Magic City Smoky Skies
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
It’s about to be springtime once again in
It was just over 4 years ago that I moved to Birmingham from Nashville and it has been a lot of fun. On any given day you can ride around the ham and see the beautiful smoke stacks just puffing away! One of the best places to see this is up at the canon near Altamont school. If you look straight ahead you will see the huge orange flame that dominates the smoggy Birmingham sky. The best view is in the wintertime, with no leaves to block the way! Go right before sunset and you can watch the city transform and light up the night clouds.
The flame is located near the Avondale area and burns non-stop 24-7 is what I understand. If you drive near it at night you will sense the power and have a better understanding of the size. Every time I see it I wonder the same thing, “humm I wonder what’s being burnt?” It even burns during the rain. There are many other flames that are burning across
My buddy Chuck lives on the side of Red Mountain near Vulcan and has great view of downtown and surrounding areas! You can look off in the distance and see at least 4 smoke stacks on any given day, not to mention many planes flying through downtown to get to the airport. I often have to do a double take and realize that I am in Birmingham and not some nuclear wasteland on the path to death. If you look off to the NW you will see several huge smoke stacks that I understand to belong to Alabama Power. If you drive west on 59 you will several other stacks around the Hueytown area.
What is even scarier is the statistics you can read in the paper of the top polluters in Birmingham. For some strange reason they keep polluting and releasing chemicals into the watershed. What is really sad is that they pay their fine and do it again and again. I hear a lot of people say, “The Earth will heal itself!” That may be true to a degree, but all the long-term damage that is done to our eco-system is not reversible! What about the effect it will have on genetic code and all the organisms that start the cycle of life. What is really crazy is that it all can be prevented if we stand up and take control of this computerised corporate world. It all starts here and now today and not tomorrow!
You can be a leader and change what is happening in around your area by reading the newspaper and watching the news! Look in magazines and find reports that are issued yearly and even monthly! Join your local protection agency! For the Alabama area click here.. http://www.aeconline.ws/ If you ever see something that is not right in your community you should mail them and let them know what is up!
If we all decide today to make a change and start using more alternative Energy sources we may all face a much cleaner and greener future. I started recycling a few years ago and have never stopped. That is the quickest and easiest thing that you can do to change this world today! I have a friend who learned that she could make money from the cans she had been throwing away for years. Now she enjoys the extra cash she makes every couple of months. It is amazing the feeling of positive Energy that flows through you when you realize how you become a part of the change for the better.
There are many other things that you can do to help the earth as well as save a ton in the wallet! You would be surprised how cutting the lights off when not needed and not wasting hot water can add up to a lot of cash. Also don’t forget about carpooling, a simple and effective act that can save you money and save earth. Hey that TV, throw it out the door! There are better things you can spend your time doing! For yawl that have to watch some tv, just turn it off when you are not using it! Anyway until next time catch my new Blog “ Pave the Grass then Paint it Green!” Coming next week……….
IF you have any stories with pics , would love to post them! Of course i am only interested in environmental problems!
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