| Description: | Moving water from flood to drought
WASHINGTON (AP) As the soggy East tries to dry out from flooding and Texas prays for rain that doesn't come, you might ask: Isn't there some way to ship all that water from here to there?
It's an idea that has tempted some, but reality gets in the way.
A Texas oilman once envisioned long pipelines carrying water to drought stricken Texas cities, just one of several untested fantasies of moving water vast distances. Parched Las Vegas still wants to indirectly siphon off excess water from the overflowing Mississippi River. French engineers have simulated hauling an iceberg to barren Africa. There are even mega trash bags to move heavy loads of water.
There's certainly plenty of rainwater available. Tropical Storm Lee dumped enough on the already saturated Mid Atlantic, Northeast and Gulf Coast to bring 9.6 inches of rain across the entire state of Texas, according to calculations by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and |