Horses are evacuated during hurricanes too.
Let's help add more entries to the emergency layup directory being compiled by
The Horse Gazette by contacting our horse friends and getting them to add entries at:
http://www.horsegazette.com/emergency.htm#TX
It may be too late to help horses affected by Hurricane Ike, but at least we can be prepared for the next big storm.
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It's raining outside because Hurricane Ike (now downgraded to Tropical Storm Ike) is barreling its way into Oklahoma as I type. We are getting lots of rain here in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Do you suppose Ike has come to Oklahoma to help us celebrate the 100th anniversary of Ike's Chili in Tulsa? Our State Senator was there yesterday and so was our Mayor, Kathy Taylor, along with other dignitaries to celebrate.
According to the News on 740 KRMG, Ike's is the longest continuously operating restaurant in the State of Oklahoma. They also reported that Martha Stewart claims that Ike's chili is the best chili in the country.
Ike's Chili House is located at 5941 E. Admiral Place (east of downtown Tulsa).
There is a second Ike's Chili at 1630 W. 51st Street on the west side of the Arkansas River.
Sounds like we should go eat there on this dark and stormy night. Yum.
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I grew up in the Town of Southeast in Putnam County. It was called Southeast because it was the southeast township in the Philips Patent in New York State.
We lived about two miles from the little village of Brewster, which was on the other side of Marvin's Mountain from our house. When we walked to town we would tell Mom that we were going "down street." That meant Main Street. There was a bank in the middle of the street across from the railroad station. They later turned it into city hall. Brewster was a small village of about three thousand -- much smaller than Marlo Thomas made it out to be in her 1960's era televsion show That Girl.
We lived west of Brewster in a little housing addition developed by Bob Gilstead on land purchased from the Bookbinder's estate at the bottom of the hill by Middle Branch Reservoir. The development was called Drewville Heights. Mr. Drew had been a drover back in the 1800's and his little rock "castle" is over by Interstate 87.
The train turned around in Brewster and headed back to New York City. We were at the end of the line fifty-five miles north of "The City." There was a round house just north of town. In kindergarten we took a field trip to the round house and I was selected to drive the train. I remember moving the little lever to let the engine leave its little room in the round house to go out onto the little table that turned in the center of the building. I am told the round house is no longer there.
In fact, I have heard that Brewster is completely different now.
In my heart it is still the same.
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The interface between the rights of surface owners and mineral owners is very interesting and will become more of a problem in oil-producing states as we push to "drill here now" in an attempt to reduce our dependence on foreign oil.
I attended a meeting of the Sand Springs (Oklahoma) City Council on Monday evening, August 11, because I am a shareholder in an oil company that has plans to drill wells on it's lease in Tulsa County.
The Lancaster Lease has been in constant production since 1993. Many of the wells on the lease were originally drilled in the 1920's. Three new wells have already been drilled in the north half of the lease in 2008. Plans are being made to drill in the more populated south half of the lease.
The lease lies outside the fenceline of the City of Sand Springs.
In the city of Sand Springs it is presently illegal to drill for oil inside the incorporated city limits, however, drilling is allowed inside the fenceline. There is a distinction between being inside the fenceline and being inside the incorporated city limits.
The Lancaster Lease sits outside the fenceline and so there has been no question that drilling is allowed.
There are a number of homes on the surface of the land occupied by this lease. In Oklahoma, new oil wells cannot be spotted within 200 feet of a house.
Landowners have recently been notified by the oil company that a seismic study would be conducted to determine where the best places will be to spot new wells.
The surface owners were aware that they did not own mineral rights under their land and that under the laws of the State of Oklahoma there was nothing they could do, because in Oklahoma the mineral estate is dominant over the surface estate.
Nevertheless, the surface owners have made an end run around the problem by petitioning the Planning Commission of the City of Sand Springs to annex them into the incorporated city limits. (Heretofore they have not even been inside the fenceline.)
They went before the Planning Commission on August 5, 2008 without fully disclosing the reasons for the annexation, i.e., to stop the upcoming drilling. Moreover, the oil company was not notified of the Planning Commission meeting.
On Monday August 11th the City Council of the city of Sand Springs met in regular session to consider Ordinance No. 1165 -- Annexation -- 145th West Avenue and Weaver Road, 16 Owners.
The agenda of the meeting stated that, "Council will consider approval of Ordinance No. 1165 annexing approximately 109.271 acres consisting of 19 tracts with 16 owners. The property is generally located at the northwest corner of 51st Street and 145th West Avenue in Tulsa County. The Planning Commission held a public hearing regarding this annexation on August 5, 2008 and voted 6-0-1 to recommend approval of said ordinance."
It became clear during the City Council meeting that the surface owners had not fully disclosed to the Planning Commission the reason for their requesting annexation. The oil company representatives made clear that the oil lease was active and that they have been pumping millions of dollars into the project.
During the discussion the question of rescinding the prohibition to drill within the city limits was raised by one of the Council members, who cited that the question is currently being discussed by the City of Tulsa. He said that drilling is allowed within the city limits of Fort Worth, Texas and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Representatives of the Planning Commission attested that the fact that the land being annexed was part of an active oil lease had not been disclosed. The landowner representative admitted that their reason for wanting to be annexed was to stop the possibility of drilling on their land.
The discussion by the Council members indicated that they were concerned about taking a vote without further investigation by the Planning Commission. The City Council unanimously voted to send the issue back to the Planning Commission.
The Planning Commission will meet next Tuesday, August 19th.
I have been told that the same issue is also being addressed in Kiefer, Oklahoma and in Ramona, Oklahoma.
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Here in Tulsa our priorities have changed just slightly this week.
I am beginning to value such things as floor furnaces, gas hot water heaters without electric ignition, kerosene lanterns, and candles.
As generators hum around town, I am concerned about my neighbors who are cold. They have electric stoves rather than gas stoves -- which when lit give off some heat as long as you vent the room -- they do not have fireplaces. The next house has such things and the occupants can stay warm.
I have to say that this has been an equal opportunity power outage. In Broken Arrow, both of our Wal-Mart Supercenters were closed for three or four days while the shops on Main Street could not keep their doors open.
Restaurants that have been open have been doing a turn-away business with lines out the doors. Those restaurants without electricity or emergency power have had to throw away spoiled food and wonder if they will even have a business after Christmas.
My daughter-in law-Christan is 9-months pregnant and very ready to have a baby. I worry about her incessantly.
Life is simple here. We appreciate our blessings and are watching out for each other.
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