Big River Dig

[Conan71]

I'd noticed yesterday that the Arkansas River was quite low.  Driving in this morning, I noticed they are digging on the islands just off-shore of Westport.  Anyone know what's going on?

[cks511]

http://www.newson6.com/global/story.asp?s=7994076

[Noodlez]

newson6 has a story about it. Seems to be a lil bit of cleanup work as well as some maintenance on the Zink Dam.

[Conan71]

How many times do you think they could say "Tonya Pitzer" in the same story.  Did they let the six year old child of a KOTV staff member write that?

[sgrizzle]

Some people are taking advantage of the new sandbars:

[grahambino]

quote:Originally posted by Conan71

How many times do you think they could say "Tonya Pitzer" in the same story.  Did they let the six year old child of a KOTV staff member write that?

lmao...

One is repairing several of the seals on the Zink Dam," said RiverParks' Tonja Pitzer.

RiverParks' Tonja Pitzer says it's the first time in the dam's nearly 30-year history that the seals have been replaced.

They've pulled shopping carts out at 81st and Riverside," said RiverParks' Tonja Pitzer.

"We'll continue until our resources are used up, and we have as much debris out of the river as possible," said RiverParks' Tonja Pitzer.

Because typically this time of year the water is high," said RiverParks' Tonja Pitzer.

[sgrizzle]

Riverpark's Tony Pitzer isn't sure what all the fuss is about with Riverparks' Tony Pitzer's remarks, Riverpark's Tony Pitzer stated.

[cannon_fodder]

Maybe they are offsetting other excessive uses of pronouns.  There was an article this weekend involving 3 principle actors, all male... and they kept using "he said."  I had to go back and figure out which "he" they spoke of.

[Vision 2025]

quote:Originally posted by Conan71

I'd noticed yesterday that the Arkansas River was quite low.  Driving in this morning, I noticed they are digging on the islands just off-shore of Westport.  Anyone know what's going on?

The work at the Zink Lake islands is by Tulsa County in response to a request from the Corps and USF&W to perform some simple maintenance on the islands before the Terns get here to nest.  Similar to what was done a couple of years past... pulling scrub trees and redistributing sand.

[breitee]

quote:Originally posted by twizzler

I think their online news stories are mostly grabbed directly from their video broadcast news copy. A lot of news stories have a field shot of some one being interviewed with their name in graphics underneath. So to avoid the problem CF mentioned, I would imagine the standard protocol is to insert the person's name after they are quoted - which can get excessive if the same person is quoted from multiple video shots.

Shows how backward KOTV is.

[carltonplace]

I was amazed by how much sand has filled in above the low water dam. Wonder how much it will cost to scoop it out of there.

[Vision 2025]

quote:Originally posted by carltonplace

I was amazed by how much sand has filled in above the low water dam. Wonder how much it will cost to scoop it out of there.

Don't really intend to scoup it out, rather the plan is to modify the dam (engineering selection is presently underway) to pass it on downstream as it will just accumulate again.

[citizen72]

Why don't they rip-rap the perimeter of the island while they are at it. Sand is very mobile and they will just have to do it again and again. Rip-rap above the normal water line and it will really help.

[citizen72]

quote:Originally posted by carltonplace

I was amazed by how much sand has filled in above the low water dam. Wonder how much it will cost to scoop it out of there.

That was to be an obvious from the very beginning, but Mayor Inhofe in his above all judgment kept saying over and over again it was self cleaning. Yeah right. It used to be called, "Inhofe's folly."

[Wrinkle]

Remember during the "put water in the river" campaign when the river was dry?

The news story at the time said they were doing Zink Dam seal work.

And, this mornings' TW says they're NOT able to do seal work due to the water level not being low enough.

I know, I'm pretty much always confused, but this doesn't help.