pearl wrote:
"Jim Webster" wrote in message ...

They were running short of water before climate change became an issue.

The climate was changing before it became 'an issue'.

Oh yes indeed. I can remember when informed scientific opinion claimed
we were heading for a new ice age. That would presumably have meant
lots more water, before it all froze. Not that long ago either.

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