Aquafornia » Weird & Wacky Water News http://aquafornia.com The California Water News blog! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:49:51 +0000 en hourly 1 Thirsty in Suburbia blog: Water obsession support group forming now! http://aquafornia.com/archives/60414 http://aquafornia.com/archives/60414#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:27:44 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=60414 http://aquafornia.com/archives/60414/feed 0 ‘Flyboard’ water jet pack takes to the air at Lake Las Vegas http://aquafornia.com/archives/59435 http://aquafornia.com/archives/59435#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2011 07:22:19 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=59435 http://aquafornia.com/archives/59435/feed 0 Delta smelt: Love ‘em or hate ‘em, Sears has you covered – and just in time for the holiday season! http://aquafornia.com/archives/56712 http://aquafornia.com/archives/56712#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:15:37 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=56712 http://aquafornia.com/archives/56712/feed 2 Water crisis? Dutch artist to make ice in desert http://aquafornia.com/archives/56473 http://aquafornia.com/archives/56473#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:17:12 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=56473 http://aquafornia.com/archives/56473/feed 0 Delta smelt go to Hollywood … http://aquafornia.com/archives/55759 http://aquafornia.com/archives/55759#comments Tue, 11 Oct 2011 14:57:41 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=55759 http://aquafornia.com/archives/55759/feed 1 Iceberg harvesting can end third-world drought, scientist says http://aquafornia.com/archives/53033 http://aquafornia.com/archives/53033#comments Mon, 08 Aug 2011 14:00:08 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=53033 http://aquafornia.com/archives/53033/feed 0 Berkeley: Beach trash to yard art on Colusa Ave. http://aquafornia.com/archives/52919 http://aquafornia.com/archives/52919#comments Fri, 05 Aug 2011 14:37:13 +0000 Susan Lauer http://aquafornia.com/?p=52919 http://aquafornia.com/archives/52919/feed 0 Photo of man in Ceres storm drain makes Letterman’s Top 10 List http://aquafornia.com/archives/52822 http://aquafornia.com/archives/52822#comments Wed, 03 Aug 2011 15:31:32 +0000 Susan Lauer http://aquafornia.com/?p=52822 http://aquafornia.com/archives/52822/feed 1 The best water toy ever! Water powered jet-pack will have you flying high … http://aquafornia.com/archives/51170 http://aquafornia.com/archives/51170#comments Fri, 24 Jun 2011 15:01:38 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=51170 http://aquafornia.com/archives/51170/feed 0 Could a tugboat pulling an iceberg solve the world’s water problems? French engineer says “oui!” http://aquafornia.com/archives/49888 http://aquafornia.com/archives/49888#comments Wed, 01 Jun 2011 15:41:53 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=49888 http://aquafornia.com/archives/49888/feed 0 Fishermen cited with poaching tiny salmon shortly after they were released into river http://aquafornia.com/archives/48856 http://aquafornia.com/archives/48856#comments Tue, 10 May 2011 15:06:08 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=48856 http://aquafornia.com/archives/48856/feed 0 In the ocean, it’s ‘sex, drugs, and sea slime’ http://aquafornia.com/archives/47204 http://aquafornia.com/archives/47204#comments Thu, 07 Apr 2011 14:28:41 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=47204 http://aquafornia.com/archives/47204/feed 0 Pluviocabulary http://aquafornia.com/archives/47107 http://aquafornia.com/archives/47107#comments Wed, 06 Apr 2011 14:39:04 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=47107 http://aquafornia.com/archives/47107/feed 0 Friday’s top of the scroll: All those water stories you might have missed! http://aquafornia.com/archives/46903 http://aquafornia.com/archives/46903#comments Fri, 01 Apr 2011 15:51:13 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=46903 http://aquafornia.com/archives/46903/feed 0 Looking for water-themed April Fool’s gags? Thirsty in Suburbia has you covered! http://aquafornia.com/archives/46809 http://aquafornia.com/archives/46809#comments Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:18:19 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=46809 http://aquafornia.com/archives/46809/feed 0 Toenail study: No heart risk from mercury in fish http://aquafornia.com/archives/46370 http://aquafornia.com/archives/46370#comments Thu, 24 Mar 2011 14:45:38 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=46370 http://aquafornia.com/archives/46370/feed 0 Denver Post guest column: The Colorado-Russia water connection http://aquafornia.com/archives/36735 http://aquafornia.com/archives/36735#comments Thu, 09 Dec 2010 16:55:37 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=36735 http://aquafornia.com/archives/36735/feed 0 Tasteless or brilliant? Iceberg water might be both: A native Newfoundlander sees his fortune floating in a Greenland fjord http://aquafornia.com/archives/35922 http://aquafornia.com/archives/35922#comments Tue, 23 Nov 2010 15:06:52 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=35922 http://aquafornia.com/archives/35922/feed 0 Thirsty in Suburbia asks, “Can your iPad do all THIS? I don’t think so!” http://aquafornia.com/archives/35588 http://aquafornia.com/archives/35588#comments Tue, 16 Nov 2010 15:59:35 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=35588 http://aquafornia.com/archives/35588/feed 0 Thirsty in Suburbia’s 2010 Edition: Halloween costumes for the water-obsessed http://aquafornia.com/archives/34326 http://aquafornia.com/archives/34326#comments Fri, 15 Oct 2010 15:36:55 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=34326 http://aquafornia.com/archives/34326/feed 2 Bizarre fish story becomes obsession for San Diego teacher http://aquafornia.com/archives/33892 http://aquafornia.com/archives/33892#comments Wed, 06 Oct 2010 14:52:04 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=33892 http://aquafornia.com/archives/33892/feed 0 Water Wired blog: Caveman hydrology returns http://aquafornia.com/archives/33782 http://aquafornia.com/archives/33782#comments Sun, 03 Oct 2010 16:18:34 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=33782 http://aquafornia.com/archives/33782/feed 0 Antidepressants in the water are making shrimp suicidal http://aquafornia.com/archives/29243 http://aquafornia.com/archives/29243#comments Wed, 11 Aug 2010 14:00:26 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=29243 http://aquafornia.com/archives/29243/feed 0 Water Wired blog: Good golly, Gov. Wally! Water from Alaska! http://aquafornia.com/archives/28071 http://aquafornia.com/archives/28071#comments Sun, 11 Jul 2010 16:37:08 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=28071 http://aquafornia.com/archives/28071/feed 0 Environmental Graffiti: 12 weirdest water towers on earth http://aquafornia.com/archives/27291 http://aquafornia.com/archives/27291#comments Sat, 26 Jun 2010 15:07:21 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=27291 http://aquafornia.com/archives/27291/feed 0 Water humor: Going with the low flow still takes help from a pro http://aquafornia.com/archives/26804 http://aquafornia.com/archives/26804#comments Thu, 17 Jun 2010 14:58:56 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=26804 http://aquafornia.com/archives/26804/feed 0 Seemingly bottomless sinkhole opens up in Guatemala City http://aquafornia.com/archives/26054 http://aquafornia.com/archives/26054#comments Tue, 01 Jun 2010 13:26:30 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=26054 http://aquafornia.com/archives/26054/feed 0 Micromidas to test sludge-to-plastic tech http://aquafornia.com/archives/25884 http://aquafornia.com/archives/25884#comments Thu, 27 May 2010 14:00:51 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=25884 http://aquafornia.com/archives/25884/feed 0 Top ten new (& weird) species for 2010 named http://aquafornia.com/archives/25794 http://aquafornia.com/archives/25794#comments Wed, 26 May 2010 14:46:15 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=25794 http://aquafornia.com/archives/25794/feed 0 Eco-Absurdity: The water-soluble wedding dress http://aquafornia.com/archives/25386 http://aquafornia.com/archives/25386#comments Wed, 19 May 2010 15:08:24 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=25386 http://aquafornia.com/archives/25386/feed 0 Blog: The grand plan to steal Canada’s water resources: the traitors within http://aquafornia.com/archives/21284 http://aquafornia.com/archives/21284#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:54:43 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=21284 http://aquafornia.com/archives/21284/feed 0 Bill Gates backs ‘Salter Sink,’ an attempt to tame hurricanes http://aquafornia.com/archives/18163 http://aquafornia.com/archives/18163#comments Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:13:59 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=18163 http://aquafornia.com/archives/18163/feed 0 Water and drought jokes: How dry is it? http://aquafornia.com/archives/17898 http://aquafornia.com/archives/17898#comments Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:16:58 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=17898 http://aquafornia.com/archives/17898/feed 0 Nearby super-earth may be a waterworld http://aquafornia.com/archives/17539 http://aquafornia.com/archives/17539#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:45:10 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=17539 http://aquafornia.com/archives/17539/feed 0 Couple’s water-saving invention uses fish feces http://aquafornia.com/archives/17308 http://aquafornia.com/archives/17308#comments Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:08:21 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=17308 http://aquafornia.com/archives/17308/feed 0 Blog commentary: Columbia River water next export to California (?) http://aquafornia.com/archives/16982 http://aquafornia.com/archives/16982#comments Sat, 12 Dec 2009 17:09:55 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=16982 http://aquafornia.com/archives/16982/feed 2 Photo gallery: The most psychedelic lake on earth http://aquafornia.com/archives/16770 http://aquafornia.com/archives/16770#comments Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:07:26 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=16770 http://aquafornia.com/archives/16770/feed 1 Egads! Gigantic 450 lb. jellyfish! http://aquafornia.com/archives/16699 http://aquafornia.com/archives/16699#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:52:27 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=16699 http://aquafornia.com/archives/16699/feed 0 Jon Stewart on Climategate http://aquafornia.com/archives/16629 http://aquafornia.com/archives/16629#comments Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:16:43 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=16629 http://aquafornia.com/archives/16629/feed 0 Thirsty in Suburbia covers the Golden Poo Awards. Really. http://aquafornia.com/archives/14637 http://aquafornia.com/archives/14637#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:47:32 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=14637 http://aquafornia.com/archives/14637/feed 0