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10 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Woman knocked down, in... · 0 replies · +3 points

It's not Disney World. You don't have to leash your dog there, but you're taking a risk. Natural places are what they are. I have encountered moose several times in Colorado, and I have always treated it as a self-presservation moment.

By the way, there is a leash rule in Indian Peaks Wilderness (and most Wilderness areas), but she was not likely that far up the trail.

10 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Boulder City Council d... · 0 replies · +49 points

On a related note, isn't it sexist that we have seven sister cities but no brother cities?

10 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Study: One digital tec... · 0 replies · +1 points

Um, does he mean innovation "vortex"? Because cortex makes no sense.

11 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Colleen Ostlund: Train... · 0 replies · +3 points

Thanks for the correction. I believe CoB was insisting that RTD include the quiet zone effort if they did ever bring the train service here. I agree with you on not holding breath: current RTD plans have the service arriving around the predicted time of the Singularity.

11 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Colleen Ostlund: Train... · 3 replies · -3 points

- No, it is not Boulder's #1 problem
- I live about a quarter mile from the tracks and it really is quite shockingly loud, especially in the middle of the night
- Yes, I chose where to live. Does that mean we should not want to improve things? People are trying to reduce carbon emissions, seems like we could also reduce noise emissions.
- By the way, it's actually a pretty large swath of Boulder that is affected by the train noise, including the planned transit village.
- The FRA has an entire procedure (100 pages of the Federal Register - I printed it out) dealing with how to establish a quiet zone. They can be 24x7 or night only. The main requirement is that you have to have a certain type of gate at the grade crossings. So, it's an investment the City and County would have to make, or RTD if they ever put the light rail in.
- I don't think the trains are violating current rules, they are likely following them. But we can establish a quiet zone. It's a reasonable step and a worthwhile investment for a town that prides itself on being environmentally friendly.

11 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Flagstaff Fire: Federa... · 0 replies · +39 points

And every foot along the way, more of it gets dissolved into the soil and acts as a fertilizer. By the time it reaches South Boulder Creek, it is likely no more concentrated than the fertilizers coming off Mark Udall's lawn in Eldo.

11 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Flagstaff Fire: Federa... · 2 replies · +29 points

No, more like "anything is toxic in excess quantities." There are people who commit suicide by drinking too much water. Rather than claim that the retardants are the equivalent of Napalm, maybe we can agree that they should consider where they are dropping it. I would be the first to agree that they shouldn't be killing fish to save someone's ill-considered foothills mansion. But they're not killing fish, or harming humans, by dropping this stuff on top of Bear Peak.

11 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Flagstaff Fire: Federa... · 6 replies · +30 points

Normal fertilizer components that are likely toxic to fish in excess quantities - sounds like due to water chemistry changes. This is a problem in the High Park fire which is along the Poudre river, but not a problem on Bear/South Boulder Peak where it will be fully diluted by the time it reaches anything that contains fish (i.e., South Boulder Creek).

12 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Boulder city attorney:... · 1 reply · +26 points

Boulder to Xcel: "Let's break up but still sleep together."

12 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Homeless advocates dec... · 0 replies · +11 points

Said by someone who has Maslow's hierarchy of needs inverted.

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