Re: Cumbres Water

Greg Scholl Wrote:
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> Back in the 90's I was scouting some spots for my
> 1993 charter, and Gerald Blea(C&TS Employee), saw
> me walking and asked if I wanted to ride with him.
> This was before the rotary run, and he had to
> check some stuff. He filled up his bottles at
> Cumbers, like you guys had mentioned. But, then
> he told me a story of how one time in the recent
> past they opened up the cistern and found a dead
> goat or some other animal in there!!! Doesn't
> make that water seem so good now does it!!!
> Greg

I'll do you one better Greg, about 10 or so years ago a guy who lived in the San Diego area called his wife on the cell phone telling her "he was leaving Palmdale Calif and would be home in about an hour". He was never heard from again, they searched for months with no luck. About a year later some lawyer who liked to solve mysteries read the story an did some detective work himself. He suggested that authorities check the Calif aqueduct that runs under the freeway and see if that guy had driven his Explorer onto the freeway from an OFFRAMP and was driving against traffic and into the aqueduct. It turned out his hunch was correct and they found the Ford Explorer with the skeletal remains of that poor guy. How would you feel drinking that water as the Calif. aqueduct serves MILLIONS of people in So. Calif......