Photo camparison - Power stations at AME and Macom

[WeBe204]

eagledad said:

There's only one site that:

• Is next to train tracks
  
• Is next to an industrial park
  
• Has been the storage site of jet fuel for the last 30 years
  
• Has a 36 inch natural gas pipeline under it.
  
• Has only two points of access and those within 600 feet of each other
  
• Has a decomissioned power generation facility that needs to be removed
  
• Is less than a half mile from a future I-88 interchange
  
• Has 9 acres of wetlands that must be mitigated at an unpublished and unbudgeted cost.
  
• Forces a significant number of students to commute farther than they do at their current school.
  

But alas, it looks like our future school, so we might as well start calling it home.

Ah, but it will be ready in 2009. You forget how important that is.

[secondtimearound]

Given the way this is being railroaded, it will unfortunately be too late before the rest of the 204 public realizes that 2010 is much more likely.

[magneto]

eagledad said:

magneto said:

Right. These are from the Reliant plant that replaced the Midwest Generation ones.

Eagledad, these were the ones I was referencing. I hope I did not confuse you thinking these were the Midwest ones. If I did, sorry.

Oh sorry, I ws confused, I have no idea, nor care how much smaller the substation at Butterfield Road a mile and a half North will be.

OK apparently you did not understand my question Mr. Electrical Engineer.
I asked as there seems to be another eletrical dohicky thing next to the new peaker plant, How much the old dohickies will be also removed when the old peaker plant is removed?

I saw your pictures of the switching equipment near the AME site, but to me they are far enough away as not be hazard.
If they are too close for you or others, so be it. It appears that it is also not a problem for enough other people that the School Board is ready to approve it. We shall know on tues after the meeting, which to me is the very public hearing everyone is clamoring for.

[yeson321]

magneto said:

eagledad said:

Oh sorry, I ws confused, I have no idea, nor care how much smaller the substation at Butterfield Road a mile and a half North will be.

OK apparently you did not understand my question Mr. Electrical Engineer.
I asked as there seems to be another eletrical dohicky thing next to the new peaker plant, How much the old dohickies will be also removed when the old peaker plant is removed?

I saw your pictures of the switching equipment near the AME site, but to me they are far enough away as not be hazard.
If they are too close for you or others, so be it. It appears that it is also not a problem for enough other people that the School Board is ready to approve it. We shall know on tues after the meeting, which to me is the very public hearing everyone is clamoring for.

I can tell you from personal experience that the picture in the paper of a flat farm did not prepare me for what I saw when I drove to the AME site to get a feel of how far it was. The SB has not given people enough time or information to get a feel of what they meant when they listed a "perception of power lines" as a disadvantage in the land report. IMHO, I'd say that people who do not live in the area will be shocked. Is that why the SB is rushing this through, to minimize the "clamoring"?

[momin204]

yeson321 said:

magneto said:

OK apparently you did not understand my question Mr. Electrical Engineer.
I asked as there seems to be another eletrical dohicky thing next to the new peaker plant, How much the old dohickies will be also removed when the old peaker plant is removed?

I saw your pictures of the switching equipment near the AME site, but to me they are far enough away as not be hazard.
If they are too close for you or others, so be it. It appears that it is also not a problem for enough other people that the School Board is ready to approve it. We shall know on tues after the meeting, which to me is the very public hearing everyone is clamoring for.

I can tell you from personal experience that the picture in the paper of a flat farm did not prepare me for what I saw when I drove to the AME site to get a feel of how far it was. The SB has not given people enough time or information to get a feel of what they meant when they listed a "perception of power lines" as a disadvantage in the land report. IMHO, I'd say that people who do not live in the area will be shocked. Is that why the SB is rushing this through, to minimize the "clamoring"?

I just came from there and fully agree with you.

[we4]

magneto said:

I saw your pictures of the switching equipment near the AME site, but to me they are far enough away as not be hazard.
If they are too close for you or others, so be it. It appears that it is also not a problem for enough other people that the School Board is ready to approve it. We shall know on tues after the meeting, which to me is the very public hearing everyone is clamoring for.

Now I am confused. There are two power things on or near the AME site. One just north of the Prairie Path and one just to the south. What is being removed? I thought it was the southern one. I thought the northern one would stay. Are they both being removed?

[magneto]

we4 said:

magneto said:

I saw your pictures of the switching equipment near the AME site, but to me they are far enough away as not be hazard.
If they are too close for you or others, so be it. It appears that it is also not a problem for enough other people that the School Board is ready to approve it. We shall know on tues after the meeting, which to me is the very public hearing everyone is clamoring for.

Now I am confused. There are two power things on or near the AME site. One just north of the Prairie Path and one just to the south. What is being removed? I thought it was the southern one. I thought the northern one would stay. Are they both being removed?

The one south are the peakers. I am wondering if any any north stuff you speak of will be remov.ed too

[proschool]

magneto said:

we4 said:

Now I am confused. There are two power things on or near the AME site. One just north of the Prairie Path and one just to the south. What is being removed? I thought it was the southern one. I thought the northern one would stay. Are they both being removed?

The one south are the peakers. I am wondering if any any north stuff you speak of will be remov.ed too

The ones to the south of the Prairie Path would be on school property.

[EagleDad]

magneto said:

eagledad said:

Oh sorry, I ws confused, I have no idea, nor care how much smaller the substation at Butterfield Road a mile and a half North will be.

OK apparently you did not understand my question Mr. Electrical Engineer.
I asked as there seems to be another eletrical dohicky thing next to the new peaker plant, How much the old dohickies will be also removed when the old peaker plant is removed?

I saw your pictures of the switching equipment near the AME site, but to me they are far enough away as not be hazard.
If they are too close for you or others, so be it. It appears that it is also not a problem for enough other people that the School Board is ready to approve it. We shall know on tues after the meeting, which to me is the very public hearing everyone is clamoring for.

You mean this picture I guess:


Thanks for reminding me of it, as it will come to represent our schools I think I'll use it some more ;D

[we4]

proschool said:

magneto said:

The one south are the peakers. I am wondering if any any north stuff you speak of will be remov.ed too

The ones to the south of the Prairie Path would be on school property.

ok, so the northern one (substation?) that is a few hundred feet (about 400 ft from fence to school property, about 750 ft from fence to egde of parking lot and about 1000 ft from fence to school according to google maps and gmaps-pedometer) stays.

[proschool]

we4 said:

proschool said:

The ones to the south of the Prairie Path would be on school property.

ok, so the northern one (substation?) that is a few hundred feet (about 400 ft from fence to school property, about 750 ft from fence to egde of parking lot and about 1000 ft from fence to school according to google maps and gmaps-pedometer) stays.

Don't that sound nice?

[blankcheck]

Maybe your next backdrop of pictures should be that of the financial statements to go along with this whole project.

[magneto]

eagledad said:

magneto said:

OK apparently you did not understand my question Mr. Electrical Engineer.
I asked as there seems to be another eletrical dohicky thing next to the new peaker plant, How much the old dohickies will be also removed when the old peaker plant is removed?

I saw your pictures of the switching equipment near the AME site, but to me they are far enough away as not be hazard.
If they are too close for you or others, so be it. It appears that it is also not a problem for enough other people that the School Board is ready to approve it. We shall know on tues after the meeting, which to me is the very public hearing everyone is clamoring for.

Thanks for reminding me of it, as it will come to represent our schools I think I'll use it some more ;D

That picture is from Diehl Rd. but OK if it make you feel better.
Looks very secure too, I like it!

Still have not answered my question though.

[EagleDad]

proschool said:

we4 said:

ok, so the northern one (substation?) that is a few hundred feet (about 400 ft from fence to school property, about 750 ft from fence to egde of parking lot and about 1000 ft from fence to school according to google maps and gmaps-pedometer) stays.

Don't that sound nice?

Did I hear someone ask for "sound" ? ;D ;D

[momin204]

eagledad said:

proschool said:

Don't that sound nice?

Did I hear someone ask for "sound" ? ;D ;D

Oh no, they say hes got to go
Go go godzilla, yeah