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Your Hanford entries[edit]

WOW! I've lived in Hanford,_California since '98 and I've learned more about Hanford from reading your edits to its wikipedia page than I have in all that time of living here. Props to ya!

Gecko G 09:54, 18 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Health risks up for deletion[edit]

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re: Quay Valley[edit]

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Hello![edit]

Hello fellow Central Valleyer and Hanfordite :P just noticed the name on the recent changes, figured there were other Wikipedians about somewhere near me, just never noticed any. Dureo 03:01, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Mussel Slough[edit]

Hey, it seems like you live in the Hanford area. Would it be possible for you to get a picture of the site of Mussel Slough Tragedy? Perhaps the California Historical Landmark sign? Just trying to think of ways to improve that article. Thanks. howcheng {chat} 03:32, 1 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I do live in the area and will take a photo of the site. There are some other things that I plan to add to the article. The wording of Historical Landmark is inaccurate in that it says that the two local men killed were Deputy U.S. Marshals, which they were not. Also, the dead and wounded men were laid out under an oak tree on the Brewer farm. The tree became famously known as the Tragedy Oak. It blew down in a storm in the early 1990s. A piece of the tree was saved as a memorial and is on display at a nearby school. Armona (talk) 20:02, 1 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

There's one more {{fact}} tag in the opening sentence. I was wondering if perhaps you might be able to cite this to the Orsi book, which I don't have access to. Unfortunately, the editor who put in that sentence (User:Ahatcher) hasn't logged in recently, so s/he may not be of much help. Thanks. howcheng {chat} 05:29, 30 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately, I don't have access to the Orsi book either. I have the J.L. Brown book in my library but there is no support for that sentence there. Armona (talk) 03:51, 31 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Kettleman Hills[edit]

Thank you! It's rare for anyone even to notice; that was kind of you. I'm trying to write articles on all the Central Valley oil fields; KHND, curiously, was the only one so far I haven't been able to photograph. When I was driving through there (on the way back from the Bay Area over the Memorial Day weekend) I couldn't find a single public road leading into the area of operations. Maybe there aren't any. Good to meet someone else interested in Central Valley geography! Antandrus (talk) 20:30, 22 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

almost pure gasoline[edit]

In the Kettleman City, California article, you added this sentence: "Reportedly, thousands of spectators came to see the gusher that spouted almost pure gasoline for weeks."

Can you re-check your source on this? It is my understanding that gasoline, whether pure or impure is produced at a refinery, and never comes out of the ground. Crude must be "cooked" (refined or distilled) to produce gasoline (less refining is needed to produce diesel). Did the source maybe say (or mean) "natural gas", which does come straight out of the ground? Thanks 4.240.117.77 (talk) 07:31, 4 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I did recheck my source. On page 123 of "History of Kings County," by Robert R. Brown and J. E. Richmond, published in 1940 by A.H. Cawston, it states: "Thousands of curious spectators were attracted to the scene of the wild gusher that spouted almost pure gasoline for weeks before it could be partially controlled. It was a thrilling sight that held elements of instant tragedy, for a spark could ignite that fuming cloud at any moment." The reference to almost pure gasoline appears again on page 126: "The whistling fumes of the discovery well as they steamed almost pure gasoline and millions of cubic feet of "wet" gas into the atmosphere daily challenged the best brains and the most modern machinery of the oil industry not only to harness them but also to tap the reservoir from which they flowed in costly abandon." Again, on page 128: "A remarkable factor of oil production in the Kettleman field was the quality of the product---almost pure gasoline as it flowed from the wells in a steaming spray. One well alone, Felix No. 1, flowed at the rate of 30,000 barrels daily before being "beaned" down and its output had been so nearly refined by nature that it could be utilized without further treatment for use in internal combustion engines. That well was but a fair sample of the general run of the field." Certainly natural gas was also produced by this and other wells in the vicinity. According to a plaque at a monument to the Elliott No. 1 well blow-out near Avenal, CA, some of the early Kettleman North Dome wells were capable of producing in excess of 30,000 barrels of oil and 120 million cubic feet of natural gas each day. Armona (talk) 23:38, 8 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Maybe the wording/terminology has changed? A lot of words say from 100-, 200-years ago migrate in what they stand for. Maybe that is what occurred here? Can I get a royalty check for a well like that? ~!4.240.117.178 (talk)

This was a very peculiar place -- the oil was light and extremely high in the fractions which make up gasoline, and there are anecdotal accounts that people just poured the stuff in their cars (don't try this with a modern car!) and they'd run. There are some technical details in some of the old California Division of Mines and Mining reports -- this one from 1928 -- Vol 14 No 5 November 1928 -- and this one from 1932 -- Vol 18 No. 4. See for example the gasoline constituents on p. 13 of the 1928 report, and the final paragraph on p. 17. Cheers, Antandrus (talk) 02:25, 30 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

In-N-Out burger[edit]

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Proposed deletion of Tamara Keith[edit]

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San Francisco meetup at WMF headquarters[edit]

Hi Armona,

I just wanted to give you a heads-up about the next wiki-meetup happening in SF. It'll be located at our very own Wikimedia Foundation offices, and we'd love it if some local editors who are new to the meetup scene came and got some free lunch with us :) Please sign up on the meetup page if you're interested in attending, and I hope to see you soon! Maryana (WMF) (talk) 23:39, 6 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Henry Perrin Coon Picture[edit]

Hi Armona,

I am an archaeologist working for Stanford University. Our current lab project is filling out the necessary historical preservation forms for Henry Perrin Coon's old house on Stanford land. I saw on Henry Coon's picture that you are his descendant and was wondering if you have any more pictures of him and his family or house. We want to be as complete as possible with this and any pictures would be amazing. If you would like to help us, we can talk over phone or email. Thank you and I hope to hear from you soon.

Sincerely,

Max RoseFigura Theshanker (talk) 21:32, 25 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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