Joys of infrastructure redo
September 20th, 2022
They’ve been working on redoing the storm drains, sewer, and water on Sturtevant, and it’s been really tough to concentrate, what with all the beeping and banging and clattering and now and then earthshaking BOOMS. But it got worse.
Yesterday was the day to put in our water and sewer to connect to new system, and move our meter in the basement over to the north side of the house from the southeast corner. Unreal, I had no idea how invasive that would be, took out 1/2 of our side yard, 1/2 of the plantings along the house, our big snowball that had just started blooming this year, the old one that is probably as old as the house (100years!), and had to move a just planted little apple tree (hope that survives). Just too much, after selling the trailer Saturday, couldn’t stand to hear them digging and digging, and it was not just deep, but WIDE! After they finished, they tore up the sidewalks on both sides, and loaded the big chunks into the dumpster. TOO MUCH! Can’t get any work done… I give up!
Doo, doo, dooooo, lookin’ out my front door:
And the bluff and Mississippi out the back door:
A few nights in the woods in this perfect weather, sunny, warm, and breezy, doesn’t get any better. Light rain and thunder last night, but the Wawona 6 is made for it. As I told lil’ bro’ David, camping doesn’t have to be cold, wet, and on the ground!
And plenty of office space too!
And did I mention that they’ve opened the new bathrooms at Frontenac, complete with dishwashing sinks? How cool is that!
DOE’s Consent-Based Siting RFI Summary
September 16th, 2022
Whose brilliant idea was this? Think about it — what community would consent to siting of nuclear waste in the neighborhood? Been there, done that, with Xcel Energy f/k/a Northern States Power’s proposal to site nuclear waste in Florence Township, on the shore of the Mississippi, in an alfalfa field, next to the Sportsman’s Club/Community Center, and Wells Creek. Yeah, great idea… NOT.
Here is their summary of comments received:
Wisconsin Xmsn Application Filing Requirements
September 15th, 2022
Today, Comments were due (1:30 p.m., whew, just under the wire):
This is regarding the Wisconsin Public Service Commission’s Application Filing Requirements. To look at the docket, go HERE – DOCKET SEARCH and search for 5-AFR-100.
It looks like other than DATCP (DATCP Comments) and ATC (American Transmission Company Comments on Proposed Application Filing Requirements for Transmission Line Projects), I’m the only one filing comments.
HOW CAN THIS BE?
Oh, but wait, look at this on the notice:
Here’s the full notice:
My Pillow and Hardee’s!
September 14th, 2022
UPDATE: It keeps getting more hilarious (and I’m so glad someone else watches this crap so I don’t have to, UGH):
Last night was SNORTING OUT LOUD, SOL SOL SOL, and now, just cannot stop grinning, it’s so hilarious. Can’t make this up. WHERE IS THE VIDEO?!?!
And an update:
From the Minnesota Reformer:
Mike Lindell says the FBI seized his cell phone at a Mankato Hardee’s
And the hole he’s digging just keeps getting deeper and deeper:
Comments – Badlands Nat’l Park air tour plan
September 10th, 2022
The National Park Service and the Federal Aviation Administratio, have announced an open period for Comments on its “air tour management plan.” And here is the scoping document with “potential alternatives for public comment,” rather short and sweet as these things go:
AIR TOUR MANAGEMENT PLAN
The “No Action Alternative” would be to continue air tours as have been happening, to recap:
Here’s the park, not that the tours are staying in the “North Unit” and not venturing into the “South Unit” operated jointly by the National Park Service and Oglala Sioux Tribe:
Check out the alternatives — what do you think?
Comments are due by 11:59 p.m. on October 6, 2022, and there’s no email option. Comments may be sent online using the park’s system at https://parkplanning.nps.gov/BadlandsATMP
… or use the form at the end of the plan, and send in writing to:
I have a soft spot for the Badlands, having been there in my “formative years,” and a few times since. When thinking of the Badlands, what floods into my brain is what a struggle it was for us, moi at 8 years old, to set up our BIGLY HUGE family tent trailer, “Sunny,” in a torrential rain, in the dark, with mud up to our ankles.
It was such a mess, wind soaking the tent, and blowing it around as we tried to set up. I remember my father trying to pound stakes into the mud, the wind blowing and we were all soaked… maybe that’s part of why my lil’ bro’ hates camping, and yet it fascinates me?!?!?! The Badlands can be so hellishly hot, but for sure that was NOT our August 1964 experience!!
From the photos and google earth, I’m guessing we were at the Sage Creek campground.
On the way to the Badlands, circa 2007, lots of white butts…
And 2016, even closer:
Lots of these cute little guys:
And of course nearby in Custer State Park, VERY nearby, close enough to be wary:
And don’t forget the Minuteman Missile National Historical Site, Interestate 90 at the 131 exit, where you can push the nuclear button:
