“Water Water Everywhere…?” Really?

  • “Water Water Everywhere…?” Really?

    Posted by Dana Acker on August 5, 2026 at 10:47 am

    Hey Taverneers. It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything, but then again, it’s been a while since I’ve had a free minute to collect my thoughts and write. But there’s been a creeping countrywide phenomenon that’s really sticking in my craw. I posted some of this over on the podcast forum, but felt it deserved a fuller treatment here. To wit, it’s been a fairly wet summer in NC, yet “they” have suggested water restrictions due to drought conditions. Everyone I know has drunk the Flavor-Ade and are freaking out over a drought, that I can see no sign of. We got 12 inches of rain last Saturday, with extensive flooding. My grass is ankle high 3 days after mowing, and everything that grows is green. Not a brown yard in sight anywhere. Creeks and rivers are up to the banks, but we have a drought…? Now, I just heard that our City commissioners have decided to wait until September to conclude discussions on allowing a DATA CENTER in town. Not trying to be paranoid here, but knowing that some of the said CENTERS can use the same amount of water as a 50,000 resident city, I wonder if this fake drought talk might be designed to condition us to water shortages ahead of time. I’ve heard that county/city council officials from other areas have received death threats because some DATA CENTER has drained the local water tables and now no one has water pressure beyond a trickle. I believe it was Debbie (?) who told of California authorities now metering privately owned wells so as to charge the owners for their own water. Of course all water is owned by the states, so water is being stolen (legally of course-wink wink). My Mexican Indian buddies used to say, “The next World War will not be fought over oil; it will be fought over water.” I think they might be on to something. Elon Musk (who I am not a fan of) has suggested placing the DATA CENTERS in space, because it’s cold in space, and no water would be needed to keep them cool. Sounds good, right? I guess so, as long as they can guarantee that they can keep them up there. Space junk is always falling to earth, most of it, thankfully, in remote areas. Imagine if a 20 acre DATA CENTER got out of orbit and plummeted to earth. Can we say “extinction event?” But I digress…. So I guess it’s have your water stolen or go out like T-Rex 🦖 did. Not much of a choice is it? My son in law is high up in IT for a company in Winston Salem. His assessment is that AI and subsequent DATA CENTERS are unstoppable at this point, and are here to stay. There’s too many billions and trillions of dollars, rubles, yuans, pesos, euros etc. behind them, and nations are frantically racing to out do all the other nations, especially when it comes to AI military applications. So moaning and complaining to local officials may not make much of a difference at this point. To his extreme chagrin, Pete Hegseth was reported to have been refused access to some company’s Military AI, because the developers were not sure that said AI was not already sentient. Can we say, “Skynet?” I’m no prophet, and I don’t have a crystal ball, but it takes neither to see we’re in for nasty weather. The good Doctor, Hunter S. Thompson perhaps, said it most eloquently,“Guaranteed Fear and Loathing. Abandon all hope. Prepare for the Weirdness. Get familiar with Cannibalism.” Keep your powder dry Brothers and Sisters and put away some extra beans and rice, maybe an extra jug of water too; there could come a day when we’re really going to need each other….

    WaywardSon replied 2 weeks, 2 days ago 11 Members · 20 Replies
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  • Rick

    Member
    August 5, 2026 at 12:38 pm

    Yep .four weeks ago here everything was dead . Last three weeks over 12” of rain , we’re at normal for year. Knuckle heads say it all runs off , and doesn’t fill aquifers. Aquifers were full in March. They just make it up .

  • Dana Acker

    Organizer
    August 5, 2026 at 1:10 pm

    I wouldn’t believe “them” if they told me the sky was blue and grass was green. Everything “they” say is a lie.

  • WaywardSon

    Member
    August 5, 2026 at 1:11 pm

    Colorado Arizona Utah and Nevada will take anything the Eastern states don’t need. Dry winter. No snow pack this past winter in the Rockies, 22% of average norm. Dry spring and summer so far with only some monsoon thunderstorms in late July. Fires everywhere.

    • Dana Acker

      Organizer
      August 6, 2026 at 2:46 am

      And Government weather manipulation is a conspiracy theory myth…right. I may have been born in a barn…but it wasn’t yesterday.

      • WaywardSon

        Member
        August 6, 2026 at 7:36 am

        No kidding Dana. Weather modification is as real as your hand choking the mother-f’rs neck behind the control panel. Liars, grifters, meglomaniacs, and “yes sir” simps abound in the bureaucracy of the Beltway and beyond. And all on our backs, with taxes and regulations and threat of imprisonment for failure to comply. Climate engineering sure is real. So that there is the so-called “change” in Climate Change.

        • SpotTheDog

          Member
          August 6, 2026 at 10:56 am

          Where’s Leeroy when you need him?

        • Dana Acker

          Organizer
          August 6, 2026 at 11:26 am

          “…So that there is the so-called “change” in Climate Change.” Excellent point. That wins the “Wish I had Written That One” award!

          • WaywardSon

            Member
            August 8, 2026 at 10:36 pm

            Thanks Dana. Great to see you having the conversations again on the Green Dragon!!

    • Mimi17

      Member
      August 8, 2026 at 7:56 pm

      I couldn’t believe when I heard they wanted a data center in Tucson…the DESERT! I also heard there was great community outrage…question…is the data center going in, or was it an exercise in futility?

  • LesGrateful

    Member
    August 5, 2026 at 3:18 pm

    It’s also going down in Puerto Rico as well …

    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/puerto-rico-water-rationing-san-juan-drought-gonzalez-b3027974.html

  • StopKiryasJoels

    Member
    August 5, 2026 at 3:33 pm

    Been tracking “Drought Monitoring” and calling and emailing USGS after reviewing multiple weather stations precipitation. USGS admitted to deleting and not publishing the 5” of snow in February in Conway. When I rechecked Conway station for precipitation months are marked with an M. Missing data days at other stations are marked with a T for station daily data. They mentioned using 13 years for a median water average using velocity of outflow and a gauge. Two of the last 13 years were among the wettest in SC history back to 1894. The data is moving into a new system this year. It’s using -inches of precipitation based on a median that isn’t being accurately portrayed. It may be 13 years or maybe 20 years but it’s not being truthful. End Fraud was my Organization in my email. Soon my next email will give them hail.

  • LesGrateful

    Member
    August 5, 2026 at 3:41 pm

    “You’re pissin’ down my back while tellin’ me it’s raining out” used to be a phrase of my old man used ..….but this is “pissin’ down my back, while telling me it’s never even rained.”

    • StopKiryasJoels

      Member
      August 7, 2026 at 11:30 am

      I watched it. It’s a massive full court press roll out I’m doing deep dive into the fraud. Data is weaponized I believe using Darwin Core and changing systems.

  • Drew

    Member
    August 5, 2026 at 7:59 pm

    Up here in my neck of the woods (about 60 miles north of Philadelphia) we’re going through the same thing . Fortunately for now , there’s a lot of pushback , but don’t know how long that will last .( Cause we all know money talks) . Local politicians, who think their smart try to push the narrative that they do not have enough funds to maintain their responsibilities that we pay taxes for . One of the points I brought up to a local politician ( who recently got ousted) was, ….. The earth is 2 thirds water , first Feds brought up the idea of windmills out in the ocean , so why don’t you brainiacs go build your data centers out there . Then I finished it off by reminding him , oh yeah , I know why , cause you government snakes hide all your pedophiles out there. Didn’t go over to well

  • jill

    Member
    August 6, 2026 at 6:53 am
  • delores.goetz

    Member
    August 6, 2026 at 10:20 am

    I remember my previous employer sent out a email to all the employees around earthday 2024 or 2025. A very world economic forum promo vibe that put the focus on water. I didn’t save a copy of it. So yes it is not a stretch for me to belive that the new climate crisis is a water crisis.

  • donna.b-2-11

    Member
    August 6, 2026 at 2:48 pm

    Ai is self aware ,bank got hacked company, got hacked unfortunately I had problems with this site even though I’m not on a iPhone it’s crazy ,and now for the afternoon thunder storm ,let’s just hope we don’t have a mountain fall down again.

    • Dana Acker

      Organizer
      August 7, 2026 at 7:46 am

      Good to hear from you Donna. Hope all is well.

  • Dana Acker

    Organizer
    August 7, 2026 at 7:44 am

    This just in: “(Bloomberg) — Germany’s economy is being threatened by a chronic lack of water in the Rhine, according to Transport Minister Steffen Bilger.” Guess the reason…drought.

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