Pray for Rain Page #3

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Dispatcher

sheriff, we've got a code 63...

In progress at the Murphy farm.

All right, 10-4. I'm on my way.

I'm sorry, Emma, I gotta go.

I'm going with you.

Your dad butted heads

with some politicians...

And environmentalists,

but the only guy...

He had a long standing beef

with was Patrick waring.

That heated up again recently...

When waring started pressuring

other farmers to sell.

You can't drill into this

aquifer!

The land is sinking

a foot a year!

Yeah!

Time's up, okay! So get the hell

off my property!

This water that you want

to pump is 20,000 years old.

It's gonna take decades

to replace!

It's farmers like you

who are the problem.

You know what? Why don't you

replace that.

Come on!

Don't push me!

Don't push me!

Get off...

Hey! Hey! Cool it!

Come on!

You okay?

Yeah, thanks.

Break it up! Cool it! Cool it!

I said cool it! You...

Get off my property!

Enough! This is private

property.

You want to protest drilling?

Do it from across the road.

You trespass or vandalize

this property again...

And I will lock you up.

Great. Arrest me. It gives more

attention to our cause.

Oh yeah? You sure you all wanna

spend time in county...

With a bunch of pissed-off

farmers...

Who got there fighting

over water?

Babe.

All right, let's pack it up,

you guys!

We made our voices heard here

today! That's what matters.

Here-here.

This isn't over.

Let's go.

Back up.

You okay, sweetie?

Yeah, I'm okay.

All right, guys, let's get to

work. Thanks.

Excuse me, has this happened

before?

Oh, yeah, once or twice.

They're protestors, so they're

gonna protest.

I'm crash Murphy. We weren't

properly introduced.

Hi, I'm Emma. You're very young

to be doing this.

I studied agriculture at uc

Berkeley...

And then I invested in this

farm. Perfect timing, right?

Your dad, he talked about you

a lot. Sorry for your loss.

Thank you.

He said you were a reporter.

I guess you can call

what I do reporting.

Okay. Well, this is what you

should be reporting on.

What, the drought making people

crazy?

Well, the drought is horrible.

Never thought it'd last this

long...

But now it's only part

of the problem.

It's the damn pumps.

What pumps?

The pumps up at the delta.

There's plenty of water there.

It's just not coming here.

I thought you would have

known this.

Your father did everything

he could...

To get those pumps turned on.

He petitioned the governor,

he wrote editorials...

And spoke before California

water agencies.

He was making a lot of noise.

Do you think you could show me

these pumps?

Okay, so, this facility takes

water from the delta below...

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