Drought Thoughts in the Washing Industry

From: Lance (observations)
Date: 07 May 2002
Time: 20:08:13
Remote Name: 66.82.53.206

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Water, rain issues and solar maximum cycles discussed, as they will affect our business. We feel in a positive way. Florida private wells are advised to dig 147 feet deep because the drought. Many areas in FL are calling for banning of drive way washing by residences, carwash Industry still lobbying to stay in business but confident of their victory to be spared from the drought restrictions and also ecstatic about the prospects of banning driveway washing. One county is only allowing for driveway washing one hour per week. In TX and gulf area The Rio Grande River water did not make it to the Gulf of Mexico now for two years in a row. Water fights up river a becoming a big concern as TX does not seem to be letting up on its growth, nor is its deterring of people from moving in or developers from building. Solution build more car wash trucks, which are 10Xs more efficient and shut down all car washes in the state. Simple, really. In Tucson AZ utility companies are returning ground water and gray water to the rivers leading to aquifers to replenish the underground water for the cities wells. This should take care of the curbing of over pumping of groundwater. Much of which feeds the Tucson golf courses and is necessary for a stable economy. Fallon, NV, Navy has cleaned up ground water and aviation fuel tank leaks, which might have hurt the ground water tables. Bay delta water supply is in trouble this year as droughts are expected along with a strong fire season, which has already begun last week as Susanville evacuated half of their city. This will be interesting. So far we are seeing drought restrictions on car washes in many states and we will continue to see more problems in GA, FL, AL, TX, AR, NM, AZ, CA and it will be a very big deal, one which we are more than prepared for at The Wash Guys. We are finding this drought situation is very wide spread, and a terrible distribution problem. Staying on top of issues that affect this team. Turning adversity into opportunity. So, where should you find an American Indian to hire? In hopes they can teach you a rain dance or two? Here is what we feel will be the worst affected. Tampa, Orlando, Ft Myers, Naples, Cape Canaveral, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, Columbus GA, Macon GA, Hilton Head SC, Savannah GA, All of NC, Richmond VA, Memphis TN, Kansas City, All of ID, All of MT, North and West WY, All of WA state, All of OR, Sacramento, bay delta Region, Northern CA, Western TX, Hawaii. We predict that WA, OR, N. CA, ID, MT, WY, TN, TX, VA, will start to improve after the solar maximum is done and certainly by 2002-03. We feel GA, SC and parts of NC and FL and Hawaii will get worse even after the solar maximum. So our opportunity to show the world our super efficient methods will become very important in the up coming years in NC, SC, GA, FL, AL, HA. But for now we will concentrate our efforts to advise consumers of our efforts in states such as WA, OR, CA, N. NV, MT, ID, KS, MS, TN, N. AR, AZ, West and South TX, lower LA, South Miss, AL, GA, FL, PA, VA, NC, SC, FL, HA. Let us warn also that with fire season expected to be very bad in places like, AZ, NM, NV, MT, WY, WA, CO, LA, OK, we may see double compounding in those states. So we are looking at probabilities in these states as high-risk areas, which will definitely be ones to watch. With fires taking lots of resources as far as water and large amounts of government budgets it is no wonder the experts involved have asked Congress to increase the fire mutual assistance program with an additional 1.5 billion dollars, which just passed. Yet this will not be enough and even the air national guards have increased budgets for fire fighting using phoschec. National Forestry Service and Department of Interior are also expecting a big fire season and all agencies of risk are pumping up for the inevitable. Last year states got hammered hard in MT, CO, CA, AZ, this year expect, much of the fresh water supply to be used to fight the big ones, leaving less water for carwashes, farmers and people. check out http://www.firewise.org/pubs/peak_fire_seasons We have used this resource to help guide our team through the wicked fire seasons last year. We are capable of cleaning the undercarriages of fire vehicles in weed free areas and cleaning of aircraft which spray fire retardants, and spraying on non-burning chemicals onto fleets, factories, equipment and structures. Then we can later clean them off after the threat is gone. We are well aware of who will be doing the firefighting this year and the dollars spent. Those fighting from the air are the Air force Aux, Air National Guard Stations with C-117, C-130, C-141. The Forestry Service can deploy up to 450 aircraft. Tanker planes drop slurry chemicals on fires, even using C-5 Galaxy. Helicopters deployed carry chemicals and evacuate injured and at risk personnel, Small spotter aircraft direct drops. All needing washes to prevent corrosion of aluminum parts and to protect viability for pilots. The mutual assistance programs developed an interagency task force to work simultaneously. Local City, County, Seasonal, Prison Labor, Casual Firefighters, volunteers, National Guards men, Army, etc. And after a fire, there is ash and debris all over the cars, the ground, and buildings. WashGuys are ready to do free services at parks, playgrounds, schools and churches and are ready to deploy for paid services of pressure washing anything, anytime, anywhere and anyplace who calls More websites; http://www.firesafety.org http://www.bsef.com http://www.nofc.forestry.ca/fire/fmn http://www.texas.gov/agency/411.html http://www.concentric.net/~fiam http://www.middlebury.net/firesafe http://www.vita.org/disaster/fire.html http://www.firesafe.com http://www.firewise.org http://www.wionline.com/ics http://www.iafc.org http://www.iaffhazmat.org http://www.ibase.org.br/~esfao/cb.html In Spanish http://www.wildlandfirefighter.com This is just one thing we are doing to stay on top of the fire and drought situations forthcoming. We will always stay on top and be prepared for events and continually use the adversities caused by mother natures as opportunities for our team to grow. We call this the power of presence. While CA car washes battle consumer backlash to price increases of up to five dollars since Oct. of 2000, now they may have to increase again as water rationing may cause another tripling affect in increased water prices. States such as Texas are having people buy up water rights and talking about a sliding scale of $800 per acre-foot and El Paso at $1400 per acre-foot to deliver the water by pump. In the May 26 issue of the Economist there was an article Called pay up or dry up talking about the problem in Texas as populations increase, business booms and water dries up. T. Boone Pickens is no dummy either having been caught buying up water rights and agreeing to buy water now at a predetermined price in the future from those water rights owners who do not wish to sell in Western TX. I see someone else has been studying supply side situation this as well. Imagine cornering the lifeline to all major Western Texas cities. Sounds like US Filter in CA. There is big business in lives essentials. Without water in the desert you die. So as it becomes scarce it increases rapidly in value. So with that known we become more efficient and we may be the only car washing service available to wash cars and still retain a profit. This is why we accidentally blew up a dam in Iraq a few years ago and said it was a stray missile that missed its target. We are not stupid, it is all logistics, similar to an embargo. If the water lifeline is cut off and one person controls the water rights, that person will send his advanced purchase prices into outer space in a few years. Talk about making money. And as ground water is taken out and aquifers dry up, cavities are created unfilled and we know that that is a problem with Earthquakes as under ground cavities collapse. Imagine a situation like that happening in UT during the Winter Olympics causing a slide big enough to trigger the Big Fault line underneath the city? Is this a crazy notion? Well remember the Coalinga Earthquake in Central CA after all the oil was removed from the ground? So where do the Wash Guys stand in all this? On top. Again. More information at http://www.drought.noaa.gov/ Read today that May was the hottest in 137 years in Northern NV. Las Vegas had 27 consecutive days in the 100s. Phoenix also hottest. Reno set a 113 year old record. 8 degrees average hotter this year in NV. Causing a situation for Hydro Plants due to record low level rains this year in NV and also elsewhere in OR, CA, AZ, etc. Elko NV set two records this month already. We believe that since we are the worlds best carwash solution that we will take control of this market and never let go.

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