Robert S. Kerr. Kerr-McGee Reps Discuss Cleanup of Treatment Plant Site
DO YOU REALIZE THE PROFITS THESE COMPANY MAKE? Kerr-Magee? This is the irreverence they have toward the laws of this country and the people those laws protect. Is it any wonder they could not care less about the demise of a plant?

November 14, 2003

The residents of Avoca Borough met with officials to discuss the contamination of Kerr-McGee's property, including testing and cleanup of the site to comply with the state's land recycling program. Kerr-McGee company representative Robert Pounds and Joseph Brogna of the state Department of Environmental Protection were on hand, and heard from borough officials and residents, many of whom voiced concerns about exposure to toxins. The Oklahoma-based company used the site to pressure-treat wood for railroad ties, closing in 1996 after 32 years in operation.

Although officials from Kerr-McGee claim to have only learned about contamination on the property in the past few years, many residents, including Councilwoman Mary Ann Tigue, found it difficult to believe that the company was unaware of the carcinogens it released into the air and groundwater. A Luzerne County judge recently approved 29 out-of-court settlements, the largest for $450,000 in a wrongful death lawsuit. The company also settled another wrongful death suit for $234,550. Over 1,000 residents concerned about the health effects of the plant have joined class action lawsuits against Kerr-McGee.

The suits claim that plant workers used benzene, arsenic, and creosote (all classified by the EPA as probable carcinogens) to pressure-treat railroad ties, which were then left outside to dry. The rain and wind conditions caused the treated would to emit odors and toxins, contaminating air, soil, and groundwater.

The representative claimed that plans to clean up the property, and has entered an agreement with the state that would allow Kerr-McGee to avoid liability if the land is cleaned to the state's satisfaction. After passing inspection, the property could once again be used as an industrial or commercial operation.

Dean A. McGee, close up of a corporate killer.

"Her Deepness" needs retirement.

Mr. Mcgee and Mr. Kerr. Two men irreverent enough toward life to demise Earth.

Coconut Grove artist Freda Tschumy rests behind her work depicting environmentalist Marjory Stoneman Douglas seated on a bench. MARICE COHN BAND/HERALD STAFF
 

The vortices of the Southern Hemisphere reach high on the continent of South America due to the continued latent heat radiating off the southern oceans. The southern tip of South America is very near Antarctica and as a result the turbulence there is an indication there is similar weather at WAIS.  

Western Hemisphere 4.8.05. Noted the vortex flows both Northern and Southern Hemisphere. The Southern vortex still has an eddy over Uraguay. 

The Atlantic Ocean Satellite. Noted the Vortex Flow offshore North America. April 8, 2005. 

Dangers Trend? There is a strong vortex flow offshore USA East Coast. An eddy formed with it's eye over Georgia. If this is a trend due to increased Northern Hemisphere heating then stronger storms can be expected in the further as the solar radiation comes closer to the Tropic of Cancer. 

A close up of the eddy of the North American offshore vortex flow.

The World does not need MORE IRRESPONSIBLE leadership leading to higher and higher populations. Sustainable yield needs to be a priority of all governments and all FAITH Leaders. Telling people to practice reckless parenting only leads to empty bellies and starving children. The Earth’s population increased rapidly during the 20th century, exposing more people to natural hazards. During the same period the value of goods and services produced globally increased even more swiftly. So far, the growth of population and increased global wealth accounts for the increased costs of natural disasters. (Graphs by Robert Simmon, based on data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau (left) and the Worldwatch Institute (right).
 

Gross World Product (trillions of 2004 dollars) 

From 1930 to 2000, the population of Broward County, Florida, increased from 20,000 to 1,600,000 (8,000 percent), while Miami-Dade County rose from a population of 130,000 to 2,300,000 (1,800 percent). During the same period, the population of the United States as a whole only rose from 120,000,000 to 280,000,000 (230 percent). Americans are moving disproportionately into hurricane-prone areas.
 

As forecasters’ ability to predict hurricanes improves, and buildings become more resistant to high winds and waves, people become more comfortable accepting the risk of living on the coast, even though hurricanes continue to batter these areas. (Photograph courtesy Federal Emergency Management Agency
 

As Hurricane Isabel moved inland from the Atlantic coast, it pushed a surge of water northwards into the Chesapeake Bay. The storm surge flooded many cities and towns on the shores of the bay and along its low-lying tributaries, including Alexandria, Virginia. (Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response team)
 

At the height of the flooding downtown Alexandria, Virginia, was inundated by as much as 6 feet of water. Residents were allowed back to their homes only after the water had subsided. (Photograph courtesy Federal Emergancey Management Agency
 

Since 1950, the cost of natural disasters worldwide has increased dramatically. Is this increase the result of disasters increasing in frequency and severity, or is there another cause, such as the growing human population? (Graph by Robert Simmon, based on data courtesy EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database (www.em-dat.net ) Université Catholique de Louvain—Brussels, Belgium)
 

The USA is practicing CENSORSHIP !!

This is the page that was presented on a laptop I was using since 1PM yesterday. How do I know it was the USA Government CENSORING me? Because I went to open a 'PUBLIC' government website today and I was shown the same page. I guess Flim-Flam Men of the GOP can't handle the truth but only try to silence it !!

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To check your connection settings, click the Tools menu, and then click Internet Options. On the Connections tab, click Settings. The settings should match those provided by your local area network (LAN) administrator or Internet service provider (ISP).

See if your Internet connection settings are being detected. You can set Microsoft Windows to examine your network and automatically discover network connection settings (if your network administrator has enabled this setting).

Click the Tools menu, and then click Internet Options.

On the Connections tab, click LAN Settings.

Select Automatically detect settings, and then click OK.


Some sites require 128-bit connection security. Click the Help menu and then click About Internet Explorer to determine what strength security you have installed.

If you are trying to reach a secure site, make sure your Security settings can support it. Click the Tools menu, and then click Internet Options. On the Advanced tab, scroll to the Security section and check settings for SSL 2.0, SSL 3.0, TLS 1.0, PCT 1.0.

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The Indian Ocean Storms are worsening. April 8,2005. 

Pres. Moshe Katzav, left, and Syrian Pres. Bashar Assad, 2nd from right, attending the funeral for Pope John Paul II at the Vatican on Friday. (AP)
 

President Katsav and Iranian President Mohammed Khatami greeting Jordan's King Abdullah at the Pope's funeral in the Vatican on Friday. (Reuters)

Katsav: Handshakes were a matter of being polite By Yoav Stern , Haaretz Correspondent, and The Associated Press and Haaretz Service President Moshe Katsav told Channel Two television Friday that his handshakes with Syrian President Bashar Assad and Iranian President Mohammed Khatami were a matter of being polite, and had no policy implications.

Katsav: Handshakes were a matter of being polite

By Yoav Stern, Haaretz Correspondent, and The Associated Press and Haaretz Service
President Moshe Katsav told Channel Two television Friday that his handshakes with Syrian

President Bashar Assad and Iranian President Mohammed Khatami were a matter of being polite, and had no policy implications.

Katsav, who was at the Vatican as part of Israel's delegation to the funeral of Pope John Paul II, twice shook hands with Assad on Friday.

The two men were in close proximity to one another throughout the procession due to the fact that the Israel and Syrian delegations to the funeral were positioned next to one another.

Matt Hale.

Matt Hale in Jail.

Hale gets max: 40 years in prison

Red-faced with emotion and proclaiming his innocence to the end, white supremacist Matthew Hale cited the "Star-Spangled Banner," cried, yelled and pounded his fist in a two-hour courtroom argument Wednesday, desperately urging a judge to not send him away to "die in a hole."

White Supremacist Arrested in Chicagoby

Tolerance.org staff

Jan. 8, 2003 -- Matt Hale, one of the nation’s more high-profile white supremacists, was arrested today in Chicago on charges he solicited the murder of a federal judge.
Hale, 31, of East Peoria, Ill., was arrested as he arrived at a Chicago courthouse in connection with a separate matter — a contempt of court hearing related to a trademark-infringement lawsuit.

FBI official hopes Hale sentence is warningBy Matt O'ConnorTribune staff reporterPublished

April 8, 2005

The FBI boss in Chicago said Thursday he hopes white supremacist Matthew Hale's 40-year prison sentence was a stern warning that threats to the judiciary won't be tolerated.

This is Glen Canyon National Recreational Area. Normally this cavern is filled with water. It's not because of drought. This is an article in the New York Times.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/08/travel/escapes/08canyon.html?8hpib

The problem with this project is that it was mismanaged from start. The Powell Dam is constructed with walls of Navajo Sandstone. It is very porous and the areas within the sandstone like this cavern were of limestone and/or shale. Those type of rocks erode very quickly. The sandstone filled with water in it's banks before it fills the Powell Dam Reservoir. The water retained in the 'banks' and caverns are mostly unavailable for consumer use and ENHANCES the drought.

Walk, Ride the Rails, but don't FLY !!  

The Portugese Coastline April 6, 2005.
There was a headline in 'The Australian' yesterday I found very interesting.
It's a New Plan Australia is attempting to bring non-member nations of Kyoto on board.

New plan for global warming

Amanda Hodge
April 08, 2005

AUSTRALIA hopes to play a key role in bringing non-Kyoto nations into a new-generation greenhouse reduction plan by helping to broker deals with some of the world's most fossil fuel-hungry nations.

The push to draw the US and the world's fastest-growing economies - including China and India - into a new greenhouse reduction scheme is understood to be a crucial element of an alternative to the Kyoto protocol being developed by some influential industry players and policymakers.

Australia has consistently resisted pressure to ratify the protocol, which came into force last January, because of the threat posed to the economy by large developing nations, which are not required to meet emissions reduction targets in the first phase.

This is a 1999 Mustang after a wind storm at Inverness, Mass on April 6, 2005. The photographer caught the owners attempting to remove the tree piece by piece. When they finished what remained of use of the car were the wheels and engine.