Bellingham Comments from Digital Recorder - EISs for the Proposed ...

eak dust. How many pounds of break dust will there be per mile because of this increased traffic?
This morning I was woken up at 5:09 am. There were 6 horns that I heard; maybe there were 7 or 8
before I woke up. It was a pusher engine at the end of the train that let me know it was definitely a coal
train. I got up, it was dark, I had my coffee and went to the computer – I hate computers – but I
Google’d up a few things. I found out about a primer of China who has $2.6 billion in corrupt assets
since he took over. I looked at the cover of TIME magazine, it’s got a red picture, communist red, and
the front of it says, “The next leader of the unfree country.” We are facilitating China in deconstructing
America. They are our economic adversary, why are we facilitating them? We need to study this in the
EIS. It’s endangering my job, its endangering the jobs of almost all Americans that have been in
manufacturing. I have a lot of other things to say, and I will be write those in. Having to take the time to
come here now is cutting into my Saturday time. I was going to do chum eggs that I brought home from
Hood Canal last week and work on Volvos. Here I am, pissed off. Am I a mad hatter from the mercury I
had in the albuquerque at 7:30 for breakfast?
My name is Diana Kirkham and I live at 4681 Rural Avenue in Bellingham, WA. I live probably a stone
throw from the railroad crossing. I would like them to address property value depreciation, health
issues from the screeching, the dinging at the crossing, and also the deterioration of my home from the
vibration. My foundation is deteriorating underneath me and my home is 85 years old. I’m concerned
about my water quality there because of the trains. I think what needs to be studied when they do this
are the people who live on that rail line. What are they going to do for us? I go for the global warming
thing too, but I’ve had cancer whether it’s related to living on a rail line. I have a daughter who has
anxiety issues, maybe that’s linked to her not getting any sleep. I was not aware of that until I came to
this meeting today. They need to address that and make things right if this does go through for the
people that live along that line.
This is Patricia Marks. My address is 2117 X Street Apt 1, Bellingham, WA 98225-3566. I am here to talk
about some of my concerns, mostly about the request to the Army Corps of Engineers and the EPA to
increase the scope to include these concerns about the environment which I will comment on now. First
of all I want to personally say, I am here to retire, I’ve worked here all my life and I want to retire in a
healthy and beautiful place. That’s my personal motivation. Number one – I’m concerned about the
change in temperature of the water at Cherry Point and elsewhere. Number two – I’m wondering about
the shaded area and obstruction that could be caused by the building of ramps out over the bay and
water, as well as the supporting structures for these ramps and how they will affect the wildlife.
Number three – I’m concerned about damages to natural resources. Number four – I’m concerned
about damage to the beach and the land adjacent to the water because of the tramping and other
traffic increase. Number 5 – I’m concerned about noise level increase with humans. I’m concerned
about the possible increase of adrenaline levels and perhaps wildlife changes similarly due to changes in
the loudness of sound or different sounds. There could be some stress reactions. Number 6 – I’m