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NOTES: COL KINE LOCATION: CALIFORNIA TITLE: DROUGHT SERVICED DATE: 02/20/77 NO: UPITN NEW YORK 022069 DATE SHOT: RECENT LENGTH: 84 FT SECONDS: 2:20 SOUND: V/O SOF DATE OF ARRIVAL: DROUGHT FORCES WATER CUTBACK IN MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA NOTE: MANDATORY WATER RATIONING IN HOMES BECAUSE OF THE CALIFORNIA DROUGHT SPREAD FROM THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA SOUTH TO THE MONTEREY PENINSULA, WHERE 50-GALLON-A-DAY LIMITS WERE IMPOSED FOR INDIVIDUALS. BESIDES DRASTICALLY CUTTING BACK ON HOME USE, THE RATIONING EDICT WORKED OUT BY STATE AND COUNTY OFFICIALS, AFFECTS SCHOOLS, BUSINESSES, GOLF COURSES, PUBLIC AGENCIES, HOTELS AND MILITARY FACILITIES. OTHER AREAS OF CALIFORNIA ARE ALSO AFFECTED. BILL REDEKER REPORTS FROM THE SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS JUST NORTH OF MONTEREY. VIDEO AUDIO SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS :08 THIS IS THE WET SEASON IN THE MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF SAN FRANCISCO. NORMALLY 40 INCHES OF RAIN PER YEAR WOULD FALL ON THESE RIDGES. BUT THIS YEAR ONLY ABOUT 11 INCHES HAVE BEEN DRY RESERVOIR :18 RECORDED. THIS RESERVOIR, WHICH USUALLY CONTAINS ENOUGH WATER TO SUPPORT A FLOTILLA OF PLEASURE BOATS, MOUNTAIN HOME / VAR. :25 IS NOW DRY. AND BACK IN THE WOODS, SHOTS WHERE PEOPLE LIKE DONNA FOSTER HAVE MOVED TO ESCAPE THE CITY, THERE HAS BEEN NO ESCAPE FROM THE DRYEST YEAR DRY WELLS :32 OF THE CENTURY. WELLS HERE HAVE GONE DRY. FAMILIES ARE LEARNING NOT TO TAKE WATER FOR GRANTED. HOMEOWNER (SOF) :55 HOMEOWNER: "YOU CONSERVE IN EVERY WAY. YOU DO NOT, WHEN YOU TAKE A DRINK OF WATER, THROW IT BACK DOWN THE SINK. YOU WATER ONE OF THE PLANTS IN THE HOUSE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, OR YOU PUT IT IN THE DOG'S WATER. MY HUSBAND, WHEN HE SHAVES IN THE MORNING, TO GET HOT WATER, HAS A LITTLE BUCKET. HE PUTS THE COLD WATER IN IT UNTIL THE HOT WATER COMES, AND DURING THE DAY, I WATER THE DOGS WITH THAT TAPPED FIRE HYDRANT/ 1:10 BUCKET OF WATER." IN ORDER TO WATER BARRELS SURVIVE, FIRE HYDRANTS IN A NEARBY TOWN ARE TAPPED BY MOUNTAIN RESIDENTS. DONNA'S SON JERRY USES A PORTABLE WATER METER, RENTED FROM THE LOCAL UTILITY COMPANY , AND FILLS TWO 100-GALLON BARRELS IN THE BACK OF HOME FOR SALE 1:17 HIS TRUCK, FOUR TIMES A WEEK. SOME PEOPLE ARE TIRD OF LIVING LIKE DESERT DWELLERS, SO THEY'VE PUT RESIDENCE/FAMILY 1:25 THEIR HOUSES UP FOR SALE. BUT MOST, INCLUDING RAY HOWARD'S FAMILY, WILL STICK IT OUT. IN FACT, THEY, LIKE MANY OF THEIR NEIGHBORS, BELIEVE THE DROUGHT HAS PRODUCED A UNIQUE BENEFIT. HOMEOWNER (SOF) 1:55 HOMEOWNER: "I'M WILLING TO PUT UP WITH SOME INCONVENIENCES, AND I'M HOPING NOT EVERYONE ELSE IS. WE CAME UP HERE FOR PRIVACY, LACK OF CONGESTION, AND WE HOPE IT REMAINS THAT WAY. WATER IS ONE OF THE WAYS IT IS GOING TO MAINTAIN A MINIMUM OF POPULATION. WE'RE WILLING TO PUT UP WITH WHATEVER INCONVENIENCES THERE MAY BE INORDER TO HAVE THAT PRIVACY MOUNTAIN HOME / VAR. 2:20 AND ISOLATION. WE LIKE IT." LIFE SHOTS IN THESE MOUNTAINS IS UNCLUTTERED BY MOST OF THE COMPLICATIONS TOLERATED BY CITY DWELLERS. THE AIR IS CLEAN, THERE ARE NO TRAFFIC JAMS, BEAUTY CAN BE FOUND JUST ABOUT EVERYWHERE. AND IF THE DROUGHT SHOULD CONTINUE, MOST SAY THEY WILL ENDURE THE HARDSHIP IN ORDER TO INSURE THE CONTINUANCE OF THEIR LIFE-STYLE. BILL REDEKER, ABC NEWS, IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. TOTAL 2:20
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Title: | NOTES: COL KINE LOCATION: CALIFORNIA TITLE: DROUGHT SERVICED DATE: 02/20/77 NO: UPITN NEW YORK 022069 DATE SHOT: RECENT LENGTH: 84 FT SECONDS: 2:20 SOUND: V/O SOF DATE OF ARRIVAL: |
Date: | 01/01/1900 |
Library: | APTN |
Tape Number: | VSC0058553 |
Content: | NOTES: COL KINE LOCATION: CALIFORNIA TITLE: DROUGHT SERVICED DATE: 02/20/77 NO: UPITN NEW YORK 022069 DATE SHOT: RECENT LENGTH: 84 FT SECONDS: 2:20 SOUND: V/O SOF DATE OF ARRIVAL: DROUGHT FORCES WATER CUTBACK IN MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA NOTE: MANDATORY WATER RATIONING IN HOMES BECAUSE OF THE CALIFORNIA DROUGHT SPREAD FROM THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA SOUTH TO THE MONTEREY PENINSULA, WHERE 50-GALLON-A-DAY LIMITS WERE IMPOSED FOR INDIVIDUALS. BESIDES DRASTICALLY CUTTING BACK ON HOME USE, THE RATIONING EDICT WORKED OUT BY STATE AND COUNTY OFFICIALS, AFFECTS SCHOOLS, BUSINESSES, GOLF COURSES, PUBLIC AGENCIES, HOTELS AND MILITARY FACILITIES. OTHER AREAS OF CALIFORNIA ARE ALSO AFFECTED. BILL REDEKER REPORTS FROM THE SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS JUST NORTH OF MONTEREY. VIDEO AUDIO SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS :08 THIS IS THE WET SEASON IN THE MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF SAN FRANCISCO. NORMALLY 40 INCHES OF RAIN PER YEAR WOULD FALL ON THESE RIDGES. BUT THIS YEAR ONLY ABOUT 11 INCHES HAVE BEEN DRY RESERVOIR :18 RECORDED. THIS RESERVOIR, WHICH USUALLY CONTAINS ENOUGH WATER TO SUPPORT A FLOTILLA OF PLEASURE BOATS, MOUNTAIN HOME / VAR. :25 IS NOW DRY. AND BACK IN THE WOODS, SHOTS WHERE PEOPLE LIKE DONNA FOSTER HAVE MOVED TO ESCAPE THE CITY, THERE HAS BEEN NO ESCAPE FROM THE DRYEST YEAR DRY WELLS :32 OF THE CENTURY. WELLS HERE HAVE GONE DRY. FAMILIES ARE LEARNING NOT TO TAKE WATER FOR GRANTED. HOMEOWNER (SOF) :55 HOMEOWNER: "YOU CONSERVE IN EVERY WAY. YOU DO NOT, WHEN YOU TAKE A DRINK OF WATER, THROW IT BACK DOWN THE SINK. YOU WATER ONE OF THE PLANTS IN THE HOUSE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, OR YOU PUT IT IN THE DOG'S WATER. MY HUSBAND, WHEN HE SHAVES IN THE MORNING, TO GET HOT WATER, HAS A LITTLE BUCKET. HE PUTS THE COLD WATER IN IT UNTIL THE HOT WATER COMES, AND DURING THE DAY, I WATER THE DOGS WITH THAT TAPPED FIRE HYDRANT/ 1:10 BUCKET OF WATER." IN ORDER TO WATER BARRELS SURVIVE, FIRE HYDRANTS IN A NEARBY TOWN ARE TAPPED BY MOUNTAIN RESIDENTS. DONNA'S SON JERRY USES A PORTABLE WATER METER, RENTED FROM THE LOCAL UTILITY COMPANY , AND FILLS TWO 100-GALLON BARRELS IN THE BACK OF HOME FOR SALE 1:17 HIS TRUCK, FOUR TIMES A WEEK. SOME PEOPLE ARE TIRD OF LIVING LIKE DESERT DWELLERS, SO THEY'VE PUT RESIDENCE/FAMILY 1:25 THEIR HOUSES UP FOR SALE. BUT MOST, INCLUDING RAY HOWARD'S FAMILY, WILL STICK IT OUT. IN FACT, THEY, LIKE MANY OF THEIR NEIGHBORS, BELIEVE THE DROUGHT HAS PRODUCED A UNIQUE BENEFIT. HOMEOWNER (SOF) 1:55 HOMEOWNER: "I'M WILLING TO PUT UP WITH SOME INCONVENIENCES, AND I'M HOPING NOT EVERYONE ELSE IS. WE CAME UP HERE FOR PRIVACY, LACK OF CONGESTION, AND WE HOPE IT REMAINS THAT WAY. WATER IS ONE OF THE WAYS IT IS GOING TO MAINTAIN A MINIMUM OF POPULATION. WE'RE WILLING TO PUT UP WITH WHATEVER INCONVENIENCES THERE MAY BE INORDER TO HAVE THAT PRIVACY MOUNTAIN HOME / VAR. 2:20 AND ISOLATION. WE LIKE IT." LIFE SHOTS IN THESE MOUNTAINS IS UNCLUTTERED BY MOST OF THE COMPLICATIONS TOLERATED BY CITY DWELLERS. THE AIR IS CLEAN, THERE ARE NO TRAFFIC JAMS, BEAUTY CAN BE FOUND JUST ABOUT EVERYWHERE. AND IF THE DROUGHT SHOULD CONTINUE, MOST SAY THEY WILL ENDURE THE HARDSHIP IN ORDER TO INSURE THE CONTINUANCE OF THEIR LIFE-STYLE. BILL REDEKER, ABC NEWS, IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. TOTAL 2:20 |
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