Former Diamond Shamrock Facility Exposed!

Rocks, sticks, and even sand were stained a smurfy loooking hue of blue. Note: this debris is within 10 feet from the shoreline of our Great Lake. All photos taken April 10th 2004.

From this perspective one can see the path of the run off down the hill and onto the beach. Lots of things laying on the beach were colored a smurfy blue color by the contaminants carried onto the beach by sheet flow of storm water run off. (It's safe to presume they were carried right into the lake ay?).

While looking for a place to pull my kayak up on the beach so I could hike up the hill to explore an huge old factory I spotted what looked like a clearing. Upon closer examination, it turned out to be a denuded area (devoid of vegitative life). The 'trail' I thought I found was actually a pathway that surface runoff was following, based on the blue tint to many things in the path, the runnoff was contaminated.

This is what can typically be found going into the garbage at the historic West Side Market (as seen on the Travel Channel). Looks like they could use some vermiculture.

Shot on May 22, 2004 from near the Harp on the west shoreway.

Recycling at its worst. Shot on 7.24.2004 at Greenview Elementary School in South Euclid, Ohio near Brush High's baseball diamond's bleachers. Doesn't brush have a student environmental club?