The tall spiky trees look more like spruce.

2/2 Overestimation was driven by assumptions of stable per capita demand, while actual per capita water demand declined by 1.9% annually
Water demand management incentives increased from 2000 to 2020, with outdoor non-voluntary incentives and rebates emerging as dominant tools

Looks like this time, instead of the union voting to strike, the owner/operator is going for a lockout.

2/ Turning Democrats into the vehicle for this coalition will take a struggle — a bruising, messy contest to seize the reins from a party establishment that will be scrambling for its life. But working people fight much harder battles every day. It’s about time they had somebody in their corner.

Nope, not a gift link. :'(

It's even more 'special' when your start up a little draw on Victoria Island to see what kind of rock is exposed in an outcrop ~100m up there and a polar bear strolls out and cuts off your view. I may have a photo stashed somewhere (I never throw anything out), but I was 22 then and I'm 82 now.

Thus disarming a very large Democratic leaning state! :'(

"Resistance is futile!" - The Borg Collective

I copied it for Fb folks. Thanks, Cheryl.