Water wars move to D.C.

The governors of Florida, Georgia and Alabama meet Thursday with representatives of the White House, Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and Army Corps of Engineers in the latest tussle over the tri-state allocation of a regional water supply in Georgia's Lake Lanier, which provides most of the water for metro Atlanta.

The so-called "drought summit" comes amid a historic drought across North Georgia. Charlie Crist will join Govs. Sonny Perdue of Georgia and Bob Riley of Alabama in D.C. Crist's water-related trip forced him to cancel participation in Thursday's ceremonial ground-breaking for the huge new Panama City-Bay County International Airport.

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WOW! This must be an important meeting for Governor Crist to cancel a photo-op!!!

Why is this an issue. Atlanta is almost out of drinking water. Let them keep the water. Florida has more than enough water.

8:28 is obviously not a fan of oysters and seafood.

8:28 is obviously not from North Florida where our water situation is just as bad as GA's and so is South Alabama.

Water will cause a civil war in this country. It will happen in florida first because the water districts are not overseen by ANY state department. The Water Management District Directors will be ath their own disgression should a question like this arise...

Instead of meeting with other states, CC needs to put a stop to the ridiculous proposals in our state. Central Florida must not be allowed to drain the St. Johns River; it would be an enivronmental disaster.

In recent years under Jeb Bush the water management districts in florida became politicized and a turned into a place to dump friends and cronies that had no expertise. That has led to the states varied water crises, incompetent leadership. This administration needs to reinstate a culture of water expertise and knowledge and get the cronies in place now out and get the experts back in at the top. Thats the only hope for the future water challenges Florida will face.

Florida's entire water management system needs a major overhaul.

Georgia will need to keep their water to provide potable water to Atlanta. That's a basic fact. Florida better figure out a way to preserve its "snail darters" with its own water.

And to 8:47 - seafood comes from the sea, not freshwater inland water ways. And, I would never, ever eat a Florida oyster

PAY ABSOLUTELY NO ATTENTION TO THE
ON-GOING CLIMATE CHANGES.

NONE AT ALL!!

guessing 8.47 and 11.12 clearly
ARE NOT AWARE
that shrimp and oysters -- not to mention other species -- depend on estuaries for reproduction and early development.

for folks living in
rio linda, "estuaries' are where fresh and salt water meet -- like coatlines and river deltas.

FREAKING IDIOTS!!

and florida oysters are just fine...esp on the deck at aj's at sunset!!

sorry, meant 8.28, not 8.47.
sorrysorrysorry

11:12
Acutally the oyster's need the fresh water that flows from the river to flow over them in order to mature and those oyster beds are at the mouth of the river where the ocean and the river meet. You also probably do eat Florida oyster's even though you don't know it, as appalachacola bay provides 95% of the oysters for Florida and 15% of the oysters for the World.

8:28 - Yes, more important because the polls said water is more important to more Floridians than an airport in Panama City.

Look at a map fools. The river in question has no bearing on estuaries. And shrimp don't "form" in estuaries by the way. Better start watching Animal Planet instead of Al Gore TV.

Did someone just call our friends in the panhandle Al Gore supporters?

Better do a little research on how theser folks lean politically.

Everyone is a Republican if it is a NIMBY issue. Everyone is a Democrat if it affects their pocketbook.

Remember this.

Well put, 10:16… and you are absolutely dead-nuts-on!

As for Chuck’s diversion from North Florida to DC… it is simply a trade off of one boondoggle to another. In a very short period of time, you will see a move for taxpayer-funded construction of boondoggles… err… Desal plants in Georgia and Alabama.

Great move Charlie, ducking another NEOCON show at the new airport. Your snub of Bush in the Panhandle was classic. GOP pay attention there's hope for some of you yet.

We don't need Georgia's water. Let them keep that polluted mess.

Florida water is just fine.

lesse, 2.41...save for springs, the st johns, and a few small streams, it seem to me that most of floridas water flows from either georgia or alabama.

wanna rethink your comment?

next you will be saying,
"salt water intrusion is GOOD for us!"

I like salt water taffy... does that count?

[tom g.]

here is new sight all about new airport

www.panamacityinternational.com

Please, would somebody tell us how much Meredith is paid by the RPOF for " Fund Raising" Does she get bonuses for gossiping and talking behind the Governor and Chairman's back.

When the ice does not reform, as it has not been reforming for awhile now, we will all be out of water. But there is no warming. Stay the course! Idiots.