Comments on: Nota Bene: Peppered mammoth, hidden ark http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/03/03/nota-bene-peppered-mammoth-hidden-ark/ Think - it ain't illegal yet... Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:18:07 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Brian Angliss http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/03/03/nota-bene-peppered-mammoth-hidden-ark/comment-page-1/#comment-20923 Brian Angliss Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:46:20 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/03/03/nota-bene-peppered-mammoth-hidden-ark/#comment-20923 I was surprised too. I'd figured that the problem was too small for them to care about, but apparently something about the story grabbed someone's attention. I was surprised too. I’d figured that the problem was too small for them to care about, but apparently something about the story grabbed someone’s attention.

]]> By: Mike Sheehan http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/03/03/nota-bene-peppered-mammoth-hidden-ark/comment-page-1/#comment-20915 Mike Sheehan Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:35:52 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/03/03/nota-bene-peppered-mammoth-hidden-ark/#comment-20915 Thanks for the add'l info, Brian. Actually I was surprised the NYT even covered it. Thought they were a little unclear on what exactly lay west of the Mississippi. Thanks for the add’l info, Brian.

Actually I was surprised the NYT even covered it. Thought they were a little unclear on what exactly lay west of the Mississippi.

]]> By: Brian Angliss http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/03/03/nota-bene-peppered-mammoth-hidden-ark/comment-page-1/#comment-20909 Brian Angliss Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:27:22 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/03/03/nota-bene-peppered-mammoth-hidden-ark/#comment-20909 I've been trying to decide whether I should write about the Leadville thing or not, but I want to clarify something a little - The entire town of Leadville isn't threatened, "only" a trailer park and everything downstream of the tunnel along the Arkansas River. The threat to the downstream communities is not actually from flood, since any rush of water would have spread out enough by then to not cause much, if any, flooding, but rather from the heavy metal contamination of the water. <a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2004249945_leadville29.html" rel="nofollow">this article from the Seattle Times</a> is a bit more nuanced about the problem than the NYTimes article is. I’ve been trying to decide whether I should write about the Leadville thing or not, but I want to clarify something a little – The entire town of Leadville isn’t threatened, “only” a trailer park and everything downstream of the tunnel along the Arkansas River. The threat to the downstream communities is not actually from flood, since any rush of water would have spread out enough by then to not cause much, if any, flooding, but rather from the heavy metal contamination of the water. this article from the Seattle Times is a bit more nuanced about the problem than the NYTimes article is.

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