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Four cows and a calf died in northern Idaho after being hit by lightning.
The Coeur d'Alene Press reports (http://bit.ly/1lDvvIy) that the lightning strike on Wednesday killed the livestock owned by Hayden-area rancher John Symons.Symons estimates the loss at $4,500.
Dennis and Edie Fisk made the eight-hour ride to Spokane Valley from Pacific City, Ore., to join more than 1,500 Harley-Davidson riders at a four-day rally this weekend.
The two retirees rode through rain for two hours and encountered wind in the Columbia River Gorge to take part in the first Pacific Northwest HOG Rally. Lone Wolf Harley-Davidson, 19011 E. Cataldo Ave., is hosting the event.
SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash. -
The Washington State Department of Health believes
some local water systems are at risk after severe storms moved through
the area on Wednesday and they have issued some boil-water advisories.
In Spokane and Pend Oreille counties, several water systems are under boil-water advisories:· The Greenbluff Water Association, which serves 215 residents, is losing water pressure and is under a boil-water advisory.· Riverside Village Mobile Home Park in Chattaroy sustained heavy wind damage and has no power or water. The park’s more than 700 residents should boil tap water or disinfect the water with bleach until further notice.
· Chattaroy Valley Mobile Estates in Chattaroy has no power or water. When service is restored, the park’s 333 residents should boil tap water or disinfect the water with bleach until further notice.
· Sandy Shore and Sandy Meadows water systems in Pend Oreille County lost power. When service is restored, the 60 residents should boil tap water or disinfect the water with bleach until further notice.
Whitworth Water District #2 in Spokane County is urging customers who live north of the Little Spokane River to conserve water. The district is struggling to maintain water pressure due to power outages.
'Someone asked the other day, 'What was your favorite fast food when you were growing up?' 'We didn't have fast food when I was growing up, I informed him. All the food was slow.'
The massive wildfire that has destroyed about 150 homes in
north-central Washington is now more than half contained, officials said
Wednesday night.
Firefighters made good progress Wednesday as
rain and hail fell. The moisture wasn't enough to extinguish the nearly
400-square-mile Carlton Complex of fires, but it gave crews a chance to
dig lines along the south and east parts of the fire.
Rick Price
A five-year-old boy from Spokane Valley was injured in a rollover
crash just west of Ritzville on Interstate 90 after 7 p.m. Tuesday, the
Washington State Patrol said.
The boy and 33-year-old Timothy
Jorden of Longview were about five miles from Ritzville on the highway
when the 1993 Honda sedan Jorden was driving left the roadway and
rolled, according to a news release from the WSP. Jorden and the boy
were both wearing seatbelts at the time of the crash, which occurred
after Jorden fell asleep at the wheel, according to the WSP.
Rick Price
Earthquakes occur in 3 parts of Alaska
Seismologists in Alaska say earthquakes have jolted three different parts of the state.
JUNEAU, Alaska — Seismologists in Alaska say earthquakes have jolted three different parts of the state.
Several earthquakes, including a 5.9 magnitude one, occurred around the same location early Friday in southeast Alaska. The U.S. Geological Survey says light shaking was felt around Juneau, about 100 miles to the east.
MSN Weather: How to prepare for an earthquake
An unrelated 4.3 magnitude earthquake was felt in Kodiak and no one reported feeling another unrelated 3.7 quake in Alaska's interior.
There are no immediate reports of damage.
Alaska Earthquake Center seismologist Natasha Ruppert says it's somewhat unusual to have unrelated quakes strong enough to be felt in two parts of the state.
The magnitude 5.9 quake in southeast Alaska was immediately preceded by a 5.3 foreshock and followed by a 4.6 aftershock and multiple other aftershocks.
No tsunami is expected.
Seismologists in Alaska say earthquakes have jolted three different parts of the state.
JUNEAU, Alaska — Seismologists in Alaska say earthquakes have jolted three different parts of the state.
Several earthquakes, including a 5.9 magnitude one, occurred around the same location early Friday in southeast Alaska. The U.S. Geological Survey says light shaking was felt around Juneau, about 100 miles to the east.
MSN Weather: How to prepare for an earthquake
An unrelated 4.3 magnitude earthquake was felt in Kodiak and no one reported feeling another unrelated 3.7 quake in Alaska's interior.
There are no immediate reports of damage.
Alaska Earthquake Center seismologist Natasha Ruppert says it's somewhat unusual to have unrelated quakes strong enough to be felt in two parts of the state.
The magnitude 5.9 quake in southeast Alaska was immediately preceded by a 5.3 foreshock and followed by a 4.6 aftershock and multiple other aftershocks.
No tsunami is expected.
EARTH & SUN DIGEST of 2014/07/24
Solar Flares: Currently the Sun is very quiet with no erupting sunspots
Kp of >3: none, only two Kp 3's on 7/23
Earthquakes 6M+: one each in Yukon (Canada)6.0, Tonga 6.2, Owen Fracture Zone 6.0, Kuril Islands6.2, and Fiji Region 6.9; CA/NV only to 3M
Note: California/Nevada past week total of earthquakes down to 600's yesterday; trans-E/W string of small quakes to 3M on coast above Bakersfield today
Deep Quakes >300 km with 4M+ quake: four in Fiji region on 7/20,21,23(2), and one in Kermadecs on 7/19
Volcanic Ash Eruptions >8 km: Ubinas Peru on 7/17 to 8.7 km; Sheveluch 8.2 on 7/18 and Zhupanovsky to 8.5 7/21 both Kamchatka
Reference Web Sites
California/Nevada Earthquake and Fault Maps
http://www.data.scec.org/recenteqs/
http://www.quake.ca.gov/gmaps/FAM/faultactivitymap.html (above Bakersfield)
Daily Geomagnetic Data
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/ftpdir/latest/DGD.txt
Daily Solar Data
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/ftpdir/latest/DSD.txt
http://www.spaceweather.com
Volcanic ash eruptions of 8+ km
http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports_weekly.cfm
http://www.bom.gov.au/products/Volc_ash_recent.shtml
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/ (Tap on mag>4 to limit entries)
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/
MOON PROJECTIONS
from Stephen on PINPOINT
Far Point (apogee), Near Point (perigee) and milestones between
http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/pacalc.html
Event Day & Time UTC
July 2014
South Limit10 17:31
Full Moon 12 11:27
Perigee 13 08:28
Equator SN 16 18:29
Mid PA 18 06:25
Max PA 18 13:44 for 18 min
North Limit23 15:31
New Moon 26 22:43
Apogee 28 03:28
Equator NS 31 05:25
August 2014
Mid AP 02 04:18
Max AP 05 13:15 18 min
South Limit07 04:27
Perigee 10 17:44
Full Moon 10 18:11
Equator SN 13 04:31
Mid PA 14 19:55
Max PA 15 22:23 15 min
North Limit19 22:07
Apogee 24 06:10
New Moon 25 14:13
Equator NS 27 11:52
Mid AP 29 14:48
Donald, Editor
Solar Flares: Currently the Sun is very quiet with no erupting sunspots
Kp of >3: none, only two Kp 3's on 7/23
Earthquakes 6M+: one each in Yukon (Canada)6.0, Tonga 6.2, Owen Fracture Zone 6.0, Kuril Islands6.2, and Fiji Region 6.9; CA/NV only to 3M
Note: California/Nevada past week total of earthquakes down to 600's yesterday; trans-E/W string of small quakes to 3M on coast above Bakersfield today
Deep Quakes >300 km with 4M+ quake: four in Fiji region on 7/20,21,23(2), and one in Kermadecs on 7/19
Volcanic Ash Eruptions >8 km: Ubinas Peru on 7/17 to 8.7 km; Sheveluch 8.2 on 7/18 and Zhupanovsky to 8.5 7/21 both Kamchatka
Reference Web Sites
California/Nevada Earthquake and Fault Maps
http://www.data.scec.org/recenteqs/
http://www.quake.ca.gov/gmaps/FAM/faultactivitymap.html (above Bakersfield)
Daily Geomagnetic Data
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/ftpdir/latest/DGD.txt
Daily Solar Data
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/ftpdir/latest/DSD.txt
http://www.spaceweather.com
Volcanic ash eruptions of 8+ km
http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports_weekly.cfm
http://www.bom.gov.au/products/Volc_ash_recent.shtml
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/ (Tap on mag>4 to limit entries)
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/
MOON PROJECTIONS
from Stephen on PINPOINT
Far Point (apogee), Near Point (perigee) and milestones between
http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/pacalc.html
Event Day & Time UTC
July 2014
South Limit10 17:31
Full Moon 12 11:27
Perigee 13 08:28
Equator SN 16 18:29
Mid PA 18 06:25
Max PA 18 13:44 for 18 min
North Limit23 15:31
New Moon 26 22:43
Apogee 28 03:28
Equator NS 31 05:25
August 2014
Mid AP 02 04:18
Max AP 05 13:15 18 min
South Limit07 04:27
Perigee 10 17:44
Full Moon 10 18:11
Equator SN 13 04:31
Mid PA 14 19:55
Max PA 15 22:23 15 min
North Limit19 22:07
Apogee 24 06:10
New Moon 25 14:13
Equator NS 27 11:52
Mid AP 29 14:48
Donald, Editor
Ron Ratray
Tacoma) – Detectives from the Washington State Patrol’s (WSP) Missing and Exploited Task Force (MECTF) arrested a 42 year old Tacoma resident this morning on allegations of two counts of Rape of a Child in the 3rd degree, and communicating with a minor for immoral purposes.
MECTF detectives received the case from the FBI’s South Sound Child Exploitation Task Force (SSCETF). MECTF detectives learned the suspect allegedly had raped two victims, 14 and 15 year old girls, both unrelated to the suspect. They had visited the suspect’s daughter from out of state, and disclosed the allegations after returning home.
As part of the investigation detectives executed a search warrant on a residence on 27th Street, in Tacoma and ultimately arrested Sergio Lopez-Carrizales, 42. During the search warrant, detectives seized multiple digital media devices from the residence. The collected media devices will be forensically examined by detectives from the WSP High Tech Crimes Unit (HTCU).
Lopez-Carrizales, 42, was booked into the Pierce County Jail on charges of Rape of a Child in the 3rd degree, and communicating with a minor for immoral purposes.
The investigation is ongoing and additional charges are possible.
Bob Shannon
Its a great way to get rid of small kids pools which normally run for 6.99. The price more than doubles by calling the dog and duck pools. I have indeed seen young animals work out and have fun but more so I have seen the people with camera taking images of the ducks especially.
Prosser Butte
Grandson Jake Bowen at camp, Skinner Butte, where he climbed high for a boy 9 years old in the red hat at the top. We love him and like to have him spend the night. He is smart as well...smarter than even climbing this massive rock force
MECTF detectives received the case from the FBI’s South Sound Child Exploitation Task Force (SSCETF). MECTF detectives learned the suspect allegedly had raped two victims, 14 and 15 year old girls, both unrelated to the suspect. They had visited the suspect’s daughter from out of state, and disclosed the allegations after returning home.
As part of the investigation detectives executed a search warrant on a residence on 27th Street, in Tacoma and ultimately arrested Sergio Lopez-Carrizales, 42. During the search warrant, detectives seized multiple digital media devices from the residence. The collected media devices will be forensically examined by detectives from the WSP High Tech Crimes Unit (HTCU).
Lopez-Carrizales, 42, was booked into the Pierce County Jail on charges of Rape of a Child in the 3rd degree, and communicating with a minor for immoral purposes.
The investigation is ongoing and additional charges are possible.
Bob Shannon
The picture above was taken at Fish Lake. It is a 15 million year old location alter 2?,000 years ago when the Missourian Ice dam broke and changed the whole state. A Rail Trail for non-motorized vehicles which can use the trail. I have used it where it crosses the Turnbull refuge. Here at fish lake birds are welcome because the cut down on the wasps and hornets. They seem to know a honey bee is good for us and leave them alone...so that's why the bird house.
Rampant Running of Strange Creatures. A present from Cheney Gardens? Nope, A Pet
Bob Shannon
Israel’s Media Blackout
Why aren’t Israeli journalists questioning their military’s devastation in Gaza?
When Israel launched Operation Cast Lead in 2008 to stop Hamas rocket fire from the Gaza Strip, Israeli journalists were hungry to cover the military operational details. They wanted to know how many Hamas militants had been killed or captured, what of the terrorist group’s infrastructure had been hit, what remained on the Israel Defense Forces’ target list, and so on. What didn’t interest most newspapers or newscasts was the wider impact on the other side, especially the civilian death toll. If there was any questioning, it wasn’t why so many Palestinians were being killed, but why the campaign hadn’t started sooner. By the time Israel launched Pillar of Defense, its next Gaza military offensive in 2012, the Israeli media watchdog group Keshev concluded that the war had “blurred the distinction between the IDF spokesperson and Israeli media outlets more than ever.”
Bob Shannon
Its a great way to get rid of small kids pools which normally run for 6.99. The price more than doubles by calling the dog and duck pools. I have indeed seen young animals work out and have fun but more so I have seen the people with camera taking images of the ducks especially.
Prosser Butte
Air Guardsmen, Reservists Help Battle Western Wildfires
By Jim Garamone
DoD News, Defense Media Activity
WASHINGTON, July 24, 2014 – Air reserve components are providing crews and planes to support civilian firefighting efforts in the West, the commander of the effort said in a DoD News interview.
When civilian authorities are strained, they can call on eight C-130 aircraft equipped with the modular airborne firefighting system, said Air Force Col. Charles D. Davis III, commander of Air Expeditionary Wing Wildland Firefighting. Davis is with the North Carolina Air National Guard, is based at the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho, for the effort.
When civilian firefighters “need a surge capability, they call on us,” Davis said.
The aircraft come from four different wings -- three from the Air Guard and one from the Air Force Reserve.
For the last few days, crews have battled forest fires in Northern Utah. The aircraft launched from Boise and flew six sorties. The aircraft carry a 3,000-gallon tank filled with fire retardant. “We fall right in line and drop the liquid,” Davis said.
The aircraft use prearranged tanker bases to reload. So while the aircraft launch from Boise, by using the tanker bases they are able to “fight the fire all day long,” he said.
The aircraft don’t put the fires out, Davis said, noting that rain is the only thing that will end the danger. “We’re more containment,” he said. “We do not put [the retardant] on the flames. We put it around the fire to stop it from expanding.”
The aircraft and crews come from the 145th Airlift Wing of the North Carolina Air National Guard, the 146th Airlift Wing from the California Air Guard, the 153rd Airlift Wing from Wyoming and the Air Force Reserve’s 302nd Airlift Wing based at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado.
By Jim Garamone
DoD News, Defense Media Activity
WASHINGTON, July 24, 2014 – Air reserve components are providing crews and planes to support civilian firefighting efforts in the West, the commander of the effort said in a DoD News interview.
When civilian authorities are strained, they can call on eight C-130 aircraft equipped with the modular airborne firefighting system, said Air Force Col. Charles D. Davis III, commander of Air Expeditionary Wing Wildland Firefighting. Davis is with the North Carolina Air National Guard, is based at the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho, for the effort.
When civilian firefighters “need a surge capability, they call on us,” Davis said.
The aircraft come from four different wings -- three from the Air Guard and one from the Air Force Reserve.
For the last few days, crews have battled forest fires in Northern Utah. The aircraft launched from Boise and flew six sorties. The aircraft carry a 3,000-gallon tank filled with fire retardant. “We fall right in line and drop the liquid,” Davis said.
The aircraft use prearranged tanker bases to reload. So while the aircraft launch from Boise, by using the tanker bases they are able to “fight the fire all day long,” he said.
The aircraft don’t put the fires out, Davis said, noting that rain is the only thing that will end the danger. “We’re more containment,” he said. “We do not put [the retardant] on the flames. We put it around the fire to stop it from expanding.”
The aircraft and crews come from the 145th Airlift Wing of the North Carolina Air National Guard, the 146th Airlift Wing from the California Air Guard, the 153rd Airlift Wing from Wyoming and the Air Force Reserve’s 302nd Airlift Wing based at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado.
Grandson Jake Bowen at camp, Skinner Butte, where he climbed high for a boy 9 years old in the red hat at the top. We love him and like to have him spend the night. He is smart as well...smarter than even climbing this massive rock force
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