Read the article. Summarize the main idea from this story. Do you think the rest of Los Angeles may face a similar problem? Why or why not. Please use evidence from the text in your response. Respond to at least two other student entries.
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Arlon
5/14/2015 08:13:50 am
The main idea of the story is how Catalina Island has to ration the amount of water because the drought and how the land has become dry and a desert like.They have rationed water so much that they only use a bout 1 tenth of water for baths.
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Benicio
5/14/2015 08:52:54 am
I agree with you Arlon because what you said is true and that island is in a pretty big drought
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Justine
5/14/2015 10:08:30 am
I agree with you because the people there do have to lower their water usage.
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Ryan
5/14/2015 08:17:36 am
The main idea of this story is about how there is a drought happening. What people are doing and different businesses are doing to save water because of the drought that is happening. Hotels are cutting down their laundry system, restaurants are using paper plates so they don't need t wash their dishes, constructions are getting put down on hold. in the article it states all of what is happening to save water."Hotels are shipping laundry to the mainland for washing, contractors are mixing cement with water they import by barge and residents are squaring off with developers over choices between rationing and curbing growth." I also think that Los Angeles as a somewhat same problem but it is not as worse. Los Angles is also having a drought . The reason that it is similar is because we are also cutting down the use of water that we can have. Although it is not such that much of a problem since Los Angeles doesn't have to use paper plates in restaurants etc.
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Celeste
5/14/2015 08:19:16 am
I think that the main idea is that Catalina wants to do some building to attract more tourists but building needs water and that's what they don't have. I think that some day we will indeed face this problem; Catalina has a drought and so do we.
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Natasha
5/14/2015 08:51:51 am
I agree with you, Celeste. We will have this problem someday, but I don't think that Catalina needs buildings for tourists, because most people stay there for a day.
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Aidan
5/14/2015 08:31:22 am
What I think is the main idea of the story is that Catalina need more water because there is a drought there too. LA is not the only place with a drought. All over Catalina needs water and so do we.
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Natasha
5/14/2015 08:55:52 am
I agree with you, Aidan. But my question is this: Where is Catalina going to get the water? I seriously doubt that Los Angeles is going to be saying " Oh, Catalina, since you are so amazing, you can have some of our water supply. Please, take it . It's the least we can do."
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Wolfvoelker6789
5/14/2015 09:47:11 am
I think we all gotta agree with that right? (I agree with you!)
JordenChristianTiritlli.:]
5/14/2015 08:39:20 am
The main idea of the article is to say how Catalina has to short down there water usage. This may happen in Los Angeles with a stage 2, or 3 drought happening. If this happens we would DEFINENTLY have to do things different ways. In Catalina the people who own the land decide what gets build or not and were planning on making a Vons Market and a Museum right in the middle of the drought. I think tha may be a bad idea b/c it will use up most of the water and people would suffer. I think they should put the idea on hold and would have to be prapared for a stage 3 or 4 drought.
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Benicio
5/14/2015 08:56:16 am
I sort of agree with you except it is about the drought and not so much about the water usage
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Natasha
5/14/2015 08:49:30 am
The main idea of the text is that Catalina Island is in a huge drought, so the residents have to cut their water usage by 50% by October. The residents don't think it's fair because the tourists can use all the water they want, and the residents are limited to their water supply. The rest of LA will face a similar problem because we also take water for granted. Some people take baths every single day, and other people take extra long showers everyday. we already have a drought, but not one as serious as Catalina. How is Catalina in such a big drought when it is surrounded by the ocean? I think that Catalina residents are going to get very mad that their water supply is limited, and they are going to be driven crazy. Other's don't know what to do. "' I beg you, this problem has got to be fixed because my life and the life of my family and the lives of my employees depend on the decisions you guys make', Strege said.' We're scared."'
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Connie
5/14/2015 11:11:27 am
I agree, Natasha, that the people in Catalina Island are suffering. I think that the future of CA might be the same. Most of CA are trying to recycle or use less drinkable water, so we don't waste it. Though, it's true that some people do use a lot of water every day by taking longer baths, etc.
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BRIAN BRIAN BRIAN
5/14/2015 08:53:16 am
I don't think Los Angles will face the same problem because people they might move because now water is scares and will be expense. And they might even try hard to save water or someone will make a machine that turns salt water to fresh water and using that machine might even be not expence.
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nola
5/14/2015 09:31:48 am
The main idea of this article is to lower the usage of water on Catalina. It says that the residents on Catalina have to shorten their water usage by 50% by October. These residents don't think it has fair equality because they only get to use the water supply that's given, but the land owners don't realize that the tourists are using as much water as they like. "They would require ratepayers to slice water use by 50% or face penalties on their monthly bills." "They would require ratepayers to slice water use by 50% or face penalties on their monthly bills." This shows that because of the severe drought peoples water bills are increasing and are being cut out of using water. Despite it being an island, Catalina is in a drought. "A desalination plant provides about 80% of the roughly 250,000 gallons of water consumed on the island each day during the slow winter months, with the rest coming from groundwater aquifers, officials said." This proves that it doesn't really matter about if it's an island or not it matters about the desalination and the water usage.
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Minerva
5/14/2015 12:40:44 pm
I agree with you, but your last sentence, I agree with %50. "...it doesn't really matter about if it's an island or not it matters about the desalination and the water usage." That is sort of wrong because it does matter if it is and island. Island have to import water by barge. But on second thought, L.A. might have to import water too if the drought gets that bad.
Cara
5/14/2015 12:48:13 pm
I agree. But I really do think it matters if it's an island or not. Catalina is surrounded by salt water.
Jay
5/14/2015 10:56:18 am
I disagree with you Brian because Los Angeles is already in a drought and it can get bigger and bigger!!
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Gael
5/14/2015 11:32:46 am
i agree brian they alteady have made a amachine like that and it is expensive so if it gets real bad, the drought, we will use it for free
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Minerva
5/14/2015 12:48:00 pm
That "machine" has already been made. It is called a desalination plant. It is where machines turn salt water into freshwater. But then all the salty water goes back into the ocean, damaging the environment and hurting the fish and other animals. Also, we had a Newsela before on desalination called "Fresh drinking water soon on its way to California."
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Benicio
5/14/2015 09:18:47 am
The main idea of this article was the fact that Avalon is in a drought and it could resemble in a major or minor problem. That drought is about the same as our drought here in California. We have tried to control our problem but we have not found a solution yet. They have had water shipped from near the Colorado River. Our problem has not come to that yet, but if that didn't happen, the similarities are endless. I do not think that Los Angeles will have a similar solution but they are pretty much identical.
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Justine
5/14/2015 10:07:17 am
I do not agree with you because you said that Catalina's drought is as bad as LA's and it isn't.
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julian broken bone
5/14/2015 09:21:04 am
i think the main is that maybe catalina has a even bigger drought than the rest of california. especially since catalina is so small, is is probably more critical than california. la faces the same problem because california is in a drought.
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Gael
5/14/2015 11:28:59 am
I agree Julian Catilina is smaller than here and they need to get real serious about their drought.
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Wolfvoelker6789
5/14/2015 09:44:46 am
I think the main idea of the story is that are California drought is taking effect of Catalina as well and it is causing some serious problems. (Example:)"Under stage 3 restrictions, even the best restaurants will use paper plates to avoid washing dishes, construction projects will be put on hold, and hotels are forced to close laundry services and shutter rooms." Can you see the problem?! The drought is everywhere on the west coast; even on channel islands. Our climate is changing in a bad way for sure.
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Justine
5/14/2015 10:05:03 am
The main idea of this article is the drought in Catalina. I know that the drought there is a lot worse than the one in Los Angeles because they have to borrow water from the Colorado River and we don't have to ship water in from other places. In the article it says,"DWP dispenses the Colorado River water from a fire hydrant in Wilmington. Barges ferry the water to Catalina in 275-gallon plastic totes..." I think that LA could end up in such a serious drought if we don't try to prevent it, but we are working on using less water so it probably won't get that bad.
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jahdiel
5/14/2015 10:54:38 am
I agree with you Justine because I also think that the main idea of the article is the drought in Catillina.
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charlotte
5/14/2015 10:27:48 am
I think that the main idea of the article is that Catalina is making some really strict rules on water conservation because of how scarce it is. It's also talking about how people aren't very happy about how small amount of water that they're aloud to use. The government is no longer allowing it's citizens to to have showers more than 3 minutes, long, it's restaurants can only serve with paper plates, to avoid washing dishes, and they're cutting water usage for many other things down to very low %s. Even drinking water isn't supposed to be used a lot during the day! People aren't happy abut this, because it's making life a lot harder than they'd like. Some people are worried, because the government is saying that they might have to bring the cutting of water usage to stage three, which would be harder than it already is. In the text, it says, "Even the best restaurants will use paper plates to avoid washing dishes. " I think that if the California drought doesn't end quickly, then we might have to do the same. Maybe for now, we should make simpler rules, like shorter shower, and things that aren't as strict. We should also start puttig an end to global warming by using cars that run on electricity, and finding a way to use less gases in factories too. If we want to keep from having rules as strict as that, we need to be more careful with how much gas and water we use.
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Connie
5/14/2015 11:02:50 am
I agree with you, because I too think that in the future, LA might need to be the same as Catalina island if no body fixes the CA drought. I don't want to be like that, too. So I agree with you that people here need to be more cautious when using a certain amount of water.
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Minerva
5/14/2015 12:36:58 pm
Cool, Charlotte. You're thinking big! Not just water conservation! End global warming! Great response.
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jahdiel
5/14/2015 10:52:17 am
The main idea of the story is how Catalina Island has to use less water. In the article it says that there is a museum in construction. A person said that they want to see the museum open, but not at the cost of people having to take 3 minute showers just because they have 8 sinks! California might have a similar problem because we are in a drought so we have to save a lot of water.The article said they need to get plants that do not use so much water. California is also doing that!
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Connie
5/14/2015 10:55:01 am
I think the main idea of the article is that the drought in Catalina Island is causing problems, so people there are trying to find a solution. In the passage, it was written," Signs of drought and anxiety are everywhere in this quaint harbor town." The people were trying to use less water so that there would be more water to drink. In the text, the author wrote," Under stage 3 restrictions, even the best restaurants would use paper plates to avoid washing dishes, construction projects will be put on hold, and hotels say they will be force to close laundry services.........." Though, in the end, the DWP would provide recycled water if they asked. Also, I think the rest of Los Angeles would face a similar problem, because we too have a CA drought. So far, like Catalina Island, the people in LA are trying to use less water. Sometimes, we would recycle it. In the future, it might be like Catalina Island, since there might be even less water. Restaurants might too use paper plates. Without precious drinking water, soon people would suffer. The heat in CA is getting hotter but the water in LA is decreasing, instead. Life would be much harder! In the article, the author wrote that Kevin Stege said that he wanted this problem to be fixed and he and the people around him depend on it. I'm pretty CA would think the same.
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Cara
5/14/2015 12:46:20 pm
I agree, Connie. People are very unhappy to have to cut thier water usage. The drought in Catalina is causing alot of problems.
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Gael
5/14/2015 11:26:20 am
I think the main idea of the article ror me was that Catalina Island is facing a serious drought people have to conserve their water. When the drought got worse it went to Stage 1 which is saving 25% of thier water and people got more scared and the hotels gave people a slip to save water. When it got really bad People had to save 50% of their water. The person who bought Catalina Island Wrigley had a vineyard that used millions of gallons. He refused to stop watering it. If people dont start conserving says the article they have to pay the consequences of their water bill. I think the California drought will be like this for instance in the article it says that rhey have to conserve 25% then 50% and something. I think Eric Garcetti will so the same thing about conserving. I also think that California will try to get water frim other states like it says in the article
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jacob
5/14/2015 11:52:57 am
I think the main idea was that Catalina has a serious drought. And Catalina has a more serious drought than California. They are trying to fix the problem. And they have to use less water for a bath and a shower. Even the hotel or the restaurant it think they showed a posted about saving water. That is why about every restaurant has to use paper plate because of the water if you use glass then you have to wash it that is why. We are luckier than Catalina because we use glass plate and then we get to wash it. And people are totally not happy because this is a serious problem and if you use more water than there would be no water for Catalina. And they use water for this vine yard.
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Minerva
5/14/2015 12:33:52 pm
I think the main idea is that the drought in Catalina is causing bad things to happen and islanders are looking for a solution. This leads to strict rules like "proposals of the construction of more desalination plants" and "even the best restaurants will use paper plates to avoid washing dishes, construction projects will be put on hold, and hotels will be forced to close laundry services..." Also, Catalina is "shipping laundry to the mainland for washing" and sending water by barge to the island from the Colorado River. L.A. may face a similar problem, except that we will not import water from ourselves, for we hardly have any water! But we may have to import water from other wetter places and we will probably go to Stage 3 rationing, because we already cut our water by 25%. Stage 3 restrictions require us to "cut our water use by 50% or face penalties on our monthly bills" according to the text.
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Cara
5/14/2015 12:41:48 pm
The main idea is that Catalina is in a very serious and severe drought. They have to shorten thier water usage by about 50%. It says in the article,"They would require ratepayers to slice water use by 50% or face penalties on their monthly bills." Even the best restaurants have to use paper plates to avoid washing the glass. I think CA is facing the same problem even though our drought is not as severe. We are in a big drought and we need to save water. Maybe CA and Catalina can get water from other states that have alot of water.
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Ashley :) :(
5/14/2015 02:17:53 pm
I agree with you Cara because if I were in Catalina I would so shocked I might faint in horror. Just like you said in your response maybe LA and Catalina Island might get water from other states that has a lot more water than LA and Catalina Island.
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Sasha
5/14/2015 01:42:04 pm
The main idea in this article is how Catalina Island is in a more severe drought than us. They might have to cuttheir water usage by 50%!!! The restraints have to use paper plates and they even have to ship there clothing to Los Angeles to get washed.I thought that we were in a very bad drought however when I heard about Catalina's case I coudlve passed out!!!! When I heard they have to limit their showers to 3 minutes I thought how was I going to shampoo and condition my hair like this.
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Elena ( YAH first orchestra performance )
5/14/2015 01:47:27 pm
I think that the main idea of the article is that Catalina is making some really strict rules on water saving because of how little there is of it. Catilina has to shorten their water usage by %50. "Under Stage 3 restrictions, even the best restaurants will use paper plates to avoid washing dishes, construction projects will be put on hold, and hotels say they will be forced to close laundry services and shutter rooms,......." All Catilina is worried about losing their best source of food to survive. The people are scarcely using water. And I do not think this is like the california drought because Catilinas drought is more severe. California is using about %90 percent of thier water.
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Ashley :) :(
5/14/2015 02:12:52 pm
Great job using text evidence from the article. I also agree with you because Los Angeles is just a drought but Catalina has a huger and massive drought. If I were living in Catalina Island, I would just be shocked of what happened to my dear home on Catalina Island.
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Violet Borsay
5/14/2015 01:57:12 pm
I Think that the main idea to this article is that Catalina is in a serious drought but not every one thinks of it and does many things that use a lot of water so then they make many buildings.Even though it uses a lot of water.Also wasting water will make the drought worse then it already is .Don't they know that already.Well any way,now that they have shortened their usage they should also try other things like catching rain water when it dose rain and to stop misusing the water , also more buildings take up a lot of air and they also help Global Warming. When it comes to trying to fix a problem some do the opposite . In the article it states," At contentious City Council meetings, homeowners question the construction of new visitor attractions and proposals to construct more desalination plants, whose costs would be passed on to customers who already pay higher rates than mainlanders. Business owners accuse the city of not being aggressive enough in seeking grants that could offset drought-related costs and of delaying approval of building permits.
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Ashley :) :(
5/14/2015 02:07:07 pm
The main idea of this story is about Catalina Island's major big problem, the problem is that Catalina Island has a big terrible drought. More worst than Los Angeles' drought. I think that Los Angeles will face the same problem as Catalina Island because people in Los Angeles needs to conserve more water. Then in the future there will be only a little amount of water. So like Catalina Island, they would have to use only 1/10 of water to take a bath. I would not like to imagine that. I can make a connection with Mrs. Chenu and her family in Catalina Island used like literally about 1/10 amount of water to take a bath! So we also have to be really careful about our water usage.
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Tommy
5/21/2015 10:33:55 am
The main idea is that Catalina has a very big drought and that inorder to save water they need to cut their water usage by half witch that means that you'd have to use alot less water to be secure. Los Angeles has the same problem we also have to save water just like catalina island!
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