Another American worker replaced by a machine.
/sad

Don't worry, they're on it.

Behold, the Underminer!

Did he take a left at Albuquerque?

unfortunately there is no water to go down this massive pipe...

it is a good thing these tunnels and pipelines are not in an area where the earth is known to move or "quake"

/dnrtfa

So they will suck the water from up North to water the lawns of the Southern CA asshats

Take this quarter, go downtown, and have a rat gnaw that thing off your face. Good day to you, madam.

TurnerBrown: it is a good thing these tunnels and pipelines are not in an area where the earth is known to move or "quake"

/dnrtfa

It's the S waves that kill ya, not the P waves. Underground is apparently a very good place to be.

Or so I'm told....

Came for the Incredibles ref.

Not disappointed.

Saw the TMNT ref.

Full of win!

/fark haiku?

TurnerBrown: it is a good thing these tunnels and pipelines are not in an area where the earth is known to move or "quake"

/dnrtfa

A skinny little white guy goes into an elevator, looks up and sees this HUGE black guy standing next to him. The big guy sees the little guy staring at him, looks down and says: "7 feet tall, 350 pounds, 20 inch private, 3 pound left testicle, 3 pound right testicle, Turner Brown".

The white man faints and falls to the floor. The big guy kneels down and brings him to, shaking him. The big guy says, "What's wrong with you?"

In a weak voice the little guy says, "What EXACTLY did you say to me?" The big dude says, "I saw your curious look and figured I'd just give you the answers to the questions everyone always asks me.

I'm 7 feet tall, I weigh 350 pounds, I have a 20 inch private, my left testicle weighs 3 pounds, my right testicle weighs 3 pounds, and my name is Turner Brown."

The small guy says, "Turner Brown?!...Sweet Jesus, I thought you said, "Turn around "


/Your name sir, it is full of win

Man on Pink Corner: "Um, how was this giant mechanical mole powered? Nuclear?"

Could be. More plausibly, a radioisotope thermal battery or along similar lines something betavoltaic.

The politicians are of course lying their asses of about a water shortage. The rainfall has always been about the same:



We have our wet years and more often our dry ones. At least since records started being kept in 1877. In fact, since the '60's we have had more wet winters than usual.

No, despite all the lies, it is our booming population, exacerbated by the influx of illegal aliens that is emptying Lake Mead.

It would be hard to think of a problem we face in California that wouldn't be helped by deporting the illegals, and this is certainly one of them.

TFA:

...the pipeline will eventually supply 1000 cubic feet of water per second - enough to fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool in less than 30 seconds.

For some reason, that seems to me like it's kind of a drop in the bucket for L.A. and that whole region.

Hmmm.... maybe someone should let them know that WE have no water up here? Our lakes are now ponds and our rivers are streams.

ricodued: TFA:

...the pipeline will eventually supply 1000 cubic feet of water per second - enough to fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool in less than 30 seconds.

For some reason, that seems to me like it's kind of a drop in the bucket for L.A. and that whole region.

In a day, it could fill about 100,000 Olympic sized swimming pools. There are about 10,000,000 in LA County as of 2006. That's 100 people per Olympic swimming pool per day?

Conclusion: Weeeeeeaaaaaak!!!

I thought it was a robot or something.

>>It would be hard to think of a problem we face in California that wouldn't be helped by deporting the illegals, and this is certainly one of them.
Hear hear!

Man On Pink Corner: Zamboro: Could be. More plausibly, a radioisotope thermal battery or along similar lines something betavoltaic.

(Actually, I imagine it just dragged cables or a gas generator behind it.)

I can't imagine it runs on radioisotopes.... Tunneling would seem to be pretty power intensive.

haven't seen this mole for a while either

I remember when I was a kid growing up near the Central Valley we would be under water rationing because of several years of drought. However, every single time we would drive past the California Aqueduct, it would be full to the rim with water heading to SoCal. I found out from a friend down there that they weren't under water rationing.

I hate LA.

the other Mole Man

//dirty subterranean hotlinker

I came for the Underminer reference.

Guess this pipeline will feed the new influx of 100 million more people into the US over the next 40 years. I'm in Sacramento and they ask us to cut back our water use by 20%. How does this pipeline help us up here. Who gets the $$$ for the water.

When is Los Angeles management going to pull their heads out of their arses and go with desalination, rather than rob the valleys of water? It's all right the fark there.

/no that was not a troll
//CA native

Gyrfalcon: Big Southern California water line nearly ready

Pity that Northern California is nearly out of water.

Hetch Hetchy Dam.
New Melones Dam.

WAAAAAHHHHHH!

JaCiNto: I remember when I was a kid growing up near the Central Valley we would be under water rationing because of several years of drought. However, every single time we would drive past the California Aqueduct, it would be full to the rim with water heading to SoCal. I found out from a friend down there that they weren't under water rationing.

I hate LA.

mmm puts me in mind of a certain Tool song... something about freaks there in some hole they call L.A. they just want to flush it all away..and some crap about learning to swim in Arizona Bay...

RoyBatty: ricodued: TFA:

...the pipeline will eventually supply 1000 cubic feet of water per second - enough to fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool in less than 30 seconds.

For some reason, that seems to me like it's kind of a drop in the bucket for L.A. and that whole region.

In a day, it could fill about 100,000 Olympic sized swimming pools. There are about 10,000,000 in LA County as of 2006. That's 100 people per Olympic swimming pool per day?

That's not the only questionable math...

The Inland Feeder consists of 26 miles of buried pipeline and three tunnels spanning 18 miles. The machines used to dig the tunnels are longer than a football field and can bore through anywhere from 10-to-80 feet per day. The tunnel is 4 miles long.

I've read this three times and I have a headache now. It's like a nonsense story problem.

DrForrester:

The Inland Feeder consists of 26 miles of buried pipeline and three tunnels spanning 18 miles. The machines used to dig the tunnels are longer than a football field and can bore through anywhere from 10-to-80 feet per day. The tunnel is 4 miles long.

I've read this three times and I have a headache now. It's like a nonsense story problem.

It's like England and France building the "Chunnel" but water wasn't the goal of the connections. LA just want's to run the whole state.

SJKebab: I thought it hadn't been seen in about 15 years?


/dirty stinking hotlink

Ok, so they used an IBM typewriter ball?



drjekel_mrhyde: So they will suck the water from up North to water the lawns of the Southern CA asshats

You betcha. So keep sending it and we will keep sucking it up like a straw. Mulholland promised it to us.

"There it is. Take it."


//Socal native
////Thanks for the water, Nocal

... enough to fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool in less than 30 seconds.

Awwww, 30 seconds? But I want it now!

Nightmaretony:

"There it is. Take it."


//Socal native
////Thanks for the water, Nocal


Nothing a good earthquake can't take care of. Who you going to sue then?

fanbladesaresharp: When is Los Angeles management going to pull their heads out of their arses and go with desalination, rather than rob the valleys of water? It's all right the fark there.

/no that was not a troll
//CA native

Orange county is currently using sewer water.

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Get Burt Gummer in Perfection, Nevada on the phone.

/put Heather Gummer on the stereo