Archive for March, 2008
« Previous EntriesReal Estate and the Lake Powell Pipeline Part 1
Saturday, March 22nd, 2008First off: There is a meeting scheduled in Big Water, Utah at Town Hall on April 3, 2008 at 6:30 p.m. (Mountain Daylight Time - not AZ time) with the Utah Department of Natural Resources.
This is one of several meetings going on the week of March 31st to inform the public of the status […]
School in Sedona
Friday, March 21st, 2008I’ve been attending Arizona Real Estate Licensing School in Sedona. Now, if a person has to go to 90 hours of school, it might as well be in Sedona! On Sunday there was a blizzard which lead to a 139 car pile up in Flagstaff and Sedona received hail, snow, thunder and lightening from the […]
Lake Powell Colorado River Flood Update
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008On Friday the good news started hitting the papers. It was a SUCCESS!!
The general thought is that this flood is all about the endangered fishies. It is, no doubt, but in my book it is also about the sustainable habitat downstream that has been created by the dam, as well as us wee humans enjoyment […]
Getting Your Home Ready For A Good Show
Thursday, March 13th, 2008As important a landmark as buying a home is in people’s lives, you’d be surprised at how much of it can turn on snap decisions. If you’re selling a house you’ll have to put careful thought into customers’ first impressions, because many sales will be made or lost before they reach the front door – […]
Big Water Speed Limit Reduction a Hit
Thursday, March 13th, 2008No pun intended. Driving though Big Water has changed notably in the last few months. The new 55 mile per hour signs up are a welcome relief to many people on both sides of the Utah/Arizona border.
This is a story with a long history of local residents and elected officials attempting to have the […]
Cottonwood Canyon Road Work
Sunday, March 9th, 2008For the past several weeks I’ve been making the 57 mile journey to Kanab from Big Water a couple of times a week. Driving by the Cottonwood Canyon road entrance it is obvious there is major construction work going on. On Thursday, coming back from Kanab, I was behind a large, side dump semi-truck hauling […]
Colorado River Spring Runoff and Lake Powell Part 1
Sunday, March 9th, 2008Seven of the last eight years the water flowing into Lake Powell from the Colorado River, and upper basin tributaries, has been in the state of drought. 2002 saw only 25% of average inflow in to the lake. Average is such a misleading word when used in describing events in the desert. Not much average […]
FHA Increases Limits Nationwide - Stats for Kane County and Coconino County
Friday, March 7th, 2008Last week, President Bush signed into law a $152 billion economic stimulus bill that includes temporary increases in loan limits for the government sponsored enterprises ie. Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae and FHA until December 31. In order to help sort all of this out Realtor.Org has put up a page explaining the new loan limits […]
Photos of the Glen Canyon Dam 2008 Experimental Floods
Friday, March 7th, 2008I spent the afternoon checking out the habitat beach building experimental flows from Glen Canyon Dam. The sheer power of the water is awesome. Standing behind the Carl Hayden Visitor Center at the dam the noise of the water floats up the canyon wall. 300,000 gallons of water a second hitting the Colorado River makes […]
Lake Powell High Flow Experiment - Wow!
Thursday, March 6th, 2008Once again the world wide media has descended on Page, Arizona, and Glen Canyon Dam to watch and record a spectacular release of water and witness environmental history.
Starting yesterday and running until March 10, 2008, a high flow water release from Glen Canyon Dam is rushing down Glen Canyon and into the Grand Canyon. […]