tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775407527468125772.post8849208729997859176..comments2023-12-13T02:38:38.555-06:00Comments on Weedpicker's Journal:: Some "Cool" Cleveland BirdsWeedpicker Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05529273252200443042noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775407527468125772.post-48462777289527259722014-03-12T10:24:44.211-05:002014-03-12T10:24:44.211-05:00Haans made some excellent points. It is great to ...Haans made some excellent points. It is great to learn more about the big picture and the surrounding area.<br />Weedpicker Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05529273252200443042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775407527468125772.post-44509563941909166482014-03-11T21:05:08.275-05:002014-03-11T21:05:08.275-05:00Glad you got to see the Jaeger. A couple of points...Glad you got to see the Jaeger. A couple of points of information. The 1969 Cuyahoga river fire is the most famous and is credited as being the tipping point in the environmental movement and the impetus behind the Clean water act. Also the port of Cleveland is as busy as ever and you may have noticed the 1000 foot boat docked at the corner of Carter and Scranton. The port handles enhanced taconite, limestone and coke for steel production, and salt in bulk. Steel and other manufactured goods are also shipped out through the port The place where you saw the Jaeger is just a little over a mile from the most productive steel mill on the planet. ( Produces steel with less labor than any other) and it is 2nd highest in total steel output in the US. While you were watching the Jaeger Sunday, 2 Blast furnaces were in full operation and making steel. Back in the 1960's and 70's you would likely have been choking on the smog laden with ozone and fine particulates. It is a tribute to the clean water and air laws passed in 1973, and the steel industry that you were so close to these giant works and did not even know they were in operation. <br />HaansAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775407527468125772.post-83433816890725494232014-03-11T13:04:02.179-05:002014-03-11T13:04:02.179-05:00Love to hear stories of birds in unlikely urban ar...Love to hear stories of birds in unlikely urban areas. It gives me hope that perhaps we will eventually learn to coexist. :) Christyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13664245900482730470noreply@blogger.com