Georgia to Invade Tennessee Over Water

5 years ago Environment

I don’t know how many of you knew this, but the City of Atlanta has been subject to what has politely been called an “extreme” drought recently.

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This has occasionally been comical, such as when the University of Georgia essentially asked 90,000 attendees of its homecoming football game to obey the “if it’s brown, flush it down…” maxim. It’s occasionally been sad, such as the protracted legal battle with downstream states Florida and Alabama over who got to use water from Georgia reservoirs. It’s even occasionally been terrifying, such as that day in October when the countdown until the pipes ran dry was a mere ninety days.

As one might imagine, this has all been of some concern to the state government, who have sought to protect Atlanta against a future water crisis of this magnitude in their own ways—I smirked when Governor Sonny Purdue led a prayer for rain on the state capitol steps—but the most recent attempt has been beyond the pale.

Two weeks ago two Republican lawmakers, Sen. David Shafer and Rep. Harry Geisinger, proposed that Georgians simply invade their northern neighbor and take their water.

Citing a survey from the 1800s, they claim that the state border has crept southward in an incorrect manner and advocate restoring the pre-1818 state lines. The obvious reason for this is the millions of gallons of water in the Tennessee River, one mile north of the present border.

Tennessee, for their part, seems to take this about as seriously as I do. They have offered to wrestle for the river, play a football game over it, or at the least not let it go without a fight. Georgia, on the other hand, has already passed the bill and broke out into song while doing so. Get your popcorn ready…

Info from AJC and The Tennessean

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miss new orleans says

Oct 12th, 2009 at 12am
I hate Atlanta. I watched GWTW 10 times just to see Atlanta burn. There is nothing worse than arrogant AA people who think the world owes them everything. Atlanta epitomizes this rotten attitude. Maybe if it dries out it will cease to exist. BTW, I wouldn't p**s on the city of Atlanta if it was on fire.

shainy says

Jul 12th, 2008 at 12am
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J.T. Patton says

Apr 18th, 2008 at 12am
This thread is hilarious! Let's keep it going- Hey, I'm a Georgian, born and raised, but willing to be a Double-Nought spy for Tennessee. You see, I despise Hotlanta. It has always been a cancer on our fair (to middlin') state and must be controlled, if not with a controlled burn like Old Cump (Willie T.) did, then with the spigots running dry- like Ma Nature's doing. You just can't crowd, er, sprawl, millions of people into a place and expect it to be self-watering. How, oh how? -will they irrigate all them goof courses? How will they flush their sewage and toxic chemicals out? Without water, what will they cut their already-over-priced rotgut with now? The Georgia Legislature and Governor's Office prattle and pray and piss down our backs and tell us it's raining. "Atlanta uber alles". While the State Leg. wants to invade Tennessee, U.S. Rep. Westmoreland wants to declare war on the Chattahoochee river mussels- I don't think they have enough revenue (or brains) to fight a two-front war. Georgia is one state, Atlanta is another, so I'm declaring war on Atlanta. Go Tennessee! Go Mussels!

tnmountains says

Mar 7th, 2008 at 12am
We the people of Tennessee will never let Georgia pry the first drop of water from our River.It is the Tennessee river not the Georgia river. We will fight and it will be like a war between the states. Everyone knows Tennessee is a proud state and not a sneaky gluttonous fat Government run,,hmm what else,,craker. Georgia has lost its roots and identity to imigration. They should have at least offered the General back after they stole it at the beginning of negotiations.Instead they go in our face with lawyers. Not only that we are having a good ole boy bass tournament this weekend if the water gets down. To much rain has made our banks over flow. Good luck Georgia.We do not need you and really do not care.I forget how many lifes we lost trying to stop the north from burning down Atlanta in the civil war.Maybe you guys need a fresh start again but we(the volunteers) will not be there to help this time. How do you say it in Georgia? Adios Amigo !

tnmountains says

Mar 7th, 2008 at 12am
That guy who said the poles would flip when the planets aligned lives in that direction. And he thought there’d be a space threat. I can watch the howitzers from here :D I’ve collected a bunch of arrowheads from the Creek Indians, anyone need any ammo? :P
Hey I would be interested in some good stone points?

Kevin says

Feb 27th, 2008 at 12am
Georgia, welcome to tennesee the patron state of shootin stuff. You want our land you goin to have to take it from our cold, shotgun weilding hands

eddy says

Feb 27th, 2008 at 12am
Well Well I was born in Georgia. I moved out because the carpet begger yankees were taking over. I moved one mile over the border to escape. (if you wish to see the future of Atlanta and Georgia then look at Detroit, Michigan. And several other yankee states, where their political choices wrecked their states.) The new Yakee Georgia is making all the wrong decisions and the attack on Tennessee is really showing their colors. In as little as 4 years Georgia and Atlanta will be no diffrent than Detroit with poverty and crime hitting an all time high. But they will never turn my property into Georgia........Go Home yankees......

Cartograffer says

Feb 23rd, 2008 at 12am
There is a long established rule in surveying as follows. It's where the surveyor put down the stakes that controls, not where he should have placed them. It's mentioned in the latest issue of Professional Surveyor, to which I subscribe.

Adam says

Feb 23rd, 2008 at 12am
What the Georgia government really ought to do is spearhead an advertising campaign to attract more out-of-state rain clouds. You're welcome, Mr(s). Governor.

anonymous says

Feb 23rd, 2008 at 12am
Not surprising. This is the same government body that passed a resolution to whine to the NCAA that there should be a playoff after the UGA football team had already failed to take care of business on the field.