Come On Down!

DNR announced today that the Shut-Ins will be open for day use from July 2 till Sept 3. The biggest news is that you will be able to get in the river at the shut-ins. So grab your swim suit and head to Lesterville.

Work at the Shut-Ins

Talked to a friend this evening and he said they were using high pressure pumps and fire hoses to wash the silt out of the Shut-Ins and that they were using large brushes to hand clean the rocks. I also had a customer say that Ameren has sent out request for bids on work at the reservoir site. Sounds like progress to this old potter.

Ameren News

I've been out of touch for a week, but I found this news story interesting.

Taum Sauk

In this article Ameren states that they "we cannot commit to rebuild Taum Sauk Reservoir until all issues with the state are resolved." If this is the case what are they doing on top of that mountain?

Missouri's Area 51

Ever seen those shows on the Discovery Channel about people trying to figure out what is happening at Area 51. Well that is the way I feel about the Upper Reservoir. Yesterday as I headed to Farmington I passed a truck carrying a generator that filled the entire trailer. It turned on Highway A toward the Taum Sauk plant. At the intersection of Highway A and Highway 21 there have been two flagmen posted for over a month to make it easier for trucks to make the turn. I don't have the time to sit there and see how many trucks go to the plant each day, but I wonder what they might be carrying and what is actually happening on top of Proffitt Mountain.

So Ameren, how about a report with photos.

The Truth

If you put your press release in all UPPER CASE it must be true.

The Other Side

Here is a link to the Ameren press release on the latest "news".

New Players

Just what we need, another investigation.

Old News?

There were a number of articles and TV spots about the Taum Sauk probes/alarms yesterday. There may be a little new detail, but I'm sure that all this information was in the FERC report over a year ago. Or maybe I'm just getting old and making this stuff up, dejavu?

Save The School

Here is a link to an article in the Cape Girardeau paper about the Lesterville school. It would be too bad if they had to close the school after putting a new $900,000 FERC roof on the building. Still don't know if the first dollar of FERC fine money has actually been spent, lot of red tape with that free money.