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Posted By:
Hal Brown
Date Posted:
Aug 16, 2004
Description:
Not on the sectional and in the middle of the Withlacoochee State Forest. Grass at over 4,000 feet. Anyone know the story behind this strip?
Date Taken:
Aug 16, 2004
Place Taken:
Off the Net
Owner:
Terra Fly
File Name:
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Category:
34, Florida Flying
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Don Maxwell - Aug 16,2004
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Either that's a false-color image, Robert, or else there's a lot of strange stuff growing in that state forest!
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Dan Nickens - Aug 16,2004
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You might be right, Don. The Withlacoochee Army Airfield was used during World War II for the testing of chemical warfare materials (now popularly known as 'Weapons of Mass Destruction' or 'Weapons of Mass Delusion' depending on who you ask). Several attempts have been made to clean up the traces remaining. I don't know if the state fish hatchery people studied this history before plunking their ponds on the old site. I wouldn't want to eat any of the fish hatched there, eh?
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Robert Lee - Aug 16,2004
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Don, <br />I am sure it is a thermal image, hence the different colors for different plants.<br /><br />Dan,<br /><br />Is it really a hatchery or are you just being Dan?
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Dan Nickens - Aug 16,2004
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'A prophet is without honor save in his own country.' Now if only I could figure out what country that might be....meanwhile, Robert, check it out: the Richloam Fish Hatchery (soon to be the new Florida Bass Conservation Center) even has a web site: <a href="http://www.floridafisheries.com/offices/richloam.html">www.floridafisheries.com/offices/richloam.html</a> and here's a quote from their site: 'Blessed with good water and soils, Richloam ranks among the most productive fish hatcheries of its size in the United States. It is Florida's principle supplier of hatchery produced fishes to public waters throughout the state.' Makes you wonder if they've ever really checked the soil or water for WMD residues. Maybe a little arsenic makes the fish taste better?
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Robert Lee - Aug 16,2004
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Ohhh great prophet ....I honor the ...... I honor the. See ....... I keep telling everyone 'Dan's alot smarter than he looks and he is a smart looking guy!' Hatchery hmmmm .... I wonder if they load planes with fish and dump them. Looks like they have row crops growing out back, maybe the fish food.
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