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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (7823)	8/7/1999 8:31:00 PM
From: C.K. Houston	Read Replies (1) of 9818

<And what is even funnier is that those people apparently lived in or quite near Rock Creek Park ... Down there near Georgetown?) which has a very nice stream flowing throw it 365 days a year (even with this drought our here)> Ron, I'm gonna throw one back at you. Maybe these 55-gallon tanks had nothing to do with Y2K. Though they may have used it as the excuse. Maybe it had something to do with the drought. Back in the late 70's we had a drought in northern California. I lived in Tiburon (Marin County) - just north of San Francisco. We were told that we would be "fined" if we used more that our pre-defined water usage. I don't remember all of the details, but ... How they "managed" this, was to determine how many people lived at that household (don't know how they did it - of if they could actually do it). Nonetheless, it made many nervous. If we went beyond our specified usage, which could be determined from our water bill ... we got "fined". And it was a pretty hefty "fine". Neighbors could/would report you if they saw you watering your lawn or garden. But, they couldn't report you for using too much water for showers, etc. But water company could. They had a pre-defined amount of water that everyone in the household should be using on a daily basis. That's where/when I learned about putting a brick in your toilet tank. We all did it back then. Had no choice. Real quick showers. Anyway ... I wonder if these people were just worried about the current drought ... and their garden, lawn, showers, etc. - and just used Y2K as the excuse. Who knows? I don't. And apparently the FBI, etc. didn't either. Does it really matter? It's still a funny story. Cheryl :-))

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