But wait! Misinformation?
A Wyoming lawyer who happened to find herself in Bend, Oregon is mad as hell and not going to take it anymore. Sarah Falen, adviser to non-profit “environmentally friendly agriculture” outfit Perfect Balance, was in town on behalf of local farmers who are struggling with drought-ish conditions. Not enough water etc. but there, right in front of her outraged face, river surfers were partaking in river surfing.
Taking to TikTok, Falen declared, “I found the water that the Oregon farmers have paid for but don’t get to use and they are going out of business over because they can’t irrigate their crops — they are being completely sucked dry. It is right here in Bend, Oregon. What we are complaining about here is if the farmers get to irrigate, this river fluctuates by six inches at max. And because of six inches, farmers in Madras are going out of business. Don’t get me wrong this area is beautiful but we need to get our priorities straight.”
Anti-river surfers immediately jumped to her side, the general sentiment being, “Yep, let’s put farmers out of business over six inches of water so people can surf on fake waves on the river. Obviously, recreation is more important than food.”
Administrators were confused once the screed went viral. Mike Britton, executive manager for North Unit Irrigation District, telling the Bend Bulletin, “I’m not sure I understand the logic behind her statement that the waterpark is putting farmers out of business because the river fluctuates six inches? The water park does create operational issues for the irrigation districts at times but doesn’t prevent us from receiving the water we’re entitled to.”
And the Bend Park & Recreation District, which operates the Whitewater Park, immediately attempted to tamp down fury, posting, “The Whitewater Park has zero effect on flows in the river. The amount of water that flows in up here at the top is the exact amount that leaves at the bottom. This park requires zero (additional) water to function. It doesn’t take any water from the river it doesn’t add any water to the river. It gets all of its energy from nine feet of elevation drop.”
Falen, though, is not backing down, announcing to the aforementioned Bend Bulletin, “Quite frankly we have been trying hard to find someone to sue over this and there isn’t anything, so we want to change public perception over how the Endangered Species Act works.”
While Gerry Lopez, Bend’s most famous wave slider, has yet to make an announcement it’s hard not to feel for the local river surfers. A tough burden to bear in the best of times.
Send love and light their way if you can today.
Frozen water
Oh look another sue happy piece of shit lawyer. Hope she drowns in the wave before she finds someone to sue over nothing. She doesn’t even seem to comprehend how irrigation works and to have farmers in the area talking about how assanine her video/remarks are, doesn’t bode well. Seems she is just trying to get a cut and dip back to whatever shithole she came from.
Sometimes it’s best to get a handle on what the problem is, and why it seems to bother you so much. A little research can save you from making a complete fool of yourself, as this woman so clearly did.
She sounded pretty intelligent for a quick second. People just spitting information to make them feel smart.
Reminds me of an old Brian Regan bit about reading.
She must not be from around here. I have a 200,000 gal irrigation pond with a wheel line I didn’t struggle with watering this year.
Surfing has become so gay….. I mean woke!
I think she is confused with Klamath Falls water issues.
The farmers control the flow of the river, not the city, not parks and rec…Hey karen…..I have at least 6″ I’ll give you until you leave the state. Please…leave the state
Here’s what can be done to increase snow pack , and if you read what Berkeley Lab says about future snow pack in the Cascades , this Climate Change Mitigating tool needs to be tried .
Here the USDA Water Specialist Ron Abramovich calls on Pacific Northwest States to begin collaborating with Idaho on their Cloud Seeding program ,
https://www.capitalpress.co…
Now they have 54 Generators , and Idaho State Legislature just passed legislation to expand this project statewide .
36 CLOUD-SEEDING TOWERS USED TO ENHANCE SNOWPACK by Idaho Power Company
https://youtu.be/fxYjwPzmn80
Idaho power website,
https://www.idahopower.com/…
The Washington Post: Cloud seeding gains steam as West faces worsening droughts
https://www.washingtonpost….
Oregon’s Permitting Process to operate this project , https://oregon.public.law/s…
This Study by Berkley LAB is Extremely Direr and More reason to consider Cloud Seeding in Oregon , https://columbiainsight.org…
This from 7 years ago … notice the Trailer mounted Cloud Seeding Generators , I think this would be what we will want , https://www.snowboarder.com…
Reno has a cloud seeding team to Service the Tahoe Ski Resorts ,
http://www.skywaterventures.com
I am very Impressed with this Institute in Nevada , https://www.dri.edu/researc…
https://www.dri.edu/cloud-s…
Notice where they are cloud seeding and not cloud seeding ,
https://droughtmonitor.unl….
See what Idaho legislature Has done , https://legislature.idaho.g…
This shows locations of Idaho cloud seeding ground units , As you will see they are located primarily on the west side of rocky mountains and a few on the edge of the sawtooth mountains above Idaho Falls
http://climateviewer.org/hi…
Here is Utah Cloud Seeding Program , https://water.utah.gov/clou…
https://www.sltrib.com/news…
California Cloud Seeding ,
https://www.msn.com/en-us/w…
https://inhabitat.com/world…
Wyoming Cloud Seeding ,
https://www.wylr.net/2021/1…
Colorado Cloud Seeding ,
https://www.colorado.edu/to…
More Info ,
https://www.discovermagazin…
https://www.denverpost.com/…
https://cwcb.colorado.gov/f…
This link shows a Ground Generator breakdown of technology that is used on Generator , notice the Satellite linkup head so operation can be controlled from any location and computer program using Doppler radar weather detection to tell which generators to seed in location to most moisture content in cloud mass . This “ Target Seeding “ is how Idaho Power gets their budget ratio at 2 million dollars per 1 million acre ft of extra water , scroll down to see generator picture , http://climateviewer.org/hi…
https://uploads.disquscdn.c…
Is that another word for condoms?
re: documentary RUMBLE…https://youtu.be/KFCpUZVyXgg
re: karen
another river re-engineering fete’
or a unified community ‘landscaping.’
an owl just buzzed noggin…
twisted back to review our 45% angled hillside…
https://scontent-sjc3-1.xx….
another river re-engineering fete’
or a unified community ‘landscaping.’
an owl just buzzed noggin…
twisted back to review our 45% angled hillside…https://scontent-sjc3-1.xx.fbcdn.ne…
I’m going to sue all sandcastle-building beachgoers for using sand that could be going to build 2nd, 3rd or 4h houses for the wealthy elite, thus providing much-needed employment in ‘The Area’.
Australia is so much more egalitarian. We build our farms (and townships) at the base of catchments so everyone can enjoy river surfing!
Gina Rinehart uses all the water before it gets to the ocean anyway.
We are Mexico. She is our California
I thought that was Big Cotton Pharmas.
Gina is just digging Big Holes for herself.
Silly beaver.
I river boarded the Willamette back in the day.
I’d rather have local farm fresh food than river waves. The coast is 3 hours away. The ocean up there is a real serious one. The Bend vals are too big of pussys to go surf the coast. You actually drive around looking for a place small enough to paddle. Anyway there will be so much water in the next few months falling from the sky most residents wish they never moved there from Cali.
As much as crackas going whacka whacka?
Just what we need, another entitled whiny white woman.