i had no answers for him. FORD is not going to make that info public.
there was an issue in late june - when at about 11am on a monday morning a HUGE explosion happened across the street. neighbors came running out of their homes to see what had happened. all of our houses shook violently. this explosion affected an area at least 6 blocks wide and half a block deep - and had a number of loud banging aftershocks. i emailed FORD and asked what was happening. they took a whole week to reply - and when they did they said they thought it was a gravel hauler tire blow out........
my friend suggested i watch silkwood.
yeah - we think of moving every day. because, just like every day since january - the noise starts early - rumbling, beeping, lots of trucks and traffic and exhaust and dirt in the air - usually from at least 6am to 6pm. mon-sat. it's been 7 months now. and it's only the beginning.
the footings for the parking deck are just starting. we can see bit of concrete showing up. the noise - the nonstop noise - it's awful. and it is amplified by bouncing off the big building we live across from and then hitting the front of our house. a big echo chamber. you cannot escape it anywhere in the house. and the beeping backing up vehicles - again, the tones pierce our home with needle like precision.
would i get answers if i tried a freedom of information act thing? even if i did get answers - the town would not care. god, oh i mean FORD, came back to save the city and i may be the only athiest.
it has worn us down. a deep darkness is always around, always on our minds and in our lungs. no one wants to talk about it - no one wants to hear that we are a few months into a 10 year debacle with no way to escape unless we walk away. or at least that is what it seems like. just like all the birds and squirrels and foxes and frogs and turtles and fish who were so suddenly and horribly thrown out of their homes - we have been displaced.
yeah - i know - now the emails will come from my friends - "we are worried". well - that's cool. but the only solution they seem to have is go see a doctor and get on drugs. which is not my choice. as neighbors to this project, we all deserve better care than this. if this was the day of henry ford - we'd all be treated better. but it's modern times, and his family only cares about the investors and the bottom line - not the health of the neighborhood. or it's residents. not human or wildlife.
seems the laws say the wetlands should have not been touched - but hey - this is FORD and the hand of god is allowed to touch what it wants. cult religions seem to brainwash that way.......
this is how close the cranes still are to our front door. literally across a patch of grass.
and here is some of the work that makes up the non-stop noise and dirt all day every day.
this is literally across the street from our house
all that dirt blows around every day, mixed with cement dust
it has looked like this for months and months
piles of dirt moved one way, then back , then another way, then back - beeping all the while for 12 hours a day
this are used to be acres of forest - now it will be acres of concrete, stacked high with parked cars
this is the deck they started in oct of 2016 - it is immense and in the middle of the project - but still pretty darn close to a whole neighborhood of houses
and this is our backyard - every day, any time of day - we get to look at this glorious monstrosity of work going on. a huge mess. for 7 months now. and it's only the beginning.
