Been there, probably won't go back unless for business reasons. It's
not a bad place, mind you, but I'd rather spend my winters in Rincon,
Puerto Rico.
Greg
On Apr 8, 2005, at 7:47 PM, Kevin Flanagan wrote:
Those chem plants explain a lot about Buffalo.
At first I thought that perhaps the blur was just because Buffalo is so
nasty, ever been there? No offense meant to anyone from there, but if
you are from there and live here now, there's a reason.....
On Fri, 2005-04-08 at 09:22 -0400, len boyle wrote:
There is a large and very old hydro-power plant.
I never saw it at night, but I was told that they turn the falls off
at
night storing the water in holding area. The water was then used for
power
generation work during the day. At the time they started the storage
site,
there were stories in the ny newspapers as it was on American Indian
lands.
I am not sure if that is what they blurred out.
There are also a number of chemical plants based on cheap electric
power, at
least cheap when they started there.
len
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Freeze" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 6:14 AM
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] OT: maps.google.com satellite maps
I don't know much about the Niagra Falls area, but I was wondering if
anyone knew why most of the shoreline of the American side of the
river north of the falls was blurred out on the map. I downloaded
the
trial Keyhole product and it is the same on there. Is that a
military
installation or a huge power generating plant or something?
On Apr 7, 2005 11:52 PM, Aaron S. Joyner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Matt Frye wrote:
I know it is not Linux but you guys ought to look at
www.keyhole.com,
this is the company that Google bought to bring you these images.
There was once a time when I couldn't say the word "keyhole" out
loud.
It's cool to see those pictures available outside of a special
building.
MPF
Just to chime in with an interesting link, check out the
intersection of
Groomtown and I-85 in Greensboro. For those familiar with this
area,
it's changed dramatically in the last 6 to 18 months, as they cut
through the new section of I-85 that bypasses Greensboro.
Consequentially, I'd say that picture had to be taken with in the
last 6
months or so. There are cars on the new stretch of highway, which
was
opened some time in the last year for sure, possibly the last 6
months,
I can't pin it in my mind exactly. As a bonus, there's neat wispy
clouds in that area as well that cast interesting shadows. :)
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=groomtown+and+i
-85,greensboro,+nc&ll=35.997101,
-79.862237&spn=0.022337,0.028195&t=k&hl=en
Aaron S. Joyner
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