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Offline rangerrebew

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Why The "Emergency Drought" is No Emergency
« on: April 16, 2025, 06:31:27 am »
April 15, 2025
Why The "Emergency Drought" is No Emergency
Aesop's Fable "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" talks about the danger of exaggerating a threat to the point that no one believes you.



The Department of Ecology and the Seattle Times would be well advised to read this ancient story, because they are misleading the people of our state with their claims of a "drought emergency."
The truth is clear:  such "emergency" claims are contradicted by the facts.

Crying wolf about a non-existent drought not only lessens public confidence in such warnings but wastes money and can lead to a lack of public response when the situation becomes truly serious.

Remember the definition of an emergency (Cambridge Dictionary):

A dangerous or serious situation, such as an accident, that happens suddenly or unexpectedly and needs immediate action

https://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2025/04/why-emergency-drought-is-not-emergency.html
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Re: Why The "Emergency Drought" is No Emergency
« Reply #1 on: April 16, 2025, 06:34:58 am »
I somehow ended up on an e-mail list that desperately tries to post a daily emergency for my area. Usually it is a weather alert, for weather well within the normal range for this time of year.

I jokingly call it "The Panic Letter", because that seems to be its aim, not so much as a warning of anything out of the ordinary. But then, panic sells, and the more the public is in a dither, the less it is likely to engage in rational thought.

Fear is the mind-killer...
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