The Birmingham Water Works board has relaxed the Birmingham metropolitan area’s drought status to Stage 1, meaning that water restrictions will now be voluntary and fines will not be levied on those that choose not to participate. The utility made the announcement via a press release earlier today that was published by Fox 6 on [...]
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Water restrictions relaxed in Birmingham
April 14th, 2008 · Comments Off · 2007 Drought, Regionwide, environmental
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Another four years for Miss. governor
November 7th, 2007 · Comments Off · 2007 Drought, Election '07, News
This is only interesting due to the large border we share with Mississippi. Haley Barbour won re-election Tuesday. The Republican counts his Katrina recovery efforts and landing the state its second car manufacturer as reasons enough to leave him in office.
At least we’re not fighting this neighbor for water.
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2007 Drought: What’s up at the zoo?
August 13th, 2007 · Comments Off · 2007 Drought, 35223, Alabama, Birmingham, environmental
So it’s still hot… and it’s not going away anytime soon, with today’s high reaching 103°. We know how we’re fairing in the heat, but how about the residents at one of the state’s busiest tourist destinations.
The folks at Fox 6 decided over the weekend let us know how the gang at the Birmingham [...]
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Birmingham relaxes water restrictions, joins Homewood, Vestavia Hills
July 24th, 2007 · Comments Off · 2007 Drought, Alabama, Birmingham, News
The Magic City joined Homewood in relaxing the time restrictions placed on area residents during the region’s stage 3 drought. The News’ post details the Birmingham City Council’s approval of a modification of the ordinance. The revision also allowed some area car washes to resume operation.
That change allows for city residents to water between 9 [...]
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2007 Drought: Time changes, restrictions don’t
July 23rd, 2007 · View Comments · 2007 Drought, Alabama, Homewood, News
The Homewood City Council modified the time portion of their water restriction ordinance during this evening’s meeting according to reports from Fox6 News.
Residents may now water their lawns before 10 a.m. and after 8 p.m. The restrictions are still in place however, as they are throughout the region as a result of our stage 3 [...]
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2007 Drought: A way to save your plants
July 9th, 2007 · View Comments · 2007 Drought, Alabama, Birmingham, Mountain Brook, Quirky, blogging
Despite the recent increase in area rainfall (and the discussion about how it might have come to be), there is still a great deal of time before we see an end to Birmingham’s extreme drought. Some of our residents are becoming increasingly creative with how they plan to save their outdoor plants. One example can [...]
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2007 Drought: What do you think of the governor’s proclamation?
July 6th, 2007 · View Comments · 2007 Drought, Alabama, News, Statewide, politics
Governor Riley’s recent proclamation urging Alabama residents to pray for rain has drawn a wide range of opinions about his use of power. Here are two differing views of last week’s announcement:
Drought stricken Alabama has a prayer for relief, Change of Subject (Chicago Tribune), 7.6.2007
Rain Of Error: Constitutional Drought In Alabama, The Wall of Separation, [...]
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