Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: emergency generators, energy, Hurricane Sandy, nuclear accidents, nuclear plant, nuclear power, Oyster Creek, radiation dump, radiation leak, Salem
While worriers worried about Oyster Creek, several plants in the path of the storm experienced “events.” Salem: atmospheric steam dump…
NRC: Current Event Notification Report for October 30, 2012
MANUAL REACTOR TRIP FROM 100% POWER
“This report if being made under the requirements of 10 CFR 50.72(b)(2)(iv)(B), Actuation of the Reactor Protection System While Critical, except preplanned, and under the requirements of 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(iv)(A), Valid Actuation of Listed System, except preplanned.
“Salem Unit 1 was operating at 100% reactor power when a loss of 4 condenser circulators required a manual reactor trip in accordance with station procedures. The cause of the 4 circulators being removed from service was due to a combination of high river level and detritus from Hurricane Sandy’s transit.
“All control rods inserted. A subsequent loss of the 2 remaining circulators required transition of decay heat removal from condenser steam dumps to the 11-14 MS10s (atmospheric steam dump). Decay heat removal is from the 11/12 Aux Feed Pumps to all 4 steam generators via the 11-14 MS10s. 11/12/13 AFW pumps started due to low level on all steam generators due to shrink from full power operation (this is a normal response). All safety related equipment functioned as expected. No one has been injured. As an additional note, Hurricane Sandy had recently moved past artificial island. Salem Unit 1 is currently in Mode 3. Salem Unit 2 reactor is currently in its 2R19 refueling outage and is shutdown and defueled with no fuel movement in progress.”
via NRC: Current Event Notification Report for October 30, 2012.
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: FRED, highway spending, highways and streets, public spending, transportation
Highways and streets: blue
Education construction: orange
Health care construction: red
amusements and rec: green
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Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Battery Park, hurricane, Hurricane Sandy, New York City, NOAA forecast flooding, Sandy, storm surge, subway flooding, subway system
at Battery Park.
Filed under: maps | Tags: climate, hurricane, hurricane track, landfall, nhc noaa gov, Ocean City, Sandy, storm surge, storm track, tropical storm
Hurricane Sandy.
via http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at3+shtml/211343.shtml?5-daynl?large#contents
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Filed under: Uncategorized
Consumer price index for energy, US (red) vs. France (blue) vs. NZ (green) vs. Japan (yellow) in the world cup of energy prices. 1980 = 100.
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FRED graph.
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: art of urban cycling, bike crashes, streetcar tracks, toronto, traffic accidents, transportation, urban cycling
An impressive tally.
However, 96 of the 690 crashes studied in downtown Toronto and Vancouver directly involved streetcar or train tracks. Eighty-seven of those accidents were in Toronto, accounting for 31.5 per cent of all bike accidents in the city that led to an injury that required a visit to an emergency department.
via Streetcar tracks blamed in one-third of Toronto bike accidents.
Filed under: maps, Uncategorized | Tags: cone of probability, Hurricane Sandy, hurricane track
The cone of probability.
As of 10/24 afternoon.
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: bicycle infrastructure, Bike accidents, Canada, cycle tracks, cycling, risk, Teschke, toronto, traffic accidents, transportation, urban cycling
Objectives. We compared cycling injury risks of 14 route types and other route infrastructure features.
Methods. We recruited 690 city residents injured while cycling in Toronto or Vancouver, Canada. A case-crossover design compared route infrastructure at each injury site to that of a randomly selected control site from the same trip.
Results. Of 14 route types, cycle tracks had the lowest risk (adjusted odds ratio [OR] = 0.11; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.02, 0.54), about one ninth the risk of the reference: major streets with parked cars and no bike infrastructure. Risks on major streets were lower without parked cars (adjusted OR = 0.63; 95% CI = 0.41, 0.96) and with bike lanes (adjusted OR = 0.54; 95% CI = 0.29, 1.01). Local streets also had lower risks (adjusted OR = 0.51; 95% CI = 0.31, 0.84). Other infrastructure characteristics were associated with increased risks: streetcar or train tracks (adjusted OR = 3.0; 95% CI = 1.8, 5.1), downhill grades (adjusted OR = 2.3; 95% CI = 1.7, 3.1), and construction (adjusted OR = 1.9; 95% CI = 1.3, 2.9).
Conclusions. The lower risks on quiet streets and with bike-specific infrastructure along busy streets support the route-design approach used in many northern European countries. Transportation infrastructure with lower bicycling injury risks merits public health support to reduce injuries and promote cycling. (Am J Public Health. Published online ahead of print October 18, 2012: e1-e8. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2012.300762)
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Constitution Party, Don't Taze me Bro, Gary Johnson, Green Party, Jill Stein, larry king, Libertarian Party, Obomney, presidential candidates, Robama, Rocky Anderson, Virgil Goode
The debate nobody’s heard about. Maybe Larry King will get arrested and/or tazed for taking part.
Taze Larry King!
Tuesday, October 23rd 8pm
Moderator: Larry King
Invited and Confirmed for the Debate:
– Rocky Anderson, Justice Party
– Virgil Goode, Constitution Party
– Gary Johnson, Libertarian Party
– Jill Stein, Green PartyInvited but Unconfirmed:
– Barak Obama, Democratic Party
– Mitt Romney, Republican Party
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Colorado Air Quality Control Commission, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, EPA, pitchfork, WTF
Colorado health authorities will not fully enforce new EPA rules designed to protect people from air pollution at oil and gas facilities.
The state’s Air Quality Control Commission voted instead for a partial adoption of the federal clean-air rules. They plan to hold public meetings next year to consider full implementation.
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment officials on Thursday issued a statement saying residents already are protected under “state rules that cover many aspects of EPA’s rules.” The statement said the commission worried that adopting the new standards “could potentially trigger unduly burdensome permitting requirements” for companies.
State officials said they would make no further comment on the issue and did not respond to questions Thursday.
via Health department won't enforce all oil and gas well clean-air rules – The Denver Post.
Air Quality Control Commission.
Wouldn’t want air quality to get out of control.
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: bunker explosion, Camp Minden, Louisiana bunker explosion, National Guard, things that make you go hmmm, Webster Parish
Underground explosions TEND NOT to light up the night sky. Or is that part of the new surreality.
A loud boom and a bright orange flash that shook up a pocket of northwest Louisiana last night (Oct. 15) was due to an underground explosion at the Camp Minden industrial park and National Guard training site, according to the Webster Parish Sheriff’s Office.
http://www.livescience.com/24019-louisiana-bunker-explosion.html
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: bonobos, Fake debate, Obomney, oil, open the spigots, peak oil, Robama, theater of the absurd
From the official transcript of last night’s town hall-style debate.
R: President Obama’s policies have strangled oil production in this country! When I’m President I will OPEN THE FREAKING SPIGOTS.
O: The opening of spigots is an idea we developed in my administration, Governor. We are going to produce and burn more oil than you ever thought possible, then we are going to burn some more. I guarantee it.
R: When I am President we will literally be swimming in oil, gas and coal.
O: Obama starts with O and that stands for OIL!!
R: Admit that you hate oil. Admit that you hate gas.
O: I LOVE OIL. I LOVE COAL. I LOVE GAS.
[Both men start jumping up and down, waving their arms like bonobos.]
R: I AM #!*$# CRAZY FOR OIL, GAS AND COAL!!
O: HiYEEEAARRRGGGHHH!! OOOOOIIILLLLLLL!!!
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: auto sales, car and truck sales, FRED, light trucks, retail sales, transportation, vehicle sales
via FRED
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: blood boosting, blood doping, doping, EPO, epo doping, fashionable eyeglasses, Fuentes, Jaksche, joerg jaksche, LANCE, Lance Armstrong, Operacion Puerto, Operation Puerto, performance enhancing drugs, Polti, spanish doctor
Beware of silver-tongued demonweasels in fashionable eyeglasses.
From an interview with Joerg Jaksche on Aussie ABC:
via http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-10-15/the-world-according-to-lance-key-players/4313246
Jaksche explains how he was introduced to doping by his team manager, and supplied with EPO by his team doctor (not US Postal). He explains how the drug makes the difference between being “permanently dropped” or being able to race. He explains the easy justification for pro riders — “everybody was doing it.” And then he explains the absurd level of hypocrisy which drove him to finally tell all:
The same people who brought me to Fuentes [notorious blood-doping Spanish doctor] and asked me to do EPO doping or use other performance enhancing drugs, they were the same people who suddenly started a movement for credible cycling — and were pointing the finger at us riders.
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: bicycle, bicycling, Bylenga, cycling, L'Oreal, Pedal Chic, urban cycling
Opened, in 2010.
I’m just saying that making a women-specific store might dissuade George Hincapie from stopping by, which could be a minor tragedy. He buys a lot of spare tubes.
When she was laid off from L’Oréal in 2009 after her division was sold, she decided to take an interim job at a local cycling store.
Within no time, she says, “women began to come in just to talk to me, and to ask questions like what trails were good with kids and what bra I wore when I rode.”
The experience gave her the idea to create a bike-shopping experience for women that, as she says, wasn’t all about how fast you rode or what scars you’d acquired. She imagined a boutique featuring feminine décor, stylish cycling apparel, and positive messages.
In December 2010, after a year of researching the market, Bylenga opened that store, called Pedal Chic, in downtown Greenville, S.C.
via Single mom opens women's bike shop – Oct. 8, 2012.
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: average mpg, cars, energy efficiency, fuel efficiency, gasoline consumption, mythology, oil consumption, peak oil, transportation, Vmt
via http://www.theoildrum.com/node/9542#more
The recent drop in oil consumption is not due to increases in fuel efficiency.
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: bicycling, bike commuting, chain, Chris King, cycle commuting, disk brakes, Dura Ace, headset, S-Works, urban cycling
The Swap is coming up.
Look how disgustingly dirty my chain is.
Industrialized Cyclist Notepad 