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dsefcik Administrator Posts: 2622
10/2/2012
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After almost 2 months of not being able to get out to the desert I finally took a day off and went out to enjoy one of the last hottest days of summer we will have. Temps showed 108 on my truck in Ocotillo, not really hot but I will take it....Here are some photos of the progress of the Ocotillo Wind project, it pretty much made me sick and broke my heart. I feel so bad for the residents of Ocotillo.
Welcome to Ocotillo Ca, home to the new Wind Energy Facility
Yes these are being constructed right next to peoples homes. This is at the sharp left curve as you leave town.
Ummm..yeah, pretty much limited now...thanks BLM...
I pretty much got lost on Dos Cabezas Rd not recognizing anything since they have modified it so heavily, here is where I was supposed to turn but could not because of the burm build up, ended up back tracking and going another way.
Bob...here is what the desert looks like now from your morning coffeee spot in Piedras Grandes
I have more on Piedras Grandes but will post that separately.
Daren
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dsefcik Administrator Posts: 2622
10/2/2012
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Oh yeah, I should probably show a picture of Bob drinking coffee on the rock in the last picture I posted -- pre wind turbines --
Ironically this is a photo from last October the morning after we attended a BLM meeting to stop the project. One year later despite everyone's efforts it is now reality....
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surfponto Administrator Posts: 1364
10/3/2012
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Daren,
It is heart breaking to see what they have done to the southern end of Anza Borrego and the community of Ocotillo.
Like you I have not been out for a while and wonder if I will even camp in the Dos Cabezas area anymore.
I am bummed that the view is destroyed. It was sone of my favorites.
Bob
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surfponto Administrator Posts: 1364
10/3/2012
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I wolud like to see some shots of the view from Piedras Grandes if you have taken any?
Bob
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dsefcik Administrator Posts: 2622
10/3/2012
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surfponto wrote:
I wolud like to see some shots of the view from Piedras Grandes if you have taken any?
Bob
Well that shot is from where we camped and you and I drank coffee....the view 1/4 mile down the road is pretty much the same. They are building right on the park boundry, I have some panoramic photos I need to stich together and will post when ready.
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dsefcik Administrator Posts: 2622
10/4/2012
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Worked on a few more photos and a couple of "Virtual Tours" of the area. You will need to click the links to see the full size images and tours.
May 17th 2012 destruction begins - Dos Cabezas Rd
Oct 3rd 2012 at least 28 turbines have been erected - Dos Cabezas Rd
Oct 3rd 2012 view from Shell Canyon Rd
View from Piedras Grandes using a 300mm lens (click image to view/download original full size)
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anutami Posts: 491
10/4/2012
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The view will never be the same
so sad
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rockhopper Posts: 668
10/5/2012
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Too bad for those Ocotillo folks. That view of the Carrizo mountains heading out on the the S2 toward the county line / check point will never be the same.
I would have demanded some compensation for reduced property values (views). The only plus is the energy is from the wind , not from burning hydrocarbon based fuels
for electric generation.
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borrego Posts: 18
10/6/2012
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The wife and i just went out for our first visit of the season, were astounded to turn the corner and see the devastation. used to be that was the beginning of the desert for us on our way to our place. Sad. And I don't even think it's a plus to gain the energy that way. Granted, it's clean energy, but there are so many other ways to produce it: tax credits for solar panels on your roof, etc... but of course that doesn't make the power company any money does it? This is not about energy, it's about money. And I'm generally a pro-business guy but c'mon. If this was the beach it would never have happened, it's just that there are few of us who love the desert....... which is part of it's magic, but we just have no voice...
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dsefcik Administrator Posts: 2622
10/6/2012
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borrego wrote:
This is not about energy, it's about money. If this was the beach it would never have happened, it's just that there are few of us who love the desert....... which is part of it's magic, but we just have no voice...
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tommy750 Posts: 1049
10/7/2012
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Heard Pattern et al were going to do mitigatation at Carrizo Marsh and remove all the Tamarisk that took over in 1976. Have they started yet? Thought it was to start this month. Those tamarisks "broke in" my new Tundra's pristine paint job a few week after I bought it!
http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib/blm/ca/pdf/elcentro/nepa/ocotilloexpress/feis.Par.82636.File.dat/AppL2.pdf
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