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| quote: | Originally posted by drEamer
yea i have seen that before too.surfing in subzero weather...LOL......how the fuck does a river burn in the first plae? LOL!! |
back in the day Cleveland was a complete industrial city and its directly against the lake. The river runs through downtown and into the lake. Well all those industrial steel and chemical plants would use the river water to cool their machines and help with manufacturing...so a lot of oil, chemicals, and crap would get into the river and buildup since the Lake doesn't move any water..it just pushes water back up the river.
Also there was way more shipping done here during that industrious time, so the run-off from fuel from the tanker and cargo ships would run into the river.
You have one spark, one fire...bam the river lit up. And it burned for awhile too...
After that the government created the EPA--Environmental Protection Agency, which my Dad now works for (hence my nerd knowledge on the subject) to protect the waterways, they cleaned up the river and have been continually trying to clean up the lake and it's been ok since. Its getting better...the funny smell is gone.
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there comes a time when the operation of the machine is so odious that you cannot even tacitly participate. you've got to place your bodies on the gears, the wheels, all the mechanism. you've got to indicate to those who own it and those who run it, that unless you are free, the machine will be prevented from working at all.
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