INSTITUTE, W.Va. (AP) — A chemical leak at a West Virginia silver recovery business on Wednesday killed two people and sent about 30 others to hospitals, including one in serious condition, authorities said.
The leak occurred at the Catalyst Refiners plant in Institute as workers were preparing to shut down at least part of the facility, Kanawha County Commission Emergency Management Director C.W. Sigman said.
I ran over to Glenmont to wash off my truck before the bedliner is applied tomorrow. My truck is too big already for the automated car wash locally, so it was off to Glenmont, of course part of the way illegally taking Old Glenmont Road – No Commercial Vehicles Except Local Delivery – but whatever. I hand washed the truck, getting the mud out of the bed. Should be good for getting the bed liner applied tomorrow. Before I hand over the keys, sign the paperwork, I’ll confirm they remove all bed hardware before spraying – I’m sure they do but it’s better to be clear.
Pulled the Marchese Ford decal sticker off the back of the truck, as I hate when dealers slap their branding on their truck. It was just a simple vinyl sticker, not the obnoxious raised lettering and other really aggressive brandting dealers plaster all of their trucks. Pealed off just fine, with only a little bit of glue that game off with a sponge. After I got home, I decided the next step was to remove the Marchese Ford license plate holders. Not that have anything old Dan Marchese, he was reasonable to deal with despite some of the sales tax games and commercial plate games, but I don’t feel like I need to be promoting his business. Plus I plan to have DePaula Ford do recalls and basic maintance during the warranty period, so why antagonize the shop, not that they likely care, as business is business. I tried from from DePaula but they had no interest in seriously working with me, even though my offers were reasonable. Gassed up the truck, figured with uncertain gas prices, and summer coming, best to keep a full tank.
Other then that it was a good day. It’s nice driving the SuperDuty, I realized the hood isn’t as high as my lifted Silverado but with the XL Off Road short valance, and the SuperDuty cab height and decent clearance, its’ more then good for my needs. I really don’t see myself lifting a three quarter ton truck or going beyond the stock 33-inch off road tires. I’m mean it’s already big enough that it can’t fit in the standard car wash, and it will be virtually the same height as Big Red once have the ARE MX Cap, solar panel, and racks on it. Lifted trucks are kind of a headache, but I do like the high up solid ride of the SuperDuty. I think with the heavier weight and frame, the kayak will ride much better on this truck, as will the cap even when I do add that second solar panel. Shouldn’t have any issues climbing or descending those big mountains in West Virigina or wherever I travel. And I think the gas milage will ultimately be very similiar to my old rig.
I’m tired after the late last night, going to get some sleep. Want to get up by 5 AM tomorrow so I can have a good breakfast, shower, load my bike up. I set the truck to start the engine at 7:40 AM in a Ford app, and then that should get me to Adirondack Off-Road a little after 8 AM. I can either take the back streets over to Sand Creek Road and then Albany Shaker Road, or maybe I’ll bike/walk down to Karner Road Bus Plus Station, and use the bus to get downtown. Depends on the traffic and how busy things are in the morning with the roads. I like riding, but I’m not going to get myself killed in rush hour traffic.
On Sunday, I spent some time exploring the Sacandaga Campground. Not because I'd ever want to camp there, but because I was interested about the bridge and layout and how it looked with the Main Branch and West Branch of Sacandaga River coming together. Kind of a pretty location but the campsites are real cramped.
While real estate analysts typically define large institutional landlords as those who own at least 1,000 properties, the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act aims to place purchasing restrictions on landlords with at least 350 properties. But even with the lowered threshold, only about 140 institutional investors in the U.S. meet the criteria, accounting for 0.59 percent of single-family homes. To spot large landlords’ effect on housing, squint and zoom in: Their ownership of single-family homes tends to be concentrated in certain regions. The markets where landlords with 350 or more properties own at least 3 percent of single-family homes are all in the Sun Belt. In Atlanta, such investors own about 4 percent of all single-family homes — the highest rate in the country. A tighter focus on the four Atlanta ZIP codes with the most large-scale owners reveals that they own 12 percent or more of the single-family homes.
