War’s a Comin’! Alabama, Georgia and Florida Will Fight it Out Over Water

Good grief. After reading this story on water issues with Alabama, Georgia and Florida, I have this picture in my head of a bunch of Southern Senators pointing at each other and saying, “But siihhr… I say, I say, I say… I asked first!” while swinging their foppish canes around on the floor of the Senate.

Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne acknowledged Saturday that White House-brokered water negotiations among Alabama, Florida and Georgia have failed.

Without an agreement, the Army Corps of Engineers and other federal agencies will begin implementing a water-sharing plan of their own, Kempthorne said in a letter to the governors.

Regrettably, it will necessarily be a solution being directed to the states instead of our much hoped for solution coming from the states,” he wrote in the letter, released Saturday.

These three states have been negotiating this issue for over 2 decades. Yes, two decades! They’ve been fighting over water rights in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint and the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa river basins, which run south through Georgia into Alabama and the Florida panhandle.

Georgia is trying to hold back more water for the growing population in Atlanta, while Florida and Alabama are pointing fingers at Georgia saying that they didn’t do well in planning for this growth. The talks have gotten even worse over the last few days with Sonny Perdue saying that the water problems faced by Georgia are more critical than the other two states. Hmmmm…..Sonny Perdue, don’t get me started.

Being the problem solving person that I am, here’s my solution. A good ‘ol southern cock fight! The last man, er cock, standing gets the water. It’s how everything should be worked out- two chickens fighting to the death. Bock. Bock.

Link [Yahoo News]

Photo Source: USGS