Log days 6 & 7, Saturdy & Sunday of week 1
Mine Mapping
Chris Baker broadcast to m-map a superb summary of our interaction with
Black Wolf Mining at Quecreek. One highlight is a digitized plot of the
region of our interest at the mines.
President Cohon and Chris Gabriel of CMU expressed support for our
intention to map the accident site, possibly before the accident
investigation hearing. The following is cut-paste communication on this
matter:
To: William Whittaker <red@FRC2.frc.ri.cmu.edu>, cohon+@andrew.cmu.edu,
maureen McFalls <mmfr@andrew.cmu.edu>, cgabriel@andrew.cmu.edu cc: Mary Jo
Dively <mjdively@andrew.cmu.edu>, c <chays@andrew.cmu.edu>, a
<agale@andrew.cmu.edu> Subject: Re: Quecreek mapping
red--sounds like a great idea, and you have my support. are there legal
issues, e.g. pending law suits, that we have to worry about? in any event,
i'm here to help.
--On Friday, August 30, 2002 9:33 PM -0400 William Whittaker
<red@FRC2.frc.ri.cmu.edu> wrote:
I would like to generate a digital model of the Quecreek/Saxman breach
and a map of the adjacent Saxman perimeter to serve the federal hearing
on the Quecreek accident to be held in a few weeks. This will provide
understanding beyond what is possible with the planned human entries.
The hearing is planned by Senator Specter, Senator Rick Santorum, and
Representative Murtha. Given the opportunity, we will deliver an
exceptional result with style and cooperate with all parties. The
circumstances as we understand them are amenable for success. The mine
will work with us and support us with enthusiasm, but they do not control
their fate during the investigation. The challenge is to communicate the
proposal, cut to the chase, generate the commission, and gain insight
next week. I'd like your support to make this happen, and my feeling is
that if we act forcefully on Tuesday, the recon team that is likely to
enter on Thursday or Friday for a first-look would support our planning.
Would you assist me in a political request Tuesday, since Maureen is
unavailable next week?
The breach is likely to be sealed after the investigation, so creating
the ground truth model is a fleeting opportunity. In addition to the
contribution to understanding, the image might become historically
significant, and will serve many purposes from website fly-throughs to
promotion of our ideas and technologies.
Thank you for supporting the course. Following your comments, we had two
recruits from attendees at the event. I'd still like to expand the
circle of campus participation.
Red
Email from team members to me indicates technical progress. Remain
conscious of the first major milestone, which is to specify what we will do
more than the technical detail of how we will do it. Several requests for
personal interaction have reached me, which I will honor Monday. I am open
to an informal team meeting at noon Monday at NSH 1109, location of our
class meeting.. Feel free to participate. This is completely elective, so
don't alter holiday plans.
Beyond the meeting Monday, a priority is to prepare a proposal for
submission Tuesday. Note that President Cohon's reply includes CMU legal
and provost offices, so we should anticipate process as we work our requests.
We broadcasting logs to m-map. I am uncertain of maintenance of m-map for
add-drops, and whether we are reaching the interests of our extended
community. Should we have a broader distribution like m-log which reaches
general interest and archives our log?