Less than a week after the multi-agency effort to release 650 million gallons of water into the Rio Grande as a “scientific experiment… to learn how the water flows through the river…”, all 650 million gallons of water have since flowed past Corrales, and the river is back to where it was last Monday before the water was released last Tuesday. I hope the bureaucrats learned how water flows through the river.
It seemed like a good time to post The Drought, that I wrote, recorded, and made a video asking the question, “Where did all the water go?” The song is raw and rough, in the style of what I call “Dry Metal.” The lyrics are at the end of the post.
Spunk: “I can’t believe all the water’s gone!”
Back to the start of the day.
Cracked clay on one side
Green slime on the other side
Dichotomousness?
Daily Doppel
Sunrise
The Drought
By Timothy Price
[Chorus]
Where did all the water go?
Where did all the water go?
Where did all the water go?
[Verse]
Scorched earth, cracked white clay
Fried in dryness, woe
Drought sucks life’s blood away
Where did all the water go?
[Chorus]
Where did all the water go?
Where did all the water go?
Where did all the water go?
[Verse]
Thirsty plants bow their heads
Pray for rain, the watershed
Parched seeds cry die of thirst
How have we earned this curse?
[Bridge]
Sun shines happiness
We frolic in deceptive rays
Encourages us to foolish ways
Water’s precious, so we say
But we waste it anyway
In denial as it dwindles
Less and less from day to day to day
[Chorus]
Where did all the water go?
Where did all the water go?
Where did all the water go?
[Outro]
Where once water flowed clear and cold
Green slime clings to mud
The water’s foul, so the waterfowl
Fly off in search of some
Where did all the water go?
Where did all the water go?
Where did all the water go?
Powerful, Tim!!!!
Thanks, Rebecca. Rough times trying to keep things alive around these parts.
We live in very interesting times, Tim. This was an exceptional post!
Deceptive beauty abounds in the high desert.
I like the song a lot… and where did all the water go?
Did the bureaucrats learn anything… or just waste water?
Doppel and his blankie! xx
Probably a waste of water, because it was too little, too late. They probably should have left the water stored in the lake. I thought the quote about learning how water flows through the river was the dumbest thing I’ve read in a long time. Thanks, Resa.
I have long believed that you can’t teach bureaucrats a damned thing. Autocrats is prob a better word for them….. great song . Had to laugh at the title
I believe you are correct in your beliefs. Thanks, Shey.
Amazing pics!!! The water “exoeriment” sounds dumb, but what do I know?
At first, I thought the green slime was a strip of golf course.
Gonna be interesting to see what happens with the new Colorado River flow reductions, esp with data ctrs popping up everywhere.
I think there was political pressure, but 650 million gallons doesn’t do much in a super drought. Thanks, Leenda.
Love the song and the panning echo effect on your voice.
I thought the panning from left to right on the chorus added to the sense of craziness of dealing with drought. I’m happy you liked it. Thanks, Herman.
Wow! Great lyrics! Great skies! And pretty kitties!
Thanks, Nancy.
We takes our water supply for granted at our peril, as your video so ably demonstrates.
Absolutely. Thanks, Liz.
You’re welcome, Tim.
Beautiful skies, cats, and video images. That’s a good question. It’s hard to imagine 650 million gallons drying up in a week, but I guess all the people, land, fauna, and critters took their fill.
It mostly flowed down the river where it will eventually end up in the Gulf. Thanks, Brad.
A powerful poem about drought and its implications, Timothy. Our green slime doesn’t look anywhere as nice as yours. Lovely start of the day pictures.
We do have pretty green slime. Another desert deception. Thanks, Robbie.
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Another question to ask is what were they thinking?? Great video and song Tim, keep on making them! 🎸
They don’t think. Thanks, Tiffany. I’m happy you liked the song and video.
Why would they do that? You really need rain and have for years. But your sky and your cats are purrfection.
Always a mystery why the Conservative and Water Authority folks do what they do. Thanks, Gigi.
I am surprised if any flowed. All that sand had SPONGE written all over it. The sixth graders I tutored could have told these people what would happen. Geez! Put it got you to put up that cool music video so that was worth it,
The treated wastewater from Rio Rancho flows into the Rio Grande, where I photograph the green slime 2.5 miles north of Beaver Point, where I filmed a lot of the footage for the video. The Rio Rancho runoff helps keep a little water flowing in the river. Thanks, Angela.
Oh Tim, this is really sad and scary. I sympathize and appreciate your video.
Thanks, Jet. We are probably going to lose 4 to 6 large cottonwoods on the property even though I’ve been watering them through the summer. Without the river running high enough to keep the water table up, the old cottonwoods can’t thrive.
Super images Tim! Doppel and Spunk looking handsome .. Wish I could send you some rain
They are handsome boys. Thanks. Julie.
We have received almost three inches of rain this month. It’s been years since we got that much rain in a month.
That’s good to hear … gosh I think we got about 60mm over the weekend