Last night’s sunset … (Ontario)

Last night’s sunset…22/04/07.. 2 photos, originally uploaded by bevcraigwhite.

sunset flight… ( red-winged-blackbird).. Lake Huron, Ontario

Wurtsmith gets defense mission of a different sort

From The Bay City Times:

The former Wurtsmith Air Force Base will serve as a drop point for medicine and medical supplies should a terrorist attack, flu outbreak or natural disaster strike the region.

The Oscoda Wurtsmith Airport Authority, which oversees a civilian airport at Wurtsmith, has agreed to allow use of the facility in the event of an emergency requiring shipments of medicine from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s strategic national stockpile.

Airport Authority members said at their April 18 meeting that no drugs would be stored at the airport on a long-term basis. Any incoming shipments would be guarded by state or federal officials.

According to the CDC’s Web site, the federal agency has stockpiled large quantities of medicine and medical supplies to protect the nation in the event of terrorist attacks, flu outbreaks, natural disasters or other emergencies that would exhaust local medical supplies.

Good to know!!

Seissenschmidt Corporation Expansion at Wurtsmith

Michigan’s Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) had this press release announcing new jobs at Wurtsmith:

The North American subsidiary of Germany-based Seissenschmidt-Group will invest an initial $1.3 million to locate its new North American headquarters at Wurtsmith Air Force Base in Oscoda Township. The project will create 152 new jobs, including 85 directly by the company. A state tax credit valued at $516,000 over seven years helped convince the company to invest and grow in Michigan. The MEDC will provide a Community Development Block Grant to assist with building improvements. In addition to Wurtsmith’s current tax-free Renaissance Zone designation, Oscoda Township has proposed a low-cost lease worth $12,000 annually to support the project.

Last January, German automotive component supplier Seissenschmidt announced the expansion of its U.S. marketing team headquartered in Harrisville, Michigan.

Straights of Mackinaw Channel Marker

Channel marker, originally uploaded by Fellowship of the Rich.

Lighthouse on Lake Huron in the Straights of Mackinaw marks the shipping lane.

Mackinac Bridge

Mackinac Bridge, originally uploaded by michiganartisan.

View of the Mackinac Bridge from the South Tower

Trumpeter swans and nests observed in area

From the Ann Arbor News:

For the past few years, about 150 trumpeter swans have been wintering in the lower Au Sable River near Oscoda, making the site one of the highest concentrations of the threatened species on the continent.

Besides their bugling call, trumpeters have black bills, unlike the orange, knobbed bill of the more commonly seen mute swan.

Moon Rise

, originally uploaded by jacalynsnana.

 

Flurries blowing in from Lake Huron

Flurries blowing in from Lake Huron, originally uploaded by BobJack.

 

At Tawas Point on Lake Huron

At Tawas Point, in Tawas, MI on Lake Huron, originally uploaded by spantil.

 

Sunrise over Lake Huron in Michigan

Sunrise over Lake Huron, Michigan, originally uploaded by Weinge.