tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12726606.post1504914304416555816..comments2023-11-03T06:29:15.083-05:00Comments on Quad City Images: The Storm Approaches: Open ThreadQuadCityImageshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07503485646277987317noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12726606.post-32855020345323797622007-12-04T08:58:00.000-06:002007-12-04T08:58:00.000-06:00There's absolutely no way the City would put up th...There's absolutely no way the City would put up this much of a shit-storm over the boat being on the Riverfront, and then allow a massive ugly hydro plant to be there. I bet that conversation doesn't even begin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12726606.post-13864750949111963392007-12-03T16:36:00.000-06:002007-12-03T16:36:00.000-06:00There is new technology that uses 'low fall' dams ...There is new technology that uses 'low fall' dams to generate power. Would think that the Army Corps of Engineers are surprised that no one contacted them about a major construction project.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12726606.post-69981966642007462172007-12-02T22:35:00.000-06:002007-12-02T22:35:00.000-06:00The early news articles said they were using the S...The early news articles said they were using the Swing name, but I guess it could be "River City Swing" or something other than Swing of the Quad Cities.QuadCityImageshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07503485646277987317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12726606.post-92152260317948588402007-12-02T22:12:00.000-06:002007-12-02T22:12:00.000-06:00They may not even use Davenport's name as the city...They may not even use Davenport's name as the city the story is supposed to take part in. They only shot it here. It's possible they may completely make something up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12726606.post-63978816711960741762007-12-01T11:10:00.000-06:002007-12-01T11:10:00.000-06:00I just made it back to my apartment from out near ...I just made it back to my apartment from out near Devil's Glenn RD & 53rd ST...<BR/><BR/>Pretty nasty out there. Drove by a 3-car accident on 53rd, near Eastern Ave. Looked like everyone was OK, but one car had the front-end smashed in...<BR/><BR/>With my fridge good to go, there'll be no more driving around town for me today!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12726606.post-27124933171384319762007-12-01T10:03:00.000-06:002007-12-01T10:03:00.000-06:00Hydro dam? I don't think there is a remote chance...Hydro dam? I don't think there is a remote chance this could be economically feasible.<BR/><BR/>From what I have read, there isn't enough elevation drop between pools to power the number and size of turbines necessary to produce enough output to provide a payback.<BR/><BR/>Whole concept sounds off-the-wall. A group fishing for federal dollars for a feasibility study?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12726606.post-9827059283772248482007-12-01T09:44:00.000-06:002007-12-01T09:44:00.000-06:00Here is an article about the movies that will be a...<A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/29/movies/29sund.html?em&ex=1196398800&en=d487c4c10f1e1320&ei=5087%0A" REL="nofollow">Here is an article</A> about the movies that will be at Sundance from the NY Times. Here is a quote from it:<BR/><BR/>"Class and race surface in a number of films, but seldom in a political way, festival organizers say. In “Sugar,” for example, the team behind “Half Nelson,” Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden, look at the baseball scouting machine from the point of view of a Dominican baseball star recruited to play in the minor leagues."<BR/><BR/>That makes me feel <I>slightly</I> better, but we'll see.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04500785397409493914noreply@blogger.com