Wednesday, August 03, 2005

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.

Tuesday, August 02, 2005