Pacific NW News Service Since 1992 Online
Since 1981 on BBS and Compuserv

Rick Price

Friday night through Thursday: A RIDGE of high pressure in one  
  form or another will dominate the Inland Northwest`s weather 
  during the next week delivering dry conditions and cool 
  temperatures. Several disturbances crossing through 
  central/northern BC will de-amplify the RIDGE at times allowing 
  mid and HIGH CLOUDS to invade the region through the week but the 
  ATMOSPHERE will remain dry below 10K ft AGL inhibiting any chance 
  for measurable rainfall. Temperatures will be the biggest 
  challenge during the period. There are two competing factors on 
  hand and model guidance shows a wide range of possibilities. 
  Supporting the cooler scenario will be strong SUBSIDENCE 
  inversions, light BOUNDARY LAYER winds, and maximum radiational 
  cooling delivering overnight lows in the teens to 20`s (cool start 
  to each day). Temperatures under the coolest conditions would only 
  warm into the lower 30`s...with pockets of upper 20`s. On the 
  other hand...snow-free valleys, potentially abundant sunshine, 
  and 40F air just 1000 ft above the surface would favor on the side 
  of temperatures in the upper 30`s to 40s. The forecast generally 
  favored the cooler scenario and trends were toward the cooler MOS 
  but confidence remains below average. The other factor that will 
  come into play will be increased cloudiness, especially across the 
  north and likelihood that the air mass/ thicknesses on a whole 
  will be warming/increasing. This will prevent overnight lows from 
  bottoming out by middle to end of the week and result in a slow 
  warming trend. Not sure high temperatures will react as drastic as 
  low temperatures and puff of winds could really throw a wrench in 
  the forecast at any time. /sb  

Kathy Meader

Yes we still exist. The mountains call us. The critters love us. We are the true mothers of survival. Men sit at a bar in town after a morning of wood cutting, while the women get together to keep kids in line, make sure everything is hand washed, make sure there is enough kerosene for the Alladin lamp...the list of a mountain mama is endless. The rewards are few and mostly based in hoping your young ones graduate and find happiness. So many times they don't and many times we read bad things in the paper. What keeps the men alive are their caregivers....the real backbones of the mountains and the survivors!

Halo Stewart

BREWSTER — The body of a Bridgeport man who went missing on a trip to Chelan was found Tuesday afternoon in the wreckage of his car.Gordon Benjamin Beadell's car was found at 1:15 p.m. upside down in the Columbia River on the downstream side of Brewster Bridge, near the intersection of state Highway 173 and Crane Orchard Road.

The vehicle was found by the missing man's cousin, Douglas County Sheriff Harvey Gjesdal said.

"The car was about 20 feet downstream from the bridge," he said. "It was upside down with its front wheel still on the shore."

SOURCE:and story Omak Chronicle

A waning moon through the cottonwoods...
Foster Fanning

Instead of worrying about the old old Kennedy fellow who was released on bail today until a new trial, folks talking endlessly on cellphones and when not talking they are texting. Even the President texts. Instead of reading countless news stories then finding folks who agree and form some sort of digital posse, like a game.....instead of playing with a graphic designed bomber, bombing what one thinks is an enemy or worse playing a game against each other to see who can kill the most zombies, robots, fictitious creatures etc......INSTEAD of all that, isn't it about time to stop and talk to the trees? If you have no clue what I mean then I highly suggest you watch one of my dozens of videos of a family living in the wilderness where none of the above fakery can survive.

Mountain Wind Family; Building The Cabin
The above video has been viewed a few short of 112,000 thousand times. I made it on an old VHS camera and put it together using a Panasonic Editor Deck in the cabin running on 12VDC and solar panels. Listen...if you think you can handle anything?, I suggest you watch this, then try it. Two families tried it and succeeded. Most who have watched it never tried or did something similar but a lot closer to civilization. Good luck. Let me know if you try it...

Rob Fry, Ontario Naturalist

 Picture by Jane Shannon of me, Bob Shannon, 

patient at North Idaho Advanced

Care Hospital. Remember this picture when you get your flu shot. It was either the influenza or the tetanus shot. No two neurologists will ever agree. I had three shots in close time order...first the overall 2009 flu shot not including the swine flu which was late in coming....then both the swine flu and the tetanus. Both are suspect. There was an increase higher than noted for those receiving the swine flu in GBS or Guillain Barre. The syndrome paralyzed me for 5 months. It has been 4 years and now I am relearning to walk once more.

Margo MarshallMt. Ngauruhoe, Tongariro National Park