Ray's Thought for the Day

What passes for a daily newspaper in these parts allows that the City of Austin is fixing to build a new water treatment facility. Location, Balcones Canyonlands Preserve, naturally. Purpose and need, water for the anticipated attraction of more computer type factories to the area. These type factories use lotsa water. How about, instead, ban automatic sprinker systems. That would take care of the purpose and need water-wise. But of course, would not address any of the other associated resulting pollution problems engendered by the new factories.

Now, onward to the more important subtopic, grasshopper herbivory.