Price range will have a large influence here.

In the $200k range I'd look in Patterson Park Neighborhood, probably in the blocks between Fairmount and Fayette (definitely stay South of Fayette). In the $400k range I'd look at Canton.

There's also a proposal for HSR for the southeast corridor: from DC to Richmond, Raleigh, Atlanta, and Jacksonville.

While the Northeast Corridor is obviously more important due to the population density, it would be great to have connections through the entire coast.

The Foxtrots were too old for the FAA to allow them to fly anymore. One had been ground permanently already, which is a big deal here considering that Baltimore Police have had already one fatal helicopter crash.

IIRC these have lower maintenance costs and longer maintenance intervals (which is why they bought 3 instead of the 4 foxtrots).

And the explosion was also not related to DPW. It was in a building rented by Synagro, related to Synagro's conversion process.

I've already commented that to this person in another thread, they are just hell bent on creating their own narrative.

More like kowtowing to the ignorant masses.

>Now how about a conversation about rehabilitating our dilapidated sewer and water infrastructure

Do you think that we're just... not working on our infrastructure?

I've already addressed your comments in the other thread, you didn't respond.

You're clearly not interested in the facts, just your own narrative.

As long as Clean Harbor can meet the EPA guidelines, aren't they typically discharging to city's wastewater system?

Would we have even heard about this if it wasn't from East Palestine? Or does Mayor Scott step in every time they're treating Vinyl Chloride/PFOA/PFOS? It feels more like grandstanding than anything. Particularly without any follow up guidance to dictate what we'll allow them to discharge to DPW in the future.

It seems strange to block this one instance of wastewater being treated while we have an entire industry dedicated to it here.

Clean Harbors' Baltimore facility is one of three in the US specializing in this and likely treats similar and worse liquids every day. We're only hearing about this particular instance because it made national news. Let alone what we burn at Wheelabrator.

>So how is your conclusion that discharging effluent at 4 ppm into the sewers is totally cool?

EPA limits are for vinyl chloride 2ppb. The highest concentration in the waste that was meant for here was 62ppb (or 0.062ppm). So yeah, pretty sure they weren't going to discharge at 4ppm...

>This is quite different I would think than dumping a huge amount of effluent that still has significant amounts of it into, effectively, the bay.

I think your sizes are off, 600,000 gallons is not a "huge amount" in this context.

My point is that you clearly have no idea what you're talking about. You've read a headline and are now outraged, and after this week you'll go about your life unaware of all the waste water that Clean Harbors treats and discharges to the sewer system.

>We don't have any detectable vinyl chloride in the bay or harbor right now

How can you claim that? We've shown it multiple times, in multiple areas of the Bay, over the last 30 years:

Frog Mortar Creek, near Martin State Airport (2014)

EPA found 19 OCPSF and 12 Petroleum Refining facilities as the worst offenders in the Chesapeake in 2004, Vinyl Chloride was a subcategory of note within OCPSFs

Chesapeake Watershed Chemical's of Concern (2000)

Indian Acres on the Sassafras in 1996

I saw a few other sources published by Williams and Mary in 1992, but the scans didn't have OCR and were tough to navigate.

>If you read my comment my concern isnt that the company isnt capable of treating the waste its that the 'acceptable levels' of toxins in the effluent are not acceptable to me.

Again, this facility specializes in this, it's within their purview, they've probably handled Vinyl Chloride or other Chlor-Alkalis before (and likely worse on a regular basis), you just haven't been paying attention because it hasn't made national news.

It's totally fine if you've now decided that this is a concern, but then why are we just stopping this single occasion? The industrial waste treatment plant should be completely closed, right?

That's literally what they do all the time, that's their entire business.

So if you think it's a problem now that you've read a headline about it, should we be shutting them down completely?

It's a bit dated, but clean; The Admiral Fell Inn puts you in the heart of Fells for your budget or less. There's a cool cocktail bar in the basement (now called Anchor Bar), as well as Duck Duck Goose on the first floor.

The other option in Fells is The Pendry, but I think it's usually between $400-700/night.

Outside of those, any of the global hotels in Harbor East will pretty much be what you get from them in any other city.

So I take it that your opinion is that Clean Harbors should not be operating here at all? Or is there something specific about this waste that you're concerned about?

Edit: Lots of downvotes here, so for those of you who believe that Clean Harbors won't properly treat this waste, our politicians included it seems, why should they be allowed operate at all? What other harmful substances are they discharging to Back River?

1. it wasn't a DPW managed facility that exploded, it was caused by Synagro's centrifuge machines.

2. Norfolk Southern isn't sending this to Back River, they're sending it to Clean Harbors. Back River would have fuckall to do with this treatment, the waste water back River receives would be treated like any other sewage.

Maybe if you have some evidence that Clean Harbors isn't meeting EPA guidelines before discharging to Back River you might have an argument, but it sounds like you have no idea what's actually happening.

>Tbh, it kind of seems like Norfolk Southern was trying to get this stuff into others' hands as fast as possible,

I'm not supporting Norfolk Southern, but why wouldn't they? They're not a hazardous waste storage company. What else would you expect them to do other than pay EPA approved companies to dispose of it?

No, down the center of the pipe and off the snow bank at the bottom.

When I worked at an East Coast resort, we had way more trauma deaths from tubing than from the skiing/snowboarding side.

Most mountain deaths on the ski resort side were heart attacks, the tubing hill on the other hand would have 1 or more per year of conditions getting a bit too slick and a tube flying over/crashing into the barrier at the end or into a person at high speed.

Knowing where that half pipe is, I doubt it was hundreds. But easily 50+.

5 stories or 20, it doesn't make a ton of difference.

It depends on the vibe you're looking for? Crowded party bar? Irish food specials? Divey Irish pub?

No he didn't.

>Agents screening checked bags found ammunition and a ballistic vest emblazoned with “Deputy Marshal” in one of Clouden’s bags, according to the affidavit. They retrieved more of his luggage from the plane and found an AR-15 rifle that “meets the definition of a machine gun,” another rifle, a handgun, a taser, a spring-loaded knife, an expandable baton, a “United States Marshal” badge and U.S. marshal credentials with Clouden’s name and photo, according to FBI agent Christopher Granato.

They retrieved the bags from the plane, but stopped him as he tried to board. How exactly would his carry-on get onto the plane before he boarded?

He's not only a prohibited person, but one of the guns was an unregistered machine gun. He's going away for a long time in a Federal prison where early release isn't on the table until you've completed 80% of your sentence.

These were in checked bags. So they'd be pretty tough to get to mid- flight.

Yeah, it's a good way to demo your brand/product before dropping a couple of million on your own brewery.

Friends who have opened breweries have said that having the product information from contract brewing as part of your business plan makes it much easier to get the business loan (if you're going with traditional funding, which has other downfalls)

https://www.peabodyheightsbrewery.com/co-op-brewers/

You brew on their equipment, with the help of their brewer, and under their license. But I believe you have to get your labels approved by the FDA yourself.

Baltimore has pretty good contract brewing options through Peabody (which is also how Full Tilt got started IIRC), so I think there have been some brands that brewed once or twice and gave up.

But I don't think any full fledged brewery has closed down.

DuClaw is probably the closest: They sold, and their restaurants all changed to Yard Houses. The new owners have had trouble getting their tasting room re-opened (which was really cool).