Georgia Governor Calls For State Of Emergency Due To Drought

My family and I are endanger of losing our home because the drought is putting my husband out of business. He owns a Pressure Washing company and had jobs lined up that would get us through the fall and winter and now he can't do them. It seems like the Fed Govt is picking and choosing who gets to remain in business. Car washes are able to stay in business and where exactly is their "recycled" water coming from? Many more foreclosures and bankruptcies are on the horizon because people like my husband dared to run their own business.

In response to: "If you walk around Georgia you don't hear anybody complaining about how the Feds are undermining the natural wildlife in the State of Georgia. Not to mention the catastrophic effect on the states economy when we run out of water. Lifes will be lost...Jobs will be lost...and more foreclosures will arise in one of the hardest hit cities in America, which is Atlanta. WAKE UP PEOPLE!!!!" by " Too complacent"

That is very well said, and very accurate. It is scary to think about what the reprucussions will be of this drought. It is already hurting businesses and putting many landscaping companies) Out Of Business. They are just the first of many businesses that will be affected. It has already been hurting the Pressure Washing businesses due to people not realizing that there are exemptions that allow professional companies to still carry on their daily business. I'm sure it was also hurting the landscaping businesses before the drastic restrictions that have been placed on them. And now many are totally out of business, and I'm afraid other businesses, such as Pressure Washing companies, will be next on the list to be NON-exempt. Does anyone realize what this will do the entire economy! If this sounds like it touches close to home for me, it is because my husband has Pressure Washing company, and I have seen first hand what the drought has done to his business; we've faced almost losing our home, having utilities cut off, and trying to catch up on all the past due bills is agonizing! And I know we are not the only ones who are facing these kinds of things. The more small businesses are hurting, the more it hurts the whole economy due to the reprucussions. It's an extreme dominoe effect!

When we allowed the Feds the right to control the "PURSE STRINGS" we gave up STATES RIGHTS.How Stupid!!!!!!!

If you walk around Georgia you don't hear anybody complaining about how the Feds are undermining the natural wildlife in the State of Georgia. Not to mention the catastrophic effect on the states economy when we run out of water. Lifes will be lost...Jobs will be lost...and more foreclosures will arise in one of the hardest hit cities in America, which is Atlanta. WAKE UP PEOPLE!!!!

It is not the Feds water...and its unconstitutional for the Feds to even have anything to do with the water in Ga. They are nothing but breaking the law...all the time....whats wrong with those people. When do those in Ga. stand up for States rights? Otherwise...nothing but a bunch of cowards that cannot stand up against the illegal fed government.

Sheesh..Whimps.

The Governor and the State of Georgia have allowed Auto Dealerships and Car Washes to continue to use water unnecessarily all year by washing thousands and thousands of cars. They've allowed water parks like White Water to operate. They've allowed swimming pools all over the state to remain open.

They want their citizens to not water their plants and grass or, wash their vehicles. Now they want us to go dirty by limiting our baths and showers.

Sorry, when they get the whole state on board, I'll get on board.