The weather finally warmed and much of the snow has melted although there are yet icy spots. Last week with clear main roads it was obvious to spot the problem areas, mostly driveways that caused water to run out on the road making icy spots [black ice]. In olden days the county would send out equipment to resolve those areas to avoid wrecks, injuries & deaths but, apparently, it would seem that Engineer Evans’ “Core Maintenance Manual & Guide” does not address such issues so none of the problems were solved. After all, unlike tree top trimming there is no big money in doing routine maintenance. The ice is also breaking up & going downstream.
As a result of the cold weather, snow, ice & treatment chemicals the surface of the W. Va. Route 5 bridge in Creston has taken another turn for the worse. One needs to go slow.
While not really Creston news Tony McVey had twin photogenic calves, one of those cheery good news stories that all like to read.
Local residents took in the Fire Department meal in Elizabeth.
There will be Bingo March 7 at Creston.
It was reported that Antero, the big Denver driller got into a tiff with the EPA and the W. Va. Environmental folks. It is said that now there is a $3.8 million settlement.
The St. Valentine’s Day meal at Shade Tree was a popular event on Saturday. Folks got to meet Cash’s friend Lucy.
Teddy Ball went to visit the doctor the other day and then he was sent to the ER and from there to the OR. He is now recovering from open heart surgery.
Brandon Ferrell had appendix surgery.
Some news came from down at the lower Potomac swamps that will impact local folks and others all over the nation positively. The 2009 “endangerment finding” that CO2 (Carbon dioxide) was a danger has now been rescinded and thus all the “pollution” rules concerning carbon dioxide are now moot. CO2 is the raw material used by green plants to make all the food we eat, either directly or indirectly when plant products are fed to animals to make meat, eggs, dairy products, etc. With the new emphasis on eating healthy foods we will now all do better and at much lower cost. It was reported that with meals for the army, real food meals will cost $10 while the “highly refined stuff ” was costing $14/day. While that is happening the legislature, for reasons that are not really clear, have said they were going to do a “favor” for the deep state and implement for the Ohio River drainage the same onerous regulations that shut down many farms where the water goes into the Chesapeake Bay. Why would our elected representatives answer to the deep state? One would hope that someone in the State Senate or in the House of Delegates stands up and says, “No”. We do not need more government employees running around telling us what to do and increasing the debt. DOGE the program before it starts. If someone has some worthless sons-in-law that need government jobs, perhaps they could exercise, get in shape and join the military, ICE or CBP. This involves SJR 7.
Someone introduced a bill in the legislature that says if one discovers something other than oil & gas then the company does not have to pay royalty on the valuable substance. A century ago it was reported that gold nuggets were found in the drillings over in Doddridge County and now there is lithium, a very valuable element found in certain brines. Another bill requires you to agree to have the coal long walled under your house so it is guaranteed to subside. Folks need to talk with those folks who say they represent us. The coal bill has been labeled “The forced subsidence bill” in honor or the various forced pooling bills that the legislature did to enrichen the out of state [and nation] oil & gas companies.
Some local folks were visiting folks under the golden dome at the Mouth of the Elk.
Expand Energy was looking after some of their properties in Wood County.
The Comely Kim was visiting Wilma Mowrey.
ON Tee Vee the other day there was a display of the reach of the deep state & CIA concerning the Epstein papers. One of the deep state men said there would be no prosecutions and it became obvious why. Some of the top men & women from the Big Eared One’s administration shall we say, “looked bad” and a woman had to step down from her position at Goldman Sachs. Men in various European governments have been forced to resign. It would look like a certain blond woman needs to seek other employment.
An outfit that wants to lease oil & gas in Gilmer County said they would provide a gross lease but the language talks about the BTU value of the natural gas at the well head which is a fictional value. Gas from those wells is sold at the tailpipe of the fractionation plants after the removal of the natural gas liquids, ethane, propane, normal & iso butane, the pentanes, etc.
Earlier it had been reported that Mother Hope (Hope Gas) & Megan had problems supplying natural gas to their customers. Now it was learned that Mountaineer Gas [that has the old Cabot plant] like wise had difficulty keeping some of their Creston customers warm. What happened to those folks who wanted to abandon gas gathering lines and the natural gas that was being produced into those lines?
The price of local Pennsylvania grade crude rose to $63.63/bbl. With condensate fetching $45.63/bbl. & Marcellus & Utica light bringing $52.63/bbl. Of course locally it has been very difficult to get the oil trucks to tanks on location to haul the oil.
