Day 28 - a Year by the Sea

January 28, 2007 by OrientSee.

The reeds are Phragmites communis. Foxtails blowing in the wind which are silver when first grown. These are the reeds that kept the baby Moses afloat down the Nile. Behind the reeds are the ever present tanks. I live near the sea and a marsh but I also live near a major tank farm. Gasoline, fuel oil and jet fuel all next to Chelsea Creek and next to the drumlin that I live on. Side by side, reeds and tanks. There is a certain massive solemnity to the tanks but there is also real unease. Each tank is surrounded by a retaining wall and there are water and foam cannon aimed at each. We’ve never seen a fire or an explosion but it could happen. It is unsettling, especially when you see how many are clustered here on the banks of the creek. It’s not northern Jersey or Gary Indiana but it is not pretty.

Ciao!

-Jorge

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