Archives for January 2007
Coal Plant vs Electric City Power
So there is a lot going on with these issues.
There are the environmental pro’s and con’s, we have treehuggers demanding that we not pollute our air and water with emissions from a coal plant. We have industry experts, this is safe, it will not harm you!
We have warnings about eating to many locally caught fish […]
Power
Well, I’ve been reading things again. Was over on the City website, nosing about, (Dec minutes of ECP are up) read the SME report again. You know what gets me about that report? No? Hmm.
Had to go read up on the Tribune coverage and comments and all. I might have to start commenting more over […]
Ohh, look
River pictures!
& I think these guys forgot something when they left.
Mom, can we please get some Flome for me?
Flome is a potentially dangerous product, with characteristics similar to PlayDough, another potentially dangerous product. However, they are only dangerous if actually purchased and brought into the home, where the containers can be opened and the product released into the environment, creating scattered pockets of hard colored material, which, when ingested by the stupid dog, […]
I have so many subjects percolating in my little b…
I have so many subjects percolating in my little brain, and little time or opportunity to get them out. Here is a start.
I started reading bills in the Legislature the other day. It started out simply enough, I just wanted to see what the fuss was about with this. Then I find all sorts of […]
Fifty-one years ago, Herman James, a North Carolin…
Fifty-one years ago, Herman James, a North Carolina mountain man, was drafted by the U.S. Army.
On his first day in basic training, the Army issued him a comb.
That afternoon, the Army barber sheared off all his hair.
On his second day, the Army issued Herman a toothbrush.
That afternoon, the Army dentist yanked seven of his teeth.
On […]
Very little time….
to blog lately. Christmas was good, the New Year is starting out well. A new direction in my life, which I am really liking so far. Hopefully, I can do it well, and continue with it down the road. Maybe my alleged attitude problem won’t be an issue, I dunno, the boss can be a […]
That’s a lot of water.
Pulled from the river:
2,500 gallons per minute
150,000 gallons per hour
1,200,000 gallons in 8 hours
3,600,000 gallons in 24 hours
Returned to the river:
180 gallons per minute
10,800 gallons per hour
66,400 in 8 hours
259,200 in 24 hours
total water permanently removed from the river system
2,320 gallons per minute
139,200 gallons per hour
1,113,600 gallons in 8 hours
3,340,800 gallons in 24 hours
And a […]
I see the Tribune has a story up on some of the things that happened locally in 2006.
Fastest public career changer
Justice of the Peace Sam Harris appeared to be firmly ensconced in his position as a Cascade County judge.
Then the public learned Harris had been making injudicial remarks about various groups — even about people for whom he performed marriage ceremonies — on an Internet chat room for years.
The Electric City Weblog […]