Re: Just jerking around - farm related photos

Posted by jdemaris on October 12, 2006 at 07:48:03 from (66.218.17.112):

In Reply to: Re: Just jerking around - farm related photos posted by barnrat on October 12, 2006 at 07:29:20:

Yes - that is I-88. It wasn't there when I moved here. It opened in 1980 and ruined many local farms - cut many in half and farmers lost legal access to their own land. When the snow is on the ground I can't hear it - but - some days it sounds like tractor-trailers are coming through our house - even though it's miles away. From my perspective, the Interstate has helped to ruin this area. This part of New York - mostly dairy farms - used to be sort of a secret - since there was no way to get here. Now?? People from all over the country and world drive by - see something they like - pay a huge price for it - and build more houses. And shortly thereafter - complain about noisy chickens, stinking cows, slow tractors on the road, etc.
And - yes - it is partially re-opened. I had some equipment to pick up in Pennsylvania and I waited all summer for the Interstate to re-open. I didn't want to drive through that mess with a trailer while closed and detoured. It's kind of amazing and depressing at the same time - seeing all the tax-payer money being put into fixing the huge-break -considering the highway is not very old. They call the deaths of those two truckers an "act of nature." Hmmm - I'd call it an "act of engineering screwups." The flood we had was a bad one - but - that's why we have designated 100 year flood-plains. The State is now bragging about how it got what normally would be a two-year repair done in six months.

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• Re: Just jerking around - farm related photos barnrat 09:30:34 10/12/06 (2)
  • Re: Just jerking around - farm related photos jdemaris 11:20:54 10/12/06 (1)
    • Re: Just jerking around - farm related photos barnrat 13:15:42 10/12/06 (0)

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