I know I've whined about the radium in our water supply before...heck, I'm the one that called the DNR and had Well #12 shut down because of the proximity of the waste dumps...if you can't build the DMV on the same site because of the ground water contamination from the Superfund Dump Sites, you shouldn't be pumping the water into our taps either...
They put a flier in with our water bill telling us that the radium exceeds federal standards, like that protects us or something...PFM...ask me what it means if you don't know. Is it a hazard? I dunno. But I, my daughter, a cat and a dog all had thyroid woes...hmmmm...and some cancers that I can track.
The Mayor wants to pump water in from Lake Michigan. He's a nice guy, but he should get out more: after a heavy rain you can see big brown slicks of human waste floating in huge patches inside the breakwater with scattered "silver fish" floating..."silver fish" being a euphemism for used condoms...
so, being bored, I wrote a semi-literate letter in my best waukesha-ese and sent it to the Waukesha Water Utility. This should be fun. It follows:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/pharmawater_i;_ylt=AsnBJRQHcynChtmPnPhlSRes0NUE
Does Waukesha check for pharmaceuticals in its drinking water? We have a lot of old people and people on antidepressants in this area
and what about radioactivity (not radium)? Recently I had I-131 for thyroid cancer and because they no longer keep us "hot" people in isolation in the hospital, we flush our wastes into the city sewer. Do you monitor this? We're supposed to stay in isolation but you know people, the rules are for the other guy.
and the water still tastes TERRIBLE. and it smells like chemicals, not chlorine. I hate showering in it, and forget making coffee ...ugh. "Blended water", indeed. Blended with what is what I'd like to know.
They're really not going to allow "green burials" at Prairie Home Cemetery, are they? Because if I can't plant my dead pets in my backyard because of possible ground water contamination, I cannot imagine untreated human remains in the ground could be much better. Grandma is a little bigger than a canary. That is a municipal cemetery inside city limits near industrial and residential areas. Who comes up with these bright ideas?....
(end of ignoranus letter...yes, ignoranus = dumb @sshole. The place is populated with them I tell ya!)
can't wait for the response. No response? It goes to the Waukesha Freeskin next. It definitely goes into my "other blog"
heh.
Sunday, March 9, 2008
Saturday, March 1, 2008
I woke up to a trainwreck in my front yard...
Waukesha Train Wreck
By Stephanie Graham
Story Updated: Mar 1, 2008
WAUKESHA - Waukesha Police say a Canadian Pacific train hit the back of a semi on College Avenue near Maple Street around 8 a.m. Saturday. The flatbed truck was carrying concrete to a building site at Carroll College. Police say the rig got stuck on the tracks, and the train couldn't stop in time. The engine of the train hit the back of the flatbed. The 72-year-old male driver appears to be OK. He was taken to Waukesha Memorial Hospital to be checked out. The train engine is totaled, so a new engine will have to be brought in to remove the train. The intersection will be closed for awhile.
http://www.620wtmj.com/news/local/16144257.html
...ah, I see March is off to a whizbang start for me...as always...
Well, let's get a few facts straight...it is NOT Carroll College. It is a private developer who says it is housing for Carroll College students...affiliated with the College? dunno. I'm betting CC will disavow all relationship after this clusterfark. I do know who is building it..son of ex-state senator and local businessman...and i'm way too polite to mention politics. Do your own homework.
Non-union project.
Betting non-union driver...and what is a 72 year old man doing jockeying a load that big on active train tracks at 8 am on a Saturday, solo? It didn't get "stuck"...it was where it shouldn't have been at a time it should not have been there. Pure and simple.
No one was injured, and that is the good news.
The bad news is there is massive property damage.
I have been opposed to this project from the beginning as have many of my neighbors, but given the principals involved, we knew it was going to be ramrodded down our throats. The workers have been cluttering our snow-snagged streets and making for an unsafe way off Hinman onto College Avenue...obstructed...and terrible. Only a matter of time before something bad happens there too.
They work on Sundays. What kind of "good Christian" works their people on Sundays? Are they paying them doubletime? I know, no law says you HAVE TO. always the "law"....
But then there is the Law of the Universe....
On a more positive note, the building project will be a good thing for college students; they won't have to travel quite so far for their drugs....but that's a whole 'nother rant.and I am x-posting to my other blog "o waukesha"
EVEN MORE INTERESTING EDIT:http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/16144037.html
where it says:
Train Hits Truck in Waukesha
Sean O'Flaherty
WAUKESHA - A northbound Canadian Pacific train struck the back of a semi truck on College Ave. near Maple Street on Saturday morning.Police say the flat bed truck was hauling concrete forms to a building site at Carroll College.The truck backed up on to the tracks for some reason and then the railroad gates came down. The driver could not get his rig off the tracks quickly enough and the engine of the train hit the back of the flatbed.The 72-year-old male truck driver did not appear to be injured, but was taken to Waukesha Memorial Hospital to be checked out.The train engine was damaged too badly to be used, so another engine will have to be brought in to remove train.
The railroad intersections (that's where it ends)....
Notice how the truck "backed on to tracks for some reason and then gates came down"...uh...I live right next to those tracks and there is plenty of warning...visual and audible that there is an approaching train....it is FLAT as it approaches from the south...NO OBSTRUCTIONS TO VIEW.
hmmmm...I say, hmmmm....
By Stephanie Graham
Story Updated: Mar 1, 2008
WAUKESHA - Waukesha Police say a Canadian Pacific train hit the back of a semi on College Avenue near Maple Street around 8 a.m. Saturday. The flatbed truck was carrying concrete to a building site at Carroll College. Police say the rig got stuck on the tracks, and the train couldn't stop in time. The engine of the train hit the back of the flatbed. The 72-year-old male driver appears to be OK. He was taken to Waukesha Memorial Hospital to be checked out. The train engine is totaled, so a new engine will have to be brought in to remove the train. The intersection will be closed for awhile.
http://www.620wtmj.com/news/local/16144257.html
...ah, I see March is off to a whizbang start for me...as always...
Well, let's get a few facts straight...it is NOT Carroll College. It is a private developer who says it is housing for Carroll College students...affiliated with the College? dunno. I'm betting CC will disavow all relationship after this clusterfark. I do know who is building it..son of ex-state senator and local businessman...and i'm way too polite to mention politics. Do your own homework.
Non-union project.
Betting non-union driver...and what is a 72 year old man doing jockeying a load that big on active train tracks at 8 am on a Saturday, solo? It didn't get "stuck"...it was where it shouldn't have been at a time it should not have been there. Pure and simple.
No one was injured, and that is the good news.
The bad news is there is massive property damage.
I have been opposed to this project from the beginning as have many of my neighbors, but given the principals involved, we knew it was going to be ramrodded down our throats. The workers have been cluttering our snow-snagged streets and making for an unsafe way off Hinman onto College Avenue...obstructed...and terrible. Only a matter of time before something bad happens there too.
They work on Sundays. What kind of "good Christian" works their people on Sundays? Are they paying them doubletime? I know, no law says you HAVE TO. always the "law"....
But then there is the Law of the Universe....
On a more positive note, the building project will be a good thing for college students; they won't have to travel quite so far for their drugs....but that's a whole 'nother rant.and I am x-posting to my other blog "o waukesha"
EVEN MORE INTERESTING EDIT:http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/16144037.html
where it says:
Train Hits Truck in Waukesha
Sean O'Flaherty
WAUKESHA - A northbound Canadian Pacific train struck the back of a semi truck on College Ave. near Maple Street on Saturday morning.Police say the flat bed truck was hauling concrete forms to a building site at Carroll College.The truck backed up on to the tracks for some reason and then the railroad gates came down. The driver could not get his rig off the tracks quickly enough and the engine of the train hit the back of the flatbed.The 72-year-old male truck driver did not appear to be injured, but was taken to Waukesha Memorial Hospital to be checked out.The train engine was damaged too badly to be used, so another engine will have to be brought in to remove train.
The railroad intersections (that's where it ends)....
Notice how the truck "backed on to tracks for some reason and then gates came down"...uh...I live right next to those tracks and there is plenty of warning...visual and audible that there is an approaching train....it is FLAT as it approaches from the south...NO OBSTRUCTIONS TO VIEW.
hmmmm...I say, hmmmm....
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