tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139459395637238387.post3305958985782327889..comments2021-01-01T23:46:43.730-07:00Comments on West of Taos: Another Day, Another 10,000 AcresBethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03461366318368627707noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139459395637238387.post-78007823712648206352011-07-01T20:50:09.806-06:002011-07-01T20:50:09.806-06:00Very sobering stuff here Beth. Glad you have figur...Very sobering stuff here Beth. Glad you have figured out a way to cool down the house a bit without letting in the smoke. Sounds similar to the process we use to cool the concrete core in late evening and overnight, plus in the morning just on the west side of the house, then shutting everything up to retain what cool we can.<br />Hope they are able to put out the fire ASAP so you can get back to enjoying the beautiful area you live in.Ellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733838869805925920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139459395637238387.post-85950265779707065222011-06-30T22:05:41.840-06:002011-06-30T22:05:41.840-06:00They said on TV the other night that the ground in...They said on TV the other night that the ground in the canyons surrounding the lab is contaminated from all the nuclear testing in the 1940s. And that's the stuff that is or will be burning.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03461366318368627707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139459395637238387.post-34934766955570662002011-06-30T20:53:14.675-06:002011-06-30T20:53:14.675-06:00i read somewhere that in 2000 there was a fire at ...i read somewhere that in 2000 there was a fire at los alamos, well, the land all around it. There was depleted uranium and other stuff in the smoke that went up to Taos, according to the poster. It wouldn't surprise me that this is true, and that the smoke today could also be contaminated. There were NO rules back in theforties for letting radioisotopes out into the atmosphere...those trees, and that ground at los alamos are full of the<br />venting by products of 60 years of doing the dirtiest work on the planet.<br />now the stuff's burning. yuck.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com