Uh, respectfully, maybe I'm not as current as I thought. No offense, Bob.
Cheers,
CR
RampantNM@aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 4/30/2006 8:56:44 PM Mountain Standard Time,
> ccrobins@ktc.com writes:
>
> Bull, Bob,
>
> I lived in El Paso for most of my working life. The powers that be
> always conveniently blamed Mexico for the air pollution while allowing
> ASARCO two throw carcinogens into the air. It took a Sierra Club
> lawsuit to get the public's attention and make the local politicians
> quit dreaming.
>
> Also, remember that there are two oil refinies just south of Cielo
> Vista mall. They are major contributors to east side pollution.
>
> CR, an ex El Pasoan who still has ties there.
>
>
> Uh, respectfully, Bull, CR
>
> Asarco closed down a few years ago and we still have the polution.
> Ozone Alert days where we are told to stay indoors if at all possible.
>
> I know Asarco was a problem, and hopefully the government will never
> allow it to open again, but it was only part of the problem, and making
> the 3-400,000 drivers in El Paso test for pollution will never fix
> problems with the 1,000,000 or so cars in Juarez....or the truck that
> move 80% of the east west frieght that moves in the US across I10 in the
> winter...or the two major rail yards in the center of town, in the
> valley between the mountains. Someone forgot to check railroad engines
> for emmissions.
>
> Again, no question that having a smelter in the same valley was bad. We
> were going to buy a house in Sunset Heights by UTEP until we checked the
> neighborhood at night, when Asarco pumped out most of its crap so no one
> would see. I couldn't stand to be on the street, even in a closed car.
>
> But the colonias in Juarez have expanded dramatically, now occupying
> hundreds of acres west of the mountain, across from Anapra and Sunland
> Park. The growth of these, has generated the clouds of dust from the
> dirt roads, and the clouds of smoke from the home fires.
>
> Let me know when you come back this way and we'll meet for dinner out at
> Artevino's Desert Crossing in Sunland Park, NM and you can see the
> problem first hand.
>
> Regards,
>
> Robert B. Houston
> 63 TR4
> 74.5 MGBGT
> 73 MG Midget
>
> b&Reminds me of my safari in Africa, somebody forgot the corkscrew and
> for several days we had to live on nothing but food and water. W. C Fields
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