The Cuyahoga river fire was years ago, with many heavy industrial plants=20
providing jobs for 10's of thousands of people. Today it is much=20
cleaner, with rowing shells skimming the waters. Wish other places in=20
the world had made as much progress in pollution control, and their=20
goods reflect the price of that progress. Lake Erie also has became much=20
clearer, mainly due to the invasive zebra mussels.

On 2/25/2011 12:38 AM, Kerry Wentworth wrote:
> As long as Lake Erie doesn't catch fire.
>
> Kerry
>
>
> Carl Denk wrote:
>   =20
>> That's what we like about Northern Ohio. We do get once a year or so,
>> light tremors, magnitude 1 is heavy. But no poisonous snakes or other
>> critters, bad wild animals, etc. Though we do get some tornadoes in the
>> summer, but usually they are far apart and cover a small area. A rather
>> uneventful place to live. :)
>>
>> On 2/24/2011 9:09 PM, IVP wrote:
>>
>>     =20
>>>>> New Orleans?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>           =20
>>>
>>>
>>>       =20
>>>> I don't think New Orleans is a or previously volcanic region
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         =20
>>> No, I meant it was built in the wrong place - below sea level
>>> in a region prone to severe flooding, like many inhabited places
>>> around the world
>>>
>>> That said, Yellowstone might get it anyway ;-)
>>>
>>>
>>>       =20
>
>
>   =20
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