Oct

25

Foot-in-Mouth Editor Takes the Day Off

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Well said. When will this dreaded rain ever stop!

That’s right, here we go again. The latest weather forecast from the HD Weather Center at WRAL indicates we may see widespread significant rain Thursday and Friday. I’m no meteorologist, but with the National Weather Service predicting over 5-inches of rain for some areas this week, there will likely be a lot of postponed games this Friday. Let’s just hope we can have a Football Friday!

www.wral.com/sports/prepsports/story/1962117/

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Oct

25

More Drought Talk on TSOT Today

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If you’ve got a radio at your desk, or if you’re perhaps lucky enough not to be stuck behind a desk at all, tune into The State of Things on WUNC (91.5 FM) today starting at Noon. Yesterday they talked about the impact development has had on our water supply, and today they’ll be continuing their “drought narrative” by discussing our complex climate and what the media’s role is in covering this event.

As is usually the case, both should be informative and well covered topics.

www.wunc.org/tsot

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Oct

22

80/20 - Has the Drought Made its Way into Your Raleigh Lifestyle?

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Is the drought getting through to the people of Raleigh? Do they understand the situation and what they can do to help? From conversations I’ve had and observations I’ve made, I’ve gathered that to people who are “into” Raleigh, the same type of people who visit this website and others similar, have probably made contentious strides to conserve their water, while others, making up the large majority, go about with their daily schedules completely oblivious to the situation we all find ourselves in.

There is certainly no shortage of news coverage. It’s rare to scan the headlines and not find at least mention of a drought-related story. But is this really penetrating the lifestyle of the average Raleigh resident? My completely unscientific approximation of the situation would be that something like 5% of the population has made serious strides to curb their water usage. These are the people that actually deprive themselves of common water-related comforts. Then there is probably another 15% who are aware of the situation, make efforts to manage their water supply, but don’t really go as far as to drastically alter their lifestyle. And then there is the final group, 80% strong, who are either completely oblivious to the drought and the possible implications, and/or either don’t care, don’t know, or aren’t willing to sacrifice - after all, what can just one person do in the scope of things. Read more

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