A nice shiny, sparkley neighborhood

I'm glad I don't work in this shithole any more. 31 years in the railroad division of the former Republic Steel, former LTV Steal, and now Mittal Steel. I remember burning rivers, and red atmosphere before it was cleaned up. But they seem to be going backwards now.

http://www.cleveland.com/cuyahoga/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1143279260124850.xml&coll=2

Mittal Steel asked to be a good neighbor
Saturday, March 25, 2006
John C. Kuehner
Plain Dealer Reporter

Glittering metal flakes, not snow, dropped around Arlene and Dennis Green's house earlier this month.

The Greens have lived on the southern edge of the Mittal Steel Co. plant for the past 18 months, and have learned that smells and pollution come with the industrial Cleveland neighborhood.

But watching the grass, furniture and trees sparkle on March 7 alarmed them because they have three young children.

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They are called the Greens!

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Glittering metal flakes, not snow, dropped around Arlene and Dennis Green's house earlier this month.
http://www.cleveland.com/cuyahoga/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1143279260124850.xml&coll=2
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The irony it burns-- though not as much as the air around Cleveland.

In other news, the second victim of Bush's 9-11 air has died in NYC. Or maybe that's the same news.