Thursday, October 11, 2012
This past April 22 – Earth Day – a tragic event took place in the Rocky River. All forms of aquatic life along a three-mile stretch of this pristine river began to wash ashore, dead. In all, an estimated 30,000 fish, frogs, turtles and other marine life would die beginning an intensive search by federal and state agencies to determine the cause and source of this natural disaster. With the help of public tips and one anonymous source, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency found themselves at the business site of Renato and Teresina Montorsi on Pearl Road.
The Montorsi's, owners of a former metal-plating company, had a 55-gallon drum of cyanide that they’d needed to dispose of and when their garage service refused to take the hazardous material, they chose another course. Hazardous chemicals must be removed by licensed specialists and the procedure is costly, so to save a couple of dollars and the hassle of a phone call, Renato formulated a better plan. He rolled the drum to a storm sewer, chopped a hole in the bottom of the container and allowed it to empty into the sewer. Those same chemicals eventually found their way to the Rocky River…creating the Earth Day disaster. When the officials arrived to question the pair, Teresina stalled them while Renato hid the drum in the back of the warehouse. Later, they removed it to their home in Lorain county.
Nice folks. Though I doubt they envisioned the extent of their decision at the time they elected to turn hazardous materials loose in a storm sewer, I really wonder just what they were thinking. They’re in their seventies and can’t get away with they didn’t know any better. I have no ideal what the penalty will be for such an aggregious crime, should they be found guilty, but I’m thinking it will include financial restitiution and jail time. And all they had to do was pay some money to have it hauled away properly. Damn people like this all to hell.
I ate three apples over the course of the day with no improvement in my stomach ailment. I went out for another two-hour ride and upon my return, ate a dinner of rice and salmon. The ache was not as bad as it has been, but it was still there as I retired for the evening. The voice of reason, Holly, says I should go to the doctor. The voice in my head says it’ll go away if I give it a little longer. I’ll probably listen to the one in my head instead of the one in my ear…for now.
Bike Duration: Two hours.
Training Heart Rate: 120 bpm.
Calories burned during workout: 1700.
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