I hate to say I told you so, but I told you so. The more water we get in our reservoirs, the more strident and hysterical the nanny-stater become.
Durham City Manager Patrick Baker wants water hysteria, even with full reservoirs, to be seen as the “new normal.” It doesn’t matter how much water is available, we’re still short, in his view. The Durham City Council’s chief nanny stater Diane Catotti agrees with Baker. She’s bemoaning the fact that, with reservoirs full, people actually want to flush a toilet more than once a day:
Council member Diane Catotti said she’s already hearing from constituents that they’re tired of smelly toilets and hauling buckets of shower water to their flower beds.
“People are backing off the message already,” she said.
Yes, that’s what usually happens when a crisis passes.
UPDATE: Water hysteria spreads…to Britain, where hot models strip for shower photos to urge people to take short showers. One of the models says Britain is drier than Sudan. I’m not kidding:
She said: “Because we’re such a small country and there are so many people in the country, the amount of water per head is so minimal – we’ve got less water per head in the south-east of England than they have in Sudan.”
Question: If water is so “minimal” in Britain, why is it not a problem? Maybe Diane Catotti and Patrick Baker can explain.
