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by BRoss
Mon Oct 30, 2023 12:21 pm
Forum: Rumors
Topic: Lights in the sky?
Replies: 13
Views: 1666

Re: Lights in the sky?

I saw the string of Starlink satellites one evening last week. It was pretty crazy to see.
by BRoss
Mon Oct 30, 2023 9:05 am
Forum: eOmahaForums Bar and Grill
Topic: Cities Skylines II
Replies: 30
Views: 3915

Re: Cities Skylines II

almighty_tuna wrote: Tue Oct 24, 2023 9:52 am Hurray! I will live vicariously through you all since my PC doesn't stand a chance against those graphics.
Yeah I haven't even tried on my 6th gen I7 and 1080ti. Next March is time to build a new rig.
by BRoss
Sat Oct 28, 2023 12:03 pm
Forum: Suburban Omaha Development
Topic: Nebraska Crossing Village District
Replies: 338
Views: 51847

Re: Nebraska Crossing Village District

Wow! Is this north of the existing development?
by BRoss
Mon Oct 23, 2023 3:05 pm
Forum: Dining/Culture/Entertainment
Topic: Standing Bear Lake
Replies: 34
Views: 4575

Re: Standing Bear Lake

Lake is starting to be filled again. I'm interested in knowing how long that takes. I really forgot that Standing Bear was closed, how long has it been? It was my go to lake, but Cunningham has been a great (pun intended) stand in, I really just haven't thought to go Standing Bear's way. Has the wh...
by BRoss
Sun Oct 22, 2023 1:54 pm
Forum: Suburban Omaha Development
Topic: Heartwood Preserve (144th Dodge/Pacific)
Replies: 884
Views: 312691

Re: Heartwood Preserve (144th Dodge/Pacific)

Streets are starting to be poured in the residential area west of Millard North. The trail and ponds are really starting to come together on the west end. Guessing this should finally be finished up next year. There's signs of something happening at the building that burnt down. They painted the rem...
by BRoss
Sun Oct 22, 2023 1:46 pm
Forum: Dining/Culture/Entertainment
Topic: Standing Bear Lake
Replies: 34
Views: 4575

Re: Standing Bear Lake

Lake is starting to be filled again.
by BRoss
Thu Oct 19, 2023 7:03 pm
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: Mutual of Omaha Tower (14th & Farnam)
Replies: 2475
Views: 5466564

Re: Mutual of Omaha Tower (14th & Farnam)

You could not pay me enough to do what they are doing.
by BRoss
Thu Oct 19, 2023 6:54 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: 156th between Dodge and Pacific
Replies: 42
Views: 5490

Re: 156th between Dodge and Pacific

156th Street is now open to Pacific, but no left turns are allowed currently at that intersection.
by BRoss
Mon Oct 16, 2023 9:26 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: $700 million I-80/29 reconstruction project
Replies: 298
Views: 98966

Re: $700 million I-80/29 reconstruction project

I-29 southbound to I-480 is now open.
by BRoss
Sun Oct 15, 2023 8:05 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Modifications to eOmahaForums
Replies: 910
Views: 169945

Re: Modifications to eOmahaForums

IP ban list has been updated to hopefully eliminate the Reddit post copies from India. Please let me know if you notice any problems. The counties blocked are now China, Russia, and India.
by BRoss
Thu Oct 12, 2023 9:54 am
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: Grain elevators 35th & I80 to Vinton
Replies: 133
Views: 27524

Re: Grain elevators 35th & I80 to Vinton

One thing I'd like to point out - the ones closest to the interstate will likely come down with the next I-80 expansion currently slated for 2027.
by BRoss
Wed Oct 11, 2023 4:49 pm
Forum: Nebraska and Iowa
Topic: 2023 Weather Thread
Replies: 1364
Views: 275450

Re: 2023 Weather Thread

Take care! Hope things turn out ok.
by BRoss
Wed Oct 04, 2023 1:29 pm
Forum: Nebraska and Iowa
Topic: 2023 Weather Thread
Replies: 1364
Views: 275450

Re: 2023 Weather Thread

stormchaser wrote: Wed Oct 04, 2023 9:07 am Based on radar estimates, most areas in Omaha saw 1"-2" rain totals. Areas of northwest Omaha saw the most (some places more than 2" worth). Southeast areas (like Bellevue) saw the least...
1.71" out around 156th & Dodge
by BRoss
Tue Oct 03, 2023 5:02 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What about Omaha surprised you?
Replies: 13
Views: 1655

Re: What about Omaha surprised you?

thenewguy wrote: Tue Oct 03, 2023 9:39 am ah ok. Is there a way to tell on our (non admin) end?

I feel so violated, putting my heart and soul out there for someone to just be using us... :lol:
Not really. IPs are only visible to mods/admins.
by BRoss
Tue Oct 03, 2023 4:57 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What about Omaha surprised you?
Replies: 13
Views: 1655

Re: What about Omaha surprised you?

~A thoughtful reply~ Sorry, thenewguy, this is another spammer from India copying a reddit post to here. I expect to see the original post edited with spam links... I deleted the user but left this thread up. I need to find some time tonight to adjust the htacesss to stop these new spammers. Is it ...
by BRoss
Tue Oct 03, 2023 8:21 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What about Omaha surprised you?
Replies: 13
Views: 1655

Re: What about Omaha surprised you?

almighty_tuna wrote: Tue Oct 03, 2023 8:01 am
thenewguy wrote: Tue Oct 03, 2023 7:41 am ~A thoughtful reply~
Sorry, thenewguy, this is another spammer from India copying a reddit post to here. I expect to see the original post edited with spam links...
I deleted the user but left this thread up. I need to find some time tonight to adjust the htacesss to stop these new spammers.
by BRoss
Thu Sep 28, 2023 11:39 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: I-80 Offramp Construction
Replies: 3
Views: 998

Re: I-80 Offramp Construction

From this year's Moving the Metro: Starting summer 2023 through fall 2023, construction on accident investigation sites on I-80 at Giles Rd, 84th St, 72nd St, 60th St and 13th St will begin. These sites will be used by the Nebraska State Patrol to clear the road by moving and investigating crashes o...
by BRoss
Thu Sep 21, 2023 1:06 pm
Forum: Nebraska and Iowa
Topic: 2023 Weather Thread
Replies: 1364
Views: 275450

Re: 2023 Weather Thread

Brad wrote: Thu Sep 21, 2023 1:00 pm Sure got dark to the North West... Too bad its moving North East!
It has been expanding southeast though. It originally was looking like it would completely miss us. We dropped about 9 degrees just now.
by BRoss
Wed Sep 20, 2023 11:26 am
Forum: Nebraska and Iowa
Topic: 2023 Weather Thread
Replies: 1364
Views: 275450

Re: 2023 Weather Thread

I hope it skirts past us... The rain last night was a nice surprise, though That's funny. I went outside at 2am cause I could hear rumbles of thunder. Initially I didn't know which way to look, so I assumed west, but wrong. I enviously watched the constant lightning to our east. I never did get rai...
by BRoss
Fri Sep 15, 2023 9:41 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Flashing yellow turn arrows
Replies: 17
Views: 4229

Re: Flashing yellow turn arrows

I've been noticing some things about these new systems that have been put in relating to the flashing yellow arrows. They are much more pedestrian friendly than before. As someone who walks a lot, it's nice to have infrastructure that takes pedestrians into account. Some of the things I've noticed t...
by BRoss
Thu Sep 14, 2023 1:48 pm
Forum: Suburban Omaha Development
Topic: 75 Acre Lake West of 192nd & Giles
Replies: 7
Views: 1527

Re: 75 Acre Lake West of 192nd & Giles

yeah, I stumbled across this once before on the Papio NRD Website. Here's a good map https://www.papionrd.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Final-NRD-POSTER.pdf In fact looks like they intend to start on a few projects this year https://www.papionrd.org/flood-control/the-time-to-act-is-now/ Nice find!...
by BRoss
Thu Sep 14, 2023 9:41 am
Forum: Suburban Omaha Development
Topic: 75 Acre Lake West of 192nd & Giles
Replies: 7
Views: 1527

Re: 75 Acre Lake West of 192nd & Giles

Longlurker wrote: Thu Sep 14, 2023 9:07 am They spelled dam damn. lol.
Lol, nice catch
by BRoss
Thu Sep 14, 2023 7:44 am
Forum: Suburban Omaha Development
Topic: 75 Acre Lake West of 192nd & Giles
Replies: 7
Views: 1527

Re: 75 Acre Lake West of 192nd & Giles

djc311 wrote: Wed Sep 13, 2023 4:53 pm You can click on the "attachments" link on this page to see what I'm referring to.
Here's a direct link
by BRoss
Thu Sep 07, 2023 4:21 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What does Omaha need?
Replies: 110
Views: 10721

Re: What does Omaha need?

thenewguy wrote: Thu Sep 07, 2023 10:46 am so many stupid damn people.
I don't think that's something we need :;):
by BRoss
Thu Sep 07, 2023 1:52 pm
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: Mutual of Omaha Tower (14th & Farnam)
Replies: 2475
Views: 5466564

Re: Mutual of Omaha Tower (14th & Farnam)

Brad wrote: Thu Sep 07, 2023 1:31 pm
Mjs5050ss wrote: Thu Sep 07, 2023 1:28 pm Image

Watch your step!
EarthCam? You got a link?
Looks like it's the GLM webcam.
by BRoss
Sat Sep 02, 2023 8:46 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: 42nd Bridge construction
Replies: 17
Views: 3133

Re: 42nd Bridge construction

Anyone know what was wrong with the previous bridge ? Maybe it was just old and needed to be replaced ? Will be nice when this reopens, I'm sure a pretty big inconvenience for those living and working in the area. Excellent photos thanks. According to the project page : These bridges were construct...
by BRoss
Fri Sep 01, 2023 9:09 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: 156th between Dodge and Pacific
Replies: 42
Views: 5490

Re: 156th between Dodge and Pacific

Lots of paving action in the last week. The main lanes of SB 156th and WB Pacific are paved, forms are set to start pouring the intersection fill. Saw that last night. This project wasn't supposed to be done until next spring but at this rate, they may have it done before winter. One weird thing I ...
by BRoss
Fri Sep 01, 2023 8:58 am
Forum: eOmahaForums Bar and Grill
Topic: Health and Fitness Conversation
Replies: 14
Views: 1505

Re: Health and Fitness Conversation

I do a lot of walking. Averaged 13k steps a day last month for a total of just over 400k steps and making 2m steps for the year with half of that done the last three months. Probably in the best shape of my life atm as I've always been very sedentary. I've only been ramping up over the last few year...
by BRoss
Wed Aug 30, 2023 8:24 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Market-to-Midtown Bikeway
Replies: 165
Views: 23154

Re: Harney Street Bike Way

What's more annoying for me is seeing all the street widening projects in that list. You'll notice most of those are beyond 2029 and are more of pipe dreams at the moment. I actually was noticing a bit of a hiatus on widening projects for a few years. We normally see one to two (sometimes more) act...
by BRoss
Wed Aug 30, 2023 12:11 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Market-to-Midtown Bikeway
Replies: 165
Views: 23154

Re: Harney Street Bike Way

Athomsfere wrote: Wed Aug 30, 2023 11:43 am Nice, I guess this is the source for the post on reddit:
lol I saw that. They had to have seen my post here. Hi u/Erod890!
by BRoss
Tue Aug 29, 2023 10:20 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Market-to-Midtown Bikeway
Replies: 165
Views: 23154

Re: Harney Street Bike Way

Came across something interesting in the draft CIP : 2024T-146 – Market to Midtown Bikeway Council District: 3 Estimated Completion Year: 2026 Project Status: Preliminary Design Estimated Total Cost: $6,000,000 Project Description: This project will construct one-way protected bike lanes along Farna...
by BRoss
Mon Aug 28, 2023 1:49 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Ashland roundabout
Replies: 6
Views: 1201

Re: Ashland roundabout

All I can find for this project is this - https://dot.nebraska.gov/media/ymrnszod ... shland.pdf
by BRoss
Thu Aug 24, 2023 11:05 am
Forum: Nebraska and Iowa
Topic: 2023 Weather Thread
Replies: 1364
Views: 275450

Re: 2023 Weather Thread

Was out with the dog shortly after 6am today and surprised it wasn't oppressively thick outside. Can't wait until this heat wave is over! I was out just before 6:30 and it was nice. Low didn't drop below 80 again but the dew point was only in the upper 60s unlike the upper 70s and 80s the last few ...
by BRoss
Wed Aug 23, 2023 3:17 pm
Forum: Nebraska and Iowa
Topic: 2023 Weather Thread
Replies: 1364
Views: 275450

Re: 2023 Weather Thread

My weather station just finally hit 💯 for the first time this year.

Previous days had the dew point in the 80s with it reaching 85 at one point. Today is much better at 72.
by BRoss
Tue Aug 22, 2023 7:27 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Military Road
Replies: 3
Views: 1063

Re: Military Road

This seems very shortsighted. Diagonal roadways often help get people where they need/want to go much faster than having to take the stair step approach. Omaha has very few diagonal roads. We should be improving those we do have, not ripping them out! This looks like its taking place on a stretch o...
by BRoss
Mon Aug 21, 2023 9:29 am
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: Heartland of America Park
Replies: 367
Views: 256608

Re: Heartland of America Park

Nice shots, Brad!
by BRoss
Fri Aug 18, 2023 7:46 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Complete Streets
Replies: 38
Views: 8425

Re: Complete Streets

Looks like North 16th Street and Dodge Street west of the West Dodge Road split are getting bicycle lanes. 2023 Bike Lane Improvements The planned fall 2023 resurfacing project along North 16th Street from Chicago Street to Nicholas Street has been identified as a good candidate to include striping ...
by BRoss
Fri Aug 18, 2023 6:46 pm
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: Heartland of America Park
Replies: 367
Views: 256608

Re: Heartland of America Park

I spent the afternoon here and it turned out amazing - especially the kids area at L&CL.

Having these three parks really makes downtown incredible. The vibe is different now. It always seems to be busy.
by BRoss
Fri Aug 18, 2023 4:35 pm
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: CHI Health Center (Century Link Center) Omaha Remodel
Replies: 192
Views: 72069

Re: CHI Health Center (Century Link Center) Omaha Remodel

Brad wrote: Fri Aug 18, 2023 2:12 pm Creighton now has a sign on the north end of the CHI Center Omaha.

MECA.jpg
Just saw this when I went down today. Was wondering when that sign went up.
by BRoss
Thu Aug 17, 2023 8:01 pm
Forum: Suburban Omaha Development
Topic: Development in and around Gretna
Replies: 280
Views: 212541

Re: Development in and around Gretna

Just saw this and didn’t see it posted elsewhere (though I may have overlooked it). Confirmation that Fleet Farm is being built in Gretna: https://www.wowt.com/2023/08/17/fleet-farm-purchases-gretna-property-plans-build-store/ Sounds like they have just bought the land for a possible future store. ...