[meteorite-list] Wind speed, direction, house orientation for Bloomington, IL iron

[Bill]

Sterling,

They must have some sort of stack to release gas if they process soybean oil.

Bill



> -----Original Message-----
> From: sterling_k_webb at sbcglobal.net
> Sent: Tue, 6 Mar 2007 20:07:37 -0600
> To: robert.d.matson at saic.com, meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Wind speed, direction, house orientation
> for Bloomington, IL iron
> 
> Hi, Rob, List,
> 
> 
> The "industrial" facility is:
> 
> Sic: 204898
> PURINA MILLS INC
> 113 S EUCLID AVE
> BLOOMINGTON IL 61701
> 309/829-1261
> 
> You will note that under that vast roof is,
> not a building, but an array of metal silos
> for grain storage. (I'm assuming you're
> looking at the same Google Earth view
> I am.) The industrial activity carried on
> there is the grinding of grain into flour, a
> nicely neolithic task which is frankly unlikely
> to flang pseudometeorites about in vertical
> arcs.
> 
> The SIC code indicates that it processes
> soybeans for oil. The facility is operated
> by Cargill, Inc. If you want to call them,
> contact Ray A. Dostal, 309/827-7131, and
> explain that you're NOT from the EPA who
> monitor the plant by photo reconnaissance!
> 
> I've got just such a large facility right in the
> heart of the downtown of my town, on the
> edge of the Mississippi River, operated by
> Con-Agra, antique and built of stone, not
> sheet metal. It's surrounded by the downtown
> business district on two sides, and has never
> flang a pseudometeorite in a vertical arc, to
> my knowledge. (Occasional dust explosion
> is fun, though, but not enough to flang.)
> 
> 
> Sterling K. Webb
> -----------------------------------------------------
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Matson, Robert" <ROBERT.D.MATSON at saic.com>
> To: "Meteorite Mailing List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 7:11 PM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Wind speed, direction,house orientation for
> Bloomington, IL iron
> 
> 
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> Looked up weather information for Bloomington, IL, for the day/time
> of the window-crasher:
> 
> Monday, March 5th, ~9:30am
> Wind speed:  13.8 mph
> Wind direction:  NNW
> 
> Link:
> 
> <http://www.weatherunderground.com/history/airport/KBMI/2007/3/5/DailyHi
> story.html?req_city=NA&req_state=NA&req_statename=NA>
> 
> The broken window on the back of the house does face NW.  About
> 600 meters to the northwest of that window is an industrial plant
> of some sort, just northwest of the intersection of W. Olive St.
> and S. Euclid Ave.  Haven't determined what sort of plant this
> is yet.
> 
> --Rob
> 
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