Chuck Gould wrote:
Seems like the rivers around Washington DC require a period cleanup of
old cars, defunct refrigerators, worn out tires, CRT PC monitors and
other stuff that somebody must have figured was "outta sight, outta
mind". 40-million pounds of trash each year in the Anacostia River
alone- according to the attached item. (Good grief, that's almost 1-
million pounds of junk per week!)

I noticed that the WM Store in Deale, Md is participating in this
event. I think that's Harry's and John H's general neighborhood, as it
has been mentioned a time or two in posts about mooring and storing
boats. Really, you guys should be more careful! :-)



The Anacostia River is nowhere near Deale. It is a tributary of the
Potomac and empties into it just south of Washington, D.C. The Potomac
empties into Chesapeake Bay about 40 miles south of Deale.

I've attached a map.

Deale is east of the DC area, on the Bay.

The Anacostia is the east side of the wye that feeds into the Potomac,
on the left side of the map.

Unfortunately, the lower income people who live in the "Anacostia"
portion of DC have for decades dumped trash into the river there. It's
really a pretty little river with a lot of potential, if it is ever
cleaned up. The new DC baseball stadium is being built along its banks.

http://tinyurl.com/2k5d36


Perhaps you ought to stick to writing about boats built of unspecified
composites.

On Oct 22, 11:54?am, HK wrote:
Chuck Gould wrote:
Seems like the rivers around Washington DC require a period cleanup of
old cars, defunct refrigerators, worn out tires, CRT PC monitors and
other stuff that somebody must have figured was "outta sight, outta
mind". 40-million pounds of trash each year in the Anacostia River
alone- according to the attached item. (Good grief, that's almost 1-
million pounds of junk per week!)

I noticed that the WM Store in Deale, Md is participating in this
event. I think that's Harry's and John H's general neighborhood, as it
has been mentioned a time or two in posts about mooring and storing
boats. Really, you guys should be more careful! :-)

The Anacostia River is nowhere near Deale. It is a tributary of the
Potomac and empties into it just south of Washington, D.C. The Potomac
empties into Chesapeake Bay about 40 miles south of Deale.

I've attached a map.

Deale is east of the DC area, on the Bay.

The Anacostia is the east side of the wye that feeds into the Potomac,
on the left side of the map.

Unfortunately, the lower income people who live in the "Anacostia"
portion of DC have for decades dumped trash into the river there. It's
really a pretty little river with a lot of potential, if it is ever
cleaned up. The new DC baseball stadium is being built along its banks.

http://tinyurl.com/2k5d36

Perhaps you ought to stick to writing about boats built of unspecified
composites.

Well congrats to your local store for participating in the cleanup.

I didn't *really* suspect that you and John H were a big part of the
problem. :-)

Chuck Gould wrote:
On Oct 22, 11:54?am, HK wrote:
Chuck Gould wrote:
Seems like the rivers around Washington DC require a period cleanup of
old cars, defunct refrigerators, worn out tires, CRT PC monitors and
other stuff that somebody must have figured was "outta sight, outta
mind". 40-million pounds of trash each year in the Anacostia River
alone- according to the attached item. (Good grief, that's almost 1-
million pounds of junk per week!)
I noticed that the WM Store in Deale, Md is participating in this
event. I think that's Harry's and John H's general neighborhood, as it
has been mentioned a time or two in posts about mooring and storing
boats. Really, you guys should be more careful! :-)
The Anacostia River is nowhere near Deale. It is a tributary of the
Potomac and empties into it just south of Washington, D.C. The Potomac
empties into Chesapeake Bay about 40 miles south of Deale.

I've attached a map.

Deale is east of the DC area, on the Bay.

The Anacostia is the east side of the wye that feeds into the Potomac,
on the left side of the map.

Unfortunately, the lower income people who live in the "Anacostia"
portion of DC have for decades dumped trash into the river there. It's
really a pretty little river with a lot of potential, if it is ever
cleaned up. The new DC baseball stadium is being built along its banks.

http://tinyurl.com/2k5d36

Perhaps you ought to stick to writing about boats built of unspecified
composites.

Well congrats to your local store for participating in the cleanup.

I didn't *really* suspect that you and John H were a big part of the
problem. :-)



John is not one of my favorite people here, but I have seen how he
maintains his boat and his old truck. He's fastidious, and I doubt he's
ever tossed his trash anywhere it wasn't supposed to go.

"HK" wrote in message
. ..

John is not one of my favorite people here, but I have seen how he
maintains his boat and his old truck. He's fastidious, and I doubt he's
ever tossed his trash anywhere it wasn't supposed to go.


Except in here ...of course! ;-)

"HK" wrote in message
. ..
Chuck Gould wrote:
On Oct 22, 11:54?am, HK wrote:
Chuck Gould wrote:
Seems like the rivers around Washington DC require a period cleanup of
old cars, defunct refrigerators, worn out tires, CRT PC monitors and
other stuff that somebody must have figured was "outta sight, outta
mind". 40-million pounds of trash each year in the Anacostia River
alone- according to the attached item. (Good grief, that's almost 1-
million pounds of junk per week!)
I noticed that the WM Store in Deale, Md is participating in this
event. I think that's Harry's and John H's general neighborhood, as it
has been mentioned a time or two in posts about mooring and storing
boats. Really, you guys should be more careful! :-)
The Anacostia River is nowhere near Deale. It is a tributary of the
Potomac and empties into it just south of Washington, D.C. The Potomac
empties into Chesapeake Bay about 40 miles south of Deale.

I've attached a map.

Deale is east of the DC area, on the Bay.

The Anacostia is the east side of the wye that feeds into the Potomac,
on the left side of the map.

Unfortunately, the lower income people who live in the "Anacostia"
portion of DC have for decades dumped trash into the river there. It's
really a pretty little river with a lot of potential, if it is ever
cleaned up. The new DC baseball stadium is being built along its banks.

http://tinyurl.com/2k5d36

Perhaps you ought to stick to writing about boats built of unspecified
composites.

Well congrats to your local store for participating in the cleanup.

I didn't *really* suspect that you and John H were a big part of the
problem. :-)



John is not one of my favorite people here, but I have seen how he
maintains his boat and his old truck. He's fastidious, and I doubt he's
ever tossed his trash anywhere it wasn't supposed to go.

.....except for right here in this newsgroup.

On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:50:57 -0400, HK wrote:

Chuck Gould wrote:
On Oct 22, 11:54?am, HK wrote:
Chuck Gould wrote:
Seems like the rivers around Washington DC require a period cleanup of
old cars, defunct refrigerators, worn out tires, CRT PC monitors and
other stuff that somebody must have figured was "outta sight, outta
mind". 40-million pounds of trash each year in the Anacostia River
alone- according to the attached item. (Good grief, that's almost 1-
million pounds of junk per week!)
I noticed that the WM Store in Deale, Md is participating in this
event. I think that's Harry's and John H's general neighborhood, as it
has been mentioned a time or two in posts about mooring and storing
boats. Really, you guys should be more careful! :-)
The Anacostia River is nowhere near Deale. It is a tributary of the
Potomac and empties into it just south of Washington, D.C. The Potomac
empties into Chesapeake Bay about 40 miles south of Deale.

I've attached a map.

Deale is east of the DC area, on the Bay.

The Anacostia is the east side of the wye that feeds into the Potomac,
on the left side of the map.

Unfortunately, the lower income people who live in the "Anacostia"
portion of DC have for decades dumped trash into the river there. It's
really a pretty little river with a lot of potential, if it is ever
cleaned up. The new DC baseball stadium is being built along its banks.

http://tinyurl.com/2k5d36

Perhaps you ought to stick to writing about boats built of unspecified
composites.

Well congrats to your local store for participating in the cleanup.

I didn't *really* suspect that you and John H were a big part of the
problem. :-)



John is not one of my favorite people here, but I have seen how he
maintains his boat and his old truck. He's fastidious, and I doubt he's
ever tossed his trash anywhere it wasn't supposed to go.

Thanks. I've been on the Anacostia. It is definitely in need of cleaning,
and is probably the source of 90% of the pollution that gets into the
Potomac, except when a heavy rain floods the Blue Plains water treatment
plant, of course.

On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 16:10:55 -0500, John H. wrote:


Thanks. I've been on the Anacostia. It is definitely in need of
cleaning, and is probably the source of 90% of the pollution that gets
into the Potomac, except when a heavy rain floods the Blue Plains water
treatment plant, of course.

Is that true? I thought that agricultural runoff was the number one source of Bay problems.
I've read that the Anacostia is the most polluted river in the Chesapeake watershed, and
perhaps, one of the most polluted rivers in the country. It's a shame, 30 years after the Clean
Water Act, this mess still continues.

thunder wrote:
On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 16:10:55 -0500, John H. wrote:


Thanks. I've been on the Anacostia. It is definitely in need of
cleaning, and is probably the source of 90% of the pollution that gets
into the Potomac, except when a heavy rain floods the Blue Plains water
treatment plant, of course.

Is that true? I thought that agricultural runoff was the number one source of Bay problems.
I've read that the Anacostia is the most polluted river in the Chesapeake watershed, and
perhaps, one of the most polluted rivers in the country. It's a shame, 30 years after the Clean
Water Act, this mess still continues.


It probably is true that the Anacostia is the source of most of the
pollution that gets into the Potomac, but the Potomac is only one of the
many sources of pollution in Chesapeake Bay.

The Blue Plains plant is south of the mouth of the Anacostia, just north
of the new bridges over the Potomac between Virginia and Maryland.

Amazingly, I almost always see guys fishing for largemouth bass just a
hair south of where the Blue Plains plant empties into the Potomac. Yikes!

On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 18:47:09 -0400, HK wrote:


Amazingly, I almost always see guys fishing for largemouth bass just a
hair south of where the Blue Plains plant empties into the Potomac.
Yikes!

Hopefully, catch and release.

On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 22:40:17 -0000, thunder wrote:

On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 16:10:55 -0500, John H. wrote:


Thanks. I've been on the Anacostia. It is definitely in need of
cleaning, and is probably the source of 90% of the pollution that gets
into the Potomac, except when a heavy rain floods the Blue Plains water
treatment plant, of course.

Is that true? I thought that agricultural runoff was the number one source of Bay problems.
I've read that the Anacostia is the most polluted river in the Chesapeake watershed, and
perhaps, one of the most polluted rivers in the country. It's a shame, 30 years after the Clean
Water Act, this mess still continues.

I didn't say it was the source of Bay pollution, I said 'Potomac', as in
Potomac River, which is only one of the many sources of Bay pollution.