A bridge for sale – A dam to defend

Fun new interactive from the White House. It shows the properties owned by Uncle Sam that are slated for closure or sale. (

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Every State in the Union has a warehouse, office building, bridge or road. There are 12,000 on the list.

As is often the case, California is on top of the heap.

I was surprised to see the number of bridges and roads on the list. From Humbolt County:

Net-net I guess this a good thing. There's no crown jewels on these lists. Still, a sign of the times.

Nice out yesterday, so I went for a walk to the Croton dam. This is a picture of the barriers to the roadway:

After 911 someone found information that suggested this old dam was a terrorist target. It's part of NYC's water system. It was armed guards 24/7 at first. Now, the less the formidable obstacles above.

This was once my ‘direct' route to town. Does the death of OBL mean my shortcut is going to reopen?

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I doubt that will ever happen.

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