Out of sight, Out of mind

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6475733441308783470.post-70646259230838755692007-11-16T07:15:00.001-08:002007-11-16T09:02:20.159-08:00Out of sight, Out of mindMarch 28, 2006 I could have called today’s entry ’slip and slide’ considering the recent rain. Bringing stuff up the hillside proved to be a huge challenge and a rather amusing one. I stayed in the ravine for most of the few hours we were down there. I managed to start the far side of the ravine cleanup while Cliff worked on lifting tires out of the sludgy water. He is hoping that it will improve the drainage. <a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_O8niJBJuc2U/Rz3M-AbLMJI/AAAAAAAAAF0/_mA2u8e5uZI/s1600-h/moretires1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_O8niJBJuc2U/Rz3M-AbLMJI/AAAAAAAAAF0/_mA2u8e5uZI/s200/moretires1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5133484515910168722" /></a> I can’t even describe my emotions when I ran across a new hillside of trash. It looks as if someone had dumped a months worth of trash. Ok, I guess I can describe my emotions - ticked. From the last time we did a major cleanup in the ravine this is all new. It’s very discouraging to see this happening over and over. We’ve called the police, called the city and nobody seems to care. Ravines are out of sight, out of mind. Here is a small sample of the types of items I collected. I didn’t see anything that couldn’t be thrown in a household trash bin. <a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_O8niJBJuc2U/Rz3L7wbLMHI/AAAAAAAAAFk/BoNNAdQTfH8/s1600-h/DCP_1309%25202_thumbnail.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_O8niJBJuc2U/Rz3L7wbLMHI/AAAAAAAAAFk/BoNNAdQTfH8/s200/DCP_1309%25202_thumbnail.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5133483377743835250" /></a> <a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_O8niJBJuc2U/Rz3MzwbLMII/AAAAAAAAAFs/ll0_oXzT6Ng/s1600-h/DCP_1290%25206_thumbnail.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_O8niJBJuc2U/Rz3MzwbLMII/AAAAAAAAAFs/ll0_oXzT6Ng/s200/DCP_1290%25206_thumbnail.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5133484339816509570" /></a> After about 40 minutes I stopped picking trash off that hillside. I didn’t even get a 1/3 of it, but I didn’t want to be right in their backyards. It’s very frustrating. I have to wonder if this amount of trash was located next to city hall would they wait till suspicions of dumping could be confirmed? Majority of ravines are private property so why aren’t homeowners held responsible if they continue to let dumping occur? All the trash and debris eventually makes it’s way to the bottom creating a mess of problems for the city drainage so you would think they would be a little more concerned. They are being very helpful in disposing the trash we collect, but I wish there was a little more assurance in prevention. Trash collected today: Started another tire pile, took up many piles of metal, worked on removing more debris from the stream and cleaned some trash from hillside. <a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_O8niJBJuc2U/Rz3LnQbLMGI/AAAAAAAAAFc/naY1E6CEVes/s1600-h/DCP_1309%252017_thumbnail.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_O8niJBJuc2U/Rz3LnQbLMGI/AAAAAAAAAFc/naY1E6CEVes/s200/DCP_1309%252017_thumbnail.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5133483025556516962" /></a> The city came this morning and picked up yesterdays tire haul and metal pile.Arikbonoreply@blogger.com