Atlanta blogs today: Shower the Shirley Franklin way
Thursday, October 18th, 2007If you add it all up, you have 528.33 million gallons before the ban and 479.44 million gallons after. That’s a drop of just over 9%. Where does the 15-20 figure come from?
— The blog Atlanta Water Shortage questions a recent AJC story that states water consumption has dropped 15 percent to 20 percent since the state banned outdoor watering.
Hmmm…maybe we need to encourage climate change to increase hurricane intensity and frequency to alleviate water shortages.
— Tim Haab at Environmental Economics responds sarcastically to Georgia officials who blame 2007’s relatively uneventful hurricane season for the current water crisis.
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- Take a “Navy†shower. Rinse, turn water off, soap up, turn water on and rinse again.
- Gentlemen – shave in the sink. Ladies – if this is too acrobatic, shave in the shower, but do so during the “soap-up†portion of the “Navy†shower.
- Do like Mayor Franklin and keep a 10-gallon bucket in your shower. When it is full, water outdoor plants. You can also keep a bucket in your kitchen. Pour water you would normally pour down the sink into the bucket.
— Michael at Gay Orbit wants us to imagine Mayor Shirley Franklin in the shower.
