ECHO LAKE, Calif. – California Gov. Jerry Brown ordered officials Wednesday to impose statewide mandatory water restrictions for the first time in history as surveyors found the lowest snow level in the Sierra Nevada snowpack in 65 years of record-keeping.
The problem is, no one in California believes him.
Brown chose the wrong day to issue the order : April Fools’ Day.
For many Californians, the news about Brown’s order was as believable as the news of Mike Pence resigning as governor of Indiana today.
Perhaps Brown’s communications manager needs to be written up.
A gloomy forecast for Hawaii’s Waikiki Beach (Photo: The Adobo Chronicles)
HONOLULU, Hawaii (The Adobo Chronicles) – The world-famous Waikiki Beach, known for its blue water and immaculate white sand, is slowly disappearing, according to a recent report in The Huffington Post:
“A crumbling, century-old stone wall that juts out from the Royal Hawaiian Hotel is in imminent danger of collapsing, say scientists. The groin is the sole reason sand remains along this main stretch of Waikiki Beach.
Without it, the beach in front of the Royal Hawaiian would likely disappear in a matter of days, said Dolan Eversole, a scientist with the University of Hawaii’s Sea Grant program. It would take several months to a year for the rest of the stretch of sand to erode.”
In an effort to save Waikiki’s billion-dollar tourist industry from also collapsing, the Honolulu City Council is considering several measures to repair the crumbling sea walls in order to prevent the white sand from being washed away to the ocean.
At the same time, Honolulu City Mayor Kirk Caldwell today announced that the city will be importing 27,000 cubic yards of white sand from the Philippines to replenish what has been lost along the stretch of Waikiki Beach.
The Philippines is known for its white sandy beaches in many of its more than 7,000 islands. International tourists have been visiting beach resorts in the Visayas, Palawan and the Ilocos region in the Philippines mainly for the pristine waters and pearly white sand.
Philippine President NoyNoy Aquino welcomed the news from Hawaii and used the sand export deal to again boast of his administration’s many successes in jumpstarting the country’s economy. “We can use the revenue from the sand export to build more high-rise condominiums in Metro Manila,” Aquino said.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles) – It’s hard enough remembering when to ‘spring forward’ or ‘fall back,’ but having to change your clocks twice a year can make your life off balance. All because of this thing called ‘Daylight Saving Time (DST).’
It confuses Americans, considering that not all of the 50 states observe this ridiculous back and forth exercise, not to mention that they already have to deal with Pacific, Mountain, Central and Eastern time zones.
Well, think about the International Dateline, where countries east and west of this imaginary dividing line over land and water have to calculate the time and day differences between and among each other. 16 hours ahead. 9 hours behind. It’s already Tuesday here, and only Monday there. And if you’re a frequent world traveler, it’s a constant nightmare!
Most people think that DST is an energy-saving measure in the United States. Wrong. In the U.S., Daylight Saving Time – or “fast time”, as it was called then – was first introduced in 1918 when President Woodrow Wilson signed it into law to support the war effort during World War I.
Despite DST, Americans still waste a lot of energy by constantly plugging in their smart phones to recharge, never turning off their desktop computers, indiscriminately turning on their heaters and airconditioners and constantly driving to the supermarket located three blocks away.
Workers are fashionably late during ‘spring forward,’ but are also late during ‘fall back.’ Travelers miss their flight connections, employees miss their morning staff meetings, and women (and men) show up late for their dinner dates. It’s an epidemic of total mess!
The U.S. government is fed up with all the complaints. So effective in 2016, it will totally scrap Daylight Saving Time. Permanently. That means you just have to remember to adjust your clock one more time this fall. And remember it’s ‘fall back!’
What do our readers think? Good riddance, or bad idea?
ECHO LAKE, Calif. – California Gov. Jerry Brown ordered officials Wednesday to impose statewide mandatory water restrictions for the first time in history as surveyors found the lowest snow level in the Sierra Nevada snowpack in 65 years of record-keeping.
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