"Joe Cooper"  wrote in message 
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"Leroy N. Soetoro" <leroysoetoro@usurper.org> wrote in
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> "We don't actually know how much is stored in each of these aquifers.
> Estimates of remaining storage might vary from decades to millennia,"
> said Richey. "In a water-scarce society, we can no longer tolerate
> this level of uncertainty, especially since groundwater is
> disappearing so rapidly."

# This simply illustrates how well Mother Nature works. Man is 
unquestionably
# the biggest threat to the planet's survival, so Mother Nature's doing what
# she's supposed to do: Protect the Earth.

# No water, no people, no further threat. The system works :-)

Yes indeed.  As George Carlin observed, humans are a temporary surface 
infection of Earth.

On the other hand....where did the water go?  Into space?  Maybe it's still 
around.