ApocaDocs: Spanish fear day when tap will run dry

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Posted Mon Aug 18 2008: from Chicago Tribune:


	Spanish fear day when tap will run dry http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1219081635 "BARCELONA, Spain -- Water woes spiraled to such depths this year that the top regional environment minister here -- a confirmed agnostic -- confessed to climbing the stony shrine of the Virgin of Montserrat for a bit of solace. Winter rains refused to fall, shriveling reserves to severe drought levels and prompting a water shipment from France. Catalonia's go-to guy for the environment, Francesc Baltasar, told local radio that fear made for a quick, if dubious, epiphany at the feet of the Virgin Mary."

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If we can just get the Virgin Mary statue to start weeping, our water worries are over!