Dan Ashbaugh

Civil Engineer

[River Parks @TulsaRiverParks]

🚧🚧 The trail behind River Spirit will be closed Monday through Friday but reopened on the weekends 🚧🚧 During the weekday, the trail along Riverside Dr. will open as a detour. Work is anticipated to last until the end of March.

[Dan Ashbaugh @DanAshbaughWPM]

Sofie joined me at the office today. She was not interested in any of the literature I had.

[Chief Chuck Hoskin, Jr. @ChuckHoskin_Jr]

The First Lady and I mourn this tragedy with Nex’s family, friends and the larger community. We have offered @CherokeeNation Marshal Service support to Owasso PD as it investigates Nex’s death.

[Clifton Adcock 🏴‍☠️ @cliftonhowze]

After years of flooding in Miami, OK, federal regulators found that the Pensacola Dam is a major cause of the town’s flooding woes, and the state agency that oversees Grand Lake operations is responsible for acquiring flooded properties

[Cherokee Nation @CherokeeNation]

Cherokee Nation’s summer food program is open to all children — Native or non-Native — who live within the Cherokee Nation Reservation and are eligible for free or reduced lunches.

Stay tuned for more information as applications open this spring.

[G.T. Bynum @gtbynum]

For those who care, my annual favorite books list! In 2023, I have read 111 books. I love to learn, and reading is my main way to feed that curiosity.

As always, a disclaimer: I make no pretense that this list is balanced or broad. It just covers books that I happened to read and love this year. If you have great book recommendations, please share them.

In no particular order:

Anthony Doerr. Favorite: “Cloud Cuckoo Land” - A beautiful interwoven story for anyone who loves books.

Hernan Diaz. Favorite: “Trust” - One story told four different ways. Fascinating, with a surprise twist at the end.

David Sedaris. Favorite: “Happy-Go-Lucky” - Listened to the audiobook read by him and loved it. Both laugh out loud funny and also touching.

@RickRubin. Favorite: “The Creative Act: A Way of Being” - I’ve been fascinated by him for about 20 years, and he has written an incredible book for framing the way we go about building our lives.

@EmilyMandel . Favorite: “Station Eleven” - There is so much in life to be grateful for: love, family, friends, all the things that add up to make civilization as we know it, and all the small things that bring joy to our lives but are easily taken for granted.

@kevin2kelly . Favorite: “Excellent Advice for Living” - I found something notable on every single page of this book, to the point that I decided not to underline because I would just underline nearly the entire book. As soon as I finished it I read it again.

Charles Dickens. Favorite: Impossible to say, but the ones I enjoyed the most were “Bleak House”, “Oliver Twist”, “David Copperfield”, “Great Expectations”, and “A Tale of Two Cities”.

Edith Wharton. Favorite: “Ethan Frome” - Found myself thinking about the dynamics in this book for weeks after I finished it. Who is the villain? Who is the hero? Who should you feel sorry for?

Ernest Hemingway. Favorite: “A Farewell to Arms” - Suspenseful, romantic, comedic, and heartbreaking.

Fly-on-the-wall Biographers. This year I read three very good new biographies that stood out for the access given by the subjects to the authors:

1. “Romney: A Reckoning” by @mckaycoppins . A revealing account of Romney’s remarkable life, based on candid interviews and his journals which he turned over to the author.

2. “Elon Musk” by @WalterIsaacson . Everything Isaacson writes is excellent, and then you combine his skill as a journalist with complete access to one of the most interesting, ambitious, and controversial people of the last century.

3. “Going Infinite” by Michael Lewis. An eye-opening look at Sam Bankman-Fried, FTX, and the Effective Altruism movement.

@tylercowen . Favorite: “Marginal Revolution” - This is a cheat because Marginal Revolution is a blog rather than a book. I now read it every morning, and what I enjoy about it is the range of Cowen’s interests. His podcast interviews with Emily St. John Mandel, Rick Rubin, and Kevin Kelly - all above on this list - are excellent.

[USGS Store @USGSstore]

It's #FreeMapMonday! Re-tweet and follow us for a chance to win the Satellite map of Olathe, KS!

#USGSStore (U.S. residents only)

[Dan Ashbaugh @DanAshbaughWPM]

The coffee shop I used to frequent has apparently turned into a bit of an emo concert venue at nights. But rather than going to their concerts, I'm now just following them for bands to play every morning. It's a great system.

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An engineering background did not prepare me for the destructive force of 4-year-olds

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I wonder if he has thought about just how big this pipe would be.
https://t.co/zQsHXkQfHt

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Already planning our trip.

[FIFA World Cup @FIFAWorldCup]

🎉🇺🇸 ᴋᴀɴꜱᴀꜱ ᴄɪᴛʏ 🇺🇸🎉

Kansas City is a #FIFAWorldCup 2026 Host City! 🙌

#HostCity2026

[FIFA World Cup @FIFAWorldCup]

🎉🇺🇸 ᴋᴀɴꜱᴀꜱ ᴄɪᴛʏ 🇺🇸🎉

Kansas City is a #FIFAWorldCup 2026 Host City! 🙌

#HostCity2026

[Emeka Nnaka @EmekaForTulsa]

Thirteen years ago, on June 6, 2009, I suffered a neck and spinal cord injury that would change my life forever.

Now, on June 6, 2022, I’m a counselor, a mental health therapist, a motivational speaker… and a candidate for Tulsa City Council, District 4.

[Dan Ashbaugh @DanAshbaughWPM]

Note sure I appreciate the head of OTA going to a public meeting and claiming he hadn't heard of induced demand. Somebody had to tell him about this before hand right? https://t.co/QMjmGT86CO

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3rd trip to NYC. Always land at an airport then drive away. Next time I think I'll check out what all these interesting buildings are.

[Dan Ashbaugh @DanAshbaughWPM]

@ZenInHouston @thenewjimcrow Oh man! I've been reading this for a year. I had to take breaks because it just hits so hard.

[Dan Ashbaugh @DanAshbaughWPM]

An evening ULI tour of 21N Greenwood provided an amazing sunset coming out of the elevator.

[Dan Ashbaugh @DanAshbaughWPM]

@trevoracorn Require repairs at building permit time possibly?

[Dan Ashbaugh @DanAshbaughWPM]

Set a PR while stopping to take a photo of my LID brick. Also saw 100 dogs and pet 3 of them, so it was a pretty good day!

[Dan Ashbaugh @DanAshbaughWPM]

Summit does not appreciate my "work from anywhere" attitude.