick up- something was happening

brother and I denied we were anywhere arround when there was a fire one time on the lake- fire department and just about everybody showed up-

we figured we were real clever- hide the hanging paddle that was on the wall-
dad was quick- he made us sit and watch while he made another

the paddle he drilled holes in really had me worried- brother was quite the cryer- one light tap he was all done- me- naaa- I was tough- still recall it was hard to sit down sometimes

I found something out about that crank phone- didn't have enough power- so I ran a wire to a pole I saw dad working on that had this wire stretching to another pole-

mom's quote- "he's trying to kill his little brother- do something" it wasn't my little brother- it was the two mean nasty big sisters I wanted to shock just a little bit

not quite sure- but I think I walked upright for some time after
 
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