Well done Molly. You reached Philly loud and clear. I am a big fan of Michael’s and now yours. I have both of you to thank and cheer on as I understand more about the foul odors coming from some of Tulsa’s political inner workings. Why am I not surprised? The EU has the right idea in so many ways these das..onward.
Hi Doug, what wonderful feedback. Thank you. The impact of Michael's work to make things that are unseen, seen, is difficult to overstate. I'm delighted to know that the story has taken up residence with you. More on Philly in an upcoming article, actually. Thank you for letting me know you're out there.
Thank you for this revelatory and important article. A lifelong Tulsan, I applaud your extensive research and perseverance to bring this information to light. This story must be told.
Bravo! What an eloquent hook for this essential body of work. You've given this story a life of it's own. I pray your hard work reaches all the right corners of the web. I cannot wait to continue learning and see what manifests from this series.
I really enjoyed your talk yesterday at the Chandler Park's Earth Day celebration. It was really a wakeup call to look at what has happened, and is happening to the Arkansas River. I've read all your substack posts before but I am rereading them and reposting them, one a week, on facebook to help spread the information.
Hi Alan, this is so great to hear, thank you. I'm really glad you made it to the talk and found it compelling. Thank you for being there and doing what you can to share this information with a wider audience.
Great article. Brings to light much information I had no knowledge of. It feels wrong to build a new dam just to impound water. I hear lots of comments about how the river is ugly right now because of all the sandbars and varying water levels. That's kind of the way nature intended it I think.
I've had occasion a couple of times, when the river levels were very low, to walk almost clear across the river from the east to the west side downstream of the old dam and it is amazing to see all the oilfield and industrial debris on the river bed. Old pipe, coiled up cables, chunks of concrete and other things just waiting to snag people who are in the river recreationally.
I walked onto the bridge last night and watched folks kayaking the man-made rapids there and viewed the low-head dams. It's interesting that when you do a google search on these types of dams, some of the top results have statements like "Low-head dams create dangerous recirculation currents at the base of the dam known as a hydraulic" and "These currents are often called a "drowning machine" and "Some ways to mitigate the dangers of low-head dams include: Keeping people away from the dams". It may be morbid, but a ticker counting down to when the first person dies or gets seriously injured here might be engaging and prescient...
You mention Ponca in the opening of this article. I haven't read them all yet, but have you looked into the Osage, Caddo, or Quapaw (forgive my spelling) tribes that navigated this land before 19th century expansion?
Fantastic work. May it spread far and wide.
Hi Annie, I appreciate this so much. Thank you.
Well done Molly. You reached Philly loud and clear. I am a big fan of Michael’s and now yours. I have both of you to thank and cheer on as I understand more about the foul odors coming from some of Tulsa’s political inner workings. Why am I not surprised? The EU has the right idea in so many ways these das..onward.
Hi Doug, what wonderful feedback. Thank you. The impact of Michael's work to make things that are unseen, seen, is difficult to overstate. I'm delighted to know that the story has taken up residence with you. More on Philly in an upcoming article, actually. Thank you for letting me know you're out there.
I don’t know about wonderful but appreciate the work and the astute observations. Stay with it. Yes, Michael is a gem.
Thank you for this revelatory and important article. A lifelong Tulsan, I applaud your extensive research and perseverance to bring this information to light. This story must be told.
Susan, thank you so much for sharing this, and for your interest in this story. I deeply appreciate that you see it and get it. Thanks.
Bravo! What an eloquent hook for this essential body of work. You've given this story a life of it's own. I pray your hard work reaches all the right corners of the web. I cannot wait to continue learning and see what manifests from this series.
I really enjoyed your talk yesterday at the Chandler Park's Earth Day celebration. It was really a wakeup call to look at what has happened, and is happening to the Arkansas River. I've read all your substack posts before but I am rereading them and reposting them, one a week, on facebook to help spread the information.
Hi Alan, this is so great to hear, thank you. I'm really glad you made it to the talk and found it compelling. Thank you for being there and doing what you can to share this information with a wider audience.
Great article. Brings to light much information I had no knowledge of. It feels wrong to build a new dam just to impound water. I hear lots of comments about how the river is ugly right now because of all the sandbars and varying water levels. That's kind of the way nature intended it I think.
I've had occasion a couple of times, when the river levels were very low, to walk almost clear across the river from the east to the west side downstream of the old dam and it is amazing to see all the oilfield and industrial debris on the river bed. Old pipe, coiled up cables, chunks of concrete and other things just waiting to snag people who are in the river recreationally.
Hi Alan, thanks so much for this feedback and for sharing your experience.
I walked onto the bridge last night and watched folks kayaking the man-made rapids there and viewed the low-head dams. It's interesting that when you do a google search on these types of dams, some of the top results have statements like "Low-head dams create dangerous recirculation currents at the base of the dam known as a hydraulic" and "These currents are often called a "drowning machine" and "Some ways to mitigate the dangers of low-head dams include: Keeping people away from the dams". It may be morbid, but a ticker counting down to when the first person dies or gets seriously injured here might be engaging and prescient...
You mention Ponca in the opening of this article. I haven't read them all yet, but have you looked into the Osage, Caddo, or Quapaw (forgive my spelling) tribes that navigated this land before 19th century expansion?