MTR ruined the wells in Blair. Sandi, if you think about it, everyones poo from McDowell and Wyoming Cos. is in the river too. Grin. Rick On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 8:01 PM, Sandi <sandmayo@yahoo.com> wrote: > Gas well drilling changes the smell and > taste of well water.... > > For many years throughout the 1950's > into the mid-1980's near Chapmanville, my > parents had the best well water to drink. It > had absolutley no odor or taste other than pure > good water from the ground, until the early > 1990's when they began drilling gas wells in > Chapmanville. Suddenly, my parents well > water began tasting like rotten eggs and smelling > of sulfur and gasoline....Just aweful. My mother > finally had to hook up to city water. > > The DEP never would look into it. But everybody's > pooh from Man to Logan to Mitchell Hts to Chapmanville > goes down the Guyandotte River and that is what is used > for our CITY WATER........Go figure! LOLLOLOLOL > > I really have to laugh about that one. But I drink it too. > Oh well. > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Anita McClung <anitajoe1963@yahoo.com> > To: wvlogan@rootsweb.com > Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 12:10:35 PM > Subject: Re: [WVLOGAN] Makes me sad. > > Gracie, > > I don't know but my neighbor West Virginian born and bred blames it on the > mines. Not sure if anyone has ever had it tested or not. I haven't. > > When I get a chance, I will send you pictures of falls and river (New). > > Anta > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Gracie <g.winters@sbcglobal.net> > To: wvlogan@rootsweb.com > Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 10:17:25 AM > Subject: Re: [WVLOGAN] Makes me sad. > > Anita, I wonder what has caused your springs to change color? Have > you had it > tested? > > Out here in my area I call the Arkansas River 'Ole muddy'. lol, have > never seen it clear. > Just the way it is. Even before it was dammed, and was low enough to walk > across, > it was brown, and didn't we dare walk across it because of the quicksand. > Keystone Lake near Tulsa has red/orange water but that is from the red > clay. > > That's why I love the pics of WV streams and waterfalls. Would love, > just once, to see > clear running water. Guess I need to travel more. (smiling) > > Gracie in Okla > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Anita McClung <anitajoe1963@yahoo.com> > To: wvlogan@rootsweb.com > Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 7:36:02 AM > Subject: Re: [WVLOGAN] Makes me sad. > > Gracie, > > I can attest the ugly water. Back in the late seventies, early eighties my > parents bought this farm where we all now reside (Fayette County) - they in > one house and my son and I in another. Running along side of my house are > two streams. One runs thru my yard and the other on the othes side of the > road. Both of these are natural springs and the one on the other side of the > road turned red seveal years ago and now I am seeing hints of red in the one > that runs thru my yard. > > You know what is interesting? There has been no "strip mining, MTR" > anywhere near our farm. > > Anita > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Gracie <g.winters@sbcglobal.net> > To: wvlogan@rootsweb.com > Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 11:00:11 PM > Subject: Re: [WVLOGAN] Makes me sad. > > Hi cuz Shelby > > I hope those young people do get nation wide attention. We could all > send their > news reports to local newspapers everywhere. > > I really enjoyed reading the 'Coal Tattoo' blog, quite interesting. > > What makes me sad is: Court rejects Obama efforts to reverse Bush > mining changes > U.S. District Judge Henry H. Kennedy Jr. seems to be anti-environment from > what > I have read this afternoon. > > Was horrified when I saw that yellow/orange stream picture. Streams in > WV are supposed > to be clean and clear. > > Big secret that the coal companies don't want you to know is that the > use of coal > has dropped a lot recently. Since the big wind farms are being put up > nation wide. > There is still hope. > > West Virginia(and other states nearby) is still beautiful. Would like to > see it stay that > way. > > Cuz Gracie from Okla > > > > > ________________________________ > From: "BurgessWV@aol.com" <BurgessWV@aol.com> > To: wvlogan@rootsweb.com > Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 5:31:53 PM > Subject: Re: [WVLOGAN] Makes me sad. > > Cousin Gracie ; > Are you referring to the story about the two people in treetops protesting > mountaintop removal ? I hope it gets national attention ; but at the > present > time we must rely on coal as an energy source, until a better way comes > along. At any rate, our beautiful mountains should NOT be destroyed. There > are > other ways to mine coal. > Cuz > Shelby > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WVLOGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WVLOGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WVLOGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WVLOGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WVLOGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WVLOGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

________________________________ Well, yes, you are exactly right about that, too...lol.   From: Richard Stewart rcs5ster@gmail.com MTR ruined the wells in Blair.  Sandi, if you think about it, everyones poo from McDowell and Wyoming Cos. is in the river too.  Grin.  Rick On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 8:01 PM, Sandi <sandmayo@yahoo.com> wrote: > Gas well drilling changes the smell and > taste of well water.... > > For many years throughout the 1950's > into the mid-1980's near Chapmanville, my > parents had the best well water to drink.  It > had absolutley no odor or taste other than pure > good water from the ground, until the early > 1990's when they began drilling gas wells in > Chapmanville.  Suddenly, my parents well > water began tasting like rotten eggs and smelling > of sulfur and gasoline....Just aweful.  My mother > finally had to hook up to city water. > > The DEP never would look into it.  But everybody's > pooh from Man to Logan to Mitchell Hts to Chapmanville > goes down the Guyandotte River and that is what is used > for our CITY WATER........Go figure!  LOLLOLOLOL > > I really have to laugh about that one.  But I drink it too. > Oh well. > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Anita McClung <anitajoe1963@yahoo.com> > To: wvlogan@rootsweb.com > Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 12:10:35 PM > Subject: Re: [WVLOGAN] Makes me sad. > > Gracie, > > I don't know but my neighbor West Virginian born and bred blames it on the > mines. Not sure if anyone has ever had it tested or not. I haven't. > > When I get a chance, I will send you pictures of falls and river (New). > > Anta > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Gracie <g.winters@sbcglobal.net> > To: wvlogan@rootsweb.com > Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 10:17:25 AM > Subject: Re: [WVLOGAN] Makes me sad. > >    Anita,  I wonder what has caused your springs to change color?  Have > you had it > tested? > >    Out here in my area I call the Arkansas River 'Ole muddy'.  lol,  have > never seen it clear. > Just the way it is.  Even before it was dammed,  and was low enough to walk > across, > it was brown,  and didn't we dare walk across it because of the quicksand. > Keystone Lake near Tulsa has red/orange water but that is from the red > clay. > >    That's why I love the pics of WV streams and waterfalls.  Would love, > just once, to see > clear running water.  Guess I need to travel more.  (smiling) > > Gracie in Okla > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Anita McClung <anitajoe1963@yahoo.com> > To: wvlogan@rootsweb.com > Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 7:36:02 AM > Subject: Re: [WVLOGAN] Makes me sad. > > Gracie, > > I can attest the ugly water. Back in the late seventies, early eighties my > parents bought this farm where we all now reside (Fayette County) - they in > one house and my son and I in another. Running along side of my house are > two streams. One runs thru my yard and the other on the othes side of the > road. Both of these are natural springs and the one on the other side of the > road turned red seveal years ago and now I am seeing hints of red in the one > that runs thru my yard. > > You know what is interesting? There has been no "strip mining, MTR" > anywhere near our farm. > > Anita > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Gracie <g.winters@sbcglobal.net> > To: wvlogan@rootsweb.com > Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 11:00:11 PM > Subject: Re: [WVLOGAN] Makes me sad. > > Hi cuz Shelby > >    I hope those young people do get nation wide attention.  We could all > send their > news reports to local newspapers everywhere. > >    I really enjoyed reading the 'Coal Tattoo' blog, quite interesting. > >    What makes me sad is:  Court rejects Obama efforts to reverse Bush > mining changes > U.S. District Judge Henry H. Kennedy Jr. seems to be anti-environment from > what > I have read this afternoon. > >    Was horrified when I saw that yellow/orange stream picture.  Streams in > WV are supposed > to be clean and clear. > >    Big secret that the coal companies don't want you to know is that the > use of coal > has dropped a lot recently.  Since the big wind farms are being put up > nation wide. > There is still hope. > > West Virginia(and other states nearby) is still beautiful.  Would like to > see it stay that > way. > > Cuz Gracie from Okla > > > > > ________________________________ > From: "BurgessWV@aol.com" <BurgessWV@aol.com> > To: wvlogan@rootsweb.com > Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 5:31:53 PM > Subject: Re: [WVLOGAN] Makes me sad. > > Cousin Gracie ; > Are you referring to the story about the two people in treetops protesting > mountaintop removal ? I hope it gets national attention ; but at the > present > time we must rely on  coal as an energy source, until a better way comes > along. At any rate, our beautiful mountains should NOT be destroyed. There > are > other ways to mine coal. > Cuz > Shelby > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WVLOGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WVLOGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WVLOGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WVLOGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WVLOGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WVLOGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WVLOGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message