# Bethlehem steel is burning... **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [November 9, 2016, 6:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bethlehem-steel-is-burning/274385 "2016-11-09T06:10:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Jon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3bc359/32.png) [@Jon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jon)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2016, 4:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bethlehem-steel-is-burning/274385/41 "2016-11-10T16:02:19Z")
I smell it in Lancaster,smells like burning brake pads and coal. ---
**Author:** ![KuntryQuestTSi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/kuntryquesttsi/32/5010_2.png) [@KuntryQuestTSi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KuntryQuestTSi)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2016, 7:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bethlehem-steel-is-burning/274385/42 "2016-11-10T19:16:00Z")
> [@LXIFLYBY](#): > > Only thing worse than an international, is a freightliner hahahah. Just terrible. Our school bus fleet is all internationals. They suck :fuuu: ---
**Author:** ![Motocrossx23](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/motocrossx23/32/5120_2.png) [@Motocrossx23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Motocrossx23)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2016, 4:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bethlehem-steel-is-burning/274385/43 "2016-11-11T04:27:31Z")
> [@1QIKZ](#): > > I guess I mislead you. When I said “now” I meant that I started working there not long ago. The clouds should’ve tipped you off that I didn’t take that pic today, or after dark. lol. ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2016, 8:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bethlehem-steel-is-burning/274385/44 "2016-11-11T08:24:16Z")
Buffalo: 2020 ![http://ep.yimg.com/ay/yhst-128366933912873/silent-hill-movie-poster-mist-ash-20.gif](http://ep.yimg.com/ay/yhst-128366933912873/silent-hill-movie-poster-mist-ash-20.gif) or on a more humorous note @XwalkerX: ![https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CV5u_DzWEAAGMQH.jpg](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CV5u_DzWEAAGMQH.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![XwalkerX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/xwalkerx/32/7598_2.png) [@XwalkerX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/XwalkerX)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2016, 8:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bethlehem-steel-is-burning/274385/45 "2016-11-11T08:29:08Z")
@newman this is already how i picture most of the people who live in that woodlawn section by the steel plant ![https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/enhanced/webdr03/2013/2/25/15/enhanced-buzz-10241-1361823054-1.jpg](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/enhanced/webdr03/2013/2/25/15/enhanced-buzz-10241-1361823054-1.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2016, 8:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bethlehem-steel-is-burning/274385/46 "2016-11-11T08:32:50Z")
Hi. We’re not allowed in the house. ---
**Author:** ![tpgsr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tpgsr/32/7374_2.png) [@tpgsr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tpgsr)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2016, 11:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bethlehem-steel-is-burning/274385/47 "2016-11-11T11:41:55Z")
Just flew the drone over. Got chased out by an actual helicopter so I couldn’t get anything too awesome. ![http://www.infocusinspection.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/DJI_0059.jpg](http://www.infocusinspection.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/DJI_0059.jpg) ![http://www.infocusinspection.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/DJI_0060.jpg](http://www.infocusinspection.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/DJI_0060.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2016, 1:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bethlehem-steel-is-burning/274385/48 "2016-11-11T13:13:18Z")
Woah ---
**Author:** ![maxwell](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/maxwell/32/6524_2.png) [@maxwell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/maxwell)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2016, 1:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bethlehem-steel-is-burning/274385/49 "2016-11-11T13:25:27Z")
whoa, indeed. Looks like maybe some boats and rv’s (aside from smoke damage) may make it outta this alive? ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2016, 6:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bethlehem-steel-is-burning/274385/50 "2016-11-12T06:58:51Z")
I wonder if this alone produced more pollution than all of the diesel Audis and VWs combined. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![1QIKZ](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/1qikz/32/6112_2.png) [@1QIKZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1QIKZ)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2016, 10:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bethlehem-steel-is-burning/274385/51 "2016-11-12T10:21:55Z")
Dozens of pieces of cutting edge firefighting equipment, hundreds of highly trained firefighting personnel on site, over 3 million gallons of water to knock down one of the biggest fires in Lackawanna…and day after day after day of trying to put out what in scale appears to be a campfire in comparison. Can we PLEASE reopen route 5? On a side note, does anyone know what the taxpayers are paying the Thruway workers to sleep in the trucks being used behind the barriers at the road closures? ---
**Author:** ![kaczorj](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/kaczorj/32/6211_2.png) [@kaczorj](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/kaczorj)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2016, 1:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bethlehem-steel-is-burning/274385/52 "2016-11-14T13:47:03Z")
Way more than they comfortable with admitting, don’t forget about the pension too for all those hard working flag wavers. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![maxwell](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/maxwell/32/6524_2.png) [@maxwell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/maxwell)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2016, 3:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bethlehem-steel-is-burning/274385/53 "2016-11-14T15:04:49Z")
> [@kaczorj](#): > > Way more than they comfortable with admitting, don’t forget about the pension too for all those hard working flag wavers. > > Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Back when I worked briefly for a contractor… going back to 2009… i can say with a great deal of certainty that the guys sleeping in the trucks are making NYS prevailing wage… if not more. ---
**Author:** ![stuiephoto](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/stuiephoto/32/6070_2.png) [@stuiephoto](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/stuiephoto)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2016, 3:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bethlehem-steel-is-burning/274385/54 "2016-11-14T15:26:53Z")
> [@maxwell](#): > > Back when I worked briefly for a contractor… going back to 2009… i can say with a great deal of certainty that the guys sleeping in the trucks are making NYS prevailing wage… if not more. Anyone know how to get that job? ---
**Author:** ![vq30de](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/9dc877/32.png) [@vq30de](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/vq30de)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2016, 4:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bethlehem-steel-is-burning/274385/55 "2016-11-14T16:11:59Z")
Not really. The guys in the trucks are probably grade 8s. Maybe $30-$40k? Just a guess though, I am with a different agency ---
**Author:** ![kaczorj](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/kaczorj/32/6211_2.png) [@kaczorj](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/kaczorj)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2016, 4:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bethlehem-steel-is-burning/274385/56 "2016-11-14T16:52:09Z")
I’ll sleep in a truck and wave a flag for $40k a year. Where do I sign? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Wahoo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wahoo/32/8265_2.png) [@Wahoo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wahoo)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2016, 5:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bethlehem-steel-is-burning/274385/57 "2016-11-14T17:09:34Z")
My uncle works for nys highway authority I believe, he makes $27/hr regular time. ---
**Author:** ![vq30de](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/9dc877/32.png) [@vq30de](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/vq30de)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2016, 4:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bethlehem-steel-is-burning/274385/58 "2016-11-15T04:42:05Z")
That could be correct, I forgot we were talking thruway authority. If it was DOT my figure would be more accurate. Authorities aren’t bound by civil service law, as such they generally pay more, and can hire/promote easier. And since someone (half jokingly I’m sure) asked - Thruway authority jobs - [http://www.thruway.ny.gov/about/jobs/](http://www.thruway.ny.gov/about/jobs/) Power authority jobs (WORK HERE - they pay absurdly well and have the best of everything. Lots of postings currently. Tour guide at Lewiston? Sign me up!) - [https://nypa.silkroad.com/epostings/index.cfm?fuseaction=app.allpositions&company\_id=16007&version=1](https://nypa.silkroad.com/epostings/index.cfm?fuseaction=app.allpositions&company_id=16007&version=1) All state agencies (centralized job postings) - [https://statejobsny.com/public/vacancytable.cfm](https://statejobsny.com/public/vacancytable.cfm) The current retirement tier for new employees kind of blows FYI sorry to to go off topic… [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bethlehem-steel-is-burning/274385.md?page=2)