July 8, 2000
Handwritten note from Steve Baer to Bruce (W. Davis), written the same day as the Corrales Comment irrigation column was published.
Bruce —
Here's my advice about engineering for slobs (like me — like us)
Not a peep from anyone in response.
I suppose most regard it as offensiveSteve
and I have more on H₂O if it interests you. In fact a nightmare about getting it straight out of our air.
The note confirms the irrigation piece landed without public response and that Baer regarded it as provocative. The postscript — "more on H₂O... getting it straight out of our air" — is an early pointer toward the desiccation satire that became "Sunny Days Ahead!" (July 2000).
Source: Steve Baer, handwritten note to Bruce W. Davis, July 8, 2000. Transcribed from scan.
PDF: 2000-07-08_response_to_baer.pdf