Not at all. I'm afraid the area near our border is a storage area. They're digging several metres below the water level now and moving the sand from the deep parts to these huge dumps that I photographed today. I'll post pictures in the morning. They're slowly covering every square metre of the high areas with huge mountains of sand. And of course the slightest wind from the north blows it off the tops onto our land, yard and house leaving those strange ripples and edges one sees on desert dunes. _______________ Dr E D F Williams http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams Author's Web Site and Photo Gallery Updated: March 30, 2002
----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Stoddart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 9:45 PM Subject: Re: The Heat and Sand > > > As far as the cement factory is concerned we are the biggest liars and > > trouble makers in the village. The amount of bad-mouthing we get is > > astounding. But up to now I've been able to simply get on with my own thing > > and not bother. But I'm being buried alive now. I have to do something. I > > like your idea but we have no NY Times or Times (London) -- our broadsheets > > are a bit old fashioned. I'll have to try a tabloid. > > There is also local TV - they might be interested? Noise and big > swirling duststorms look quite good on telly :-) Then there is > self-publicity like a web site - people have got alls orts started from a > humble web site. > > Regarding the company always being forewarned about Environmental Health > visits to measure noise, you could always ask EH to monitor over time? > 3-4 months sounds good to me :-) Then they would have to run to scheduled > hours for that time, no matter how warned they were. > > One good thing - if they are so close to your land perhaps they have > nearly exhausted that end of the deposit? > > Chris >
