Oil & wind

- Energy resources -

I always thought it was just the sound of the wind that drove people crazy, but I have found that the constant need for dusting is almost as irksome. There's not enough Pledge in the world to keep my tables clean when the wind gets up.

Speaking of wind, the bottom photo is of the Mesquite Star wind main site. This is at the curve just south of the Claytonville gas plant, on FM 611. Driving back to the west, on FM 608, there are yards full of giant blades and other parts for the windmills. Blattner is doing the construction for this project.

The top four photos, clockwise starting from the top left, are of the following oil drilling sites: Emilys 1H, 2H, horizontals & SWD 1D, a disposal well; Cochran 1, an exploratory/re-plug drill; Sahara 9, a horizontal; Yellowstone 28 1H, a horizontal on US 180 in Scurry County. The first three are in Fisher County on FM 1614.