PUB Pacific NW News Service

Rod Starkey People are so cruel!!!! I am TOTALLY PISSED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A friend of mine lives in the mobile home park that was so badly damaged yesterday in Chatteroy. They are in the shelter at Riverside High School even though their mobile wasn't damaged just because of no power. This is a post from her earlier today: Can things get worse? Went home to get some things and discoverd that I was robbed,3 laptops,my meds Ollies meds .And Michael's meds as well,hope they are happy. Rod Starkey

Fire Mobilization Authorized for the

High Drive Fire

 

State fire assistance has been mobilized under the Washington State Fire Services Resource Mobilization Plan in support of local firefighters working to contain the High Drive Fire, in Spokane County.  Washington State Patrol Chief John Batiste authorized the mobilization of state firefighting resources July 28, 2014, at 6:30 pm at the request of Spokane Fire Department.

The fire started at approximately 6 pm on July 28, 2014, the fire cause is unknown at this time.  The fire is approximately 10 acres in a residential area.  There are approximately 20 of residences threatened by the fire which is burning in terrain that is inaccessible to fire crews.

Mobilization specialists from the Fire Protection Bureau are ordering aircraft to support the firefighting efforts already in progress.

The State Emergency Operations Center (EOC) at Camp Murray continues to be activated to Phase III, to coordinate state assistance for the High Drive Fire.  Personnel from the Office of the State Fire Marshal are on scene providing resource coordination and administrative oversight, with other personnel staffing the State EOC.

Under the State Fire Services Resource Mobilization Plan, the Fire Protection Bureau coordinates the initial dispatch and continued administrative oversight of resources and personnel for the duration of the incident.  The Mobilization Plan is implemented to provide a process to quickly notify, assemble and deploy fire service personnel, equipment and other resources from around the state when fires, disasters or other events exceed the capacity of local jurisdictions.  More information about the Washington State Fire Services Resource Mobilization Plan is available at: http://www.wsp.wa.gov/fire/mobilization.htm.

The fire crews are now mopping up and taking care of hot spots.  They seem to be going from spot to spot.  And while it appears so much land burned during the fire that saving anything would have been impossible.  I'm pleased to report that although the fires dodged and wrecked havoc, firemen did an outstanding job - many houses had a narrow miss, but narrow or not, it was a miss!  Kudos to them!  They worked their butts off, did everything they could to save both property and lives - and for that, we are so thankful - they just don't get paid enough!  

Some of the shots are the what was burned, what is smouldering - and proof that life, that is, wildlife, thrives.

SPOKANE, Wash. – Another round of new parking meters are going up over the next two weeks, the City of Spokane’s solution to “consistent complaints” filed by residents about business employees occupying all the street parking in certain neighborhoods.

A few weeks ago, new meters went in along Eighth and Bernard, along the perimeter of The Breslin apartment building. The Breslin manager Edward Prado said at first he was upset about the new meters because he had not been warned. But once the city decided to give his residents a year of free parking passes, he accepted the idea.

A strike on a Gaza park killed 10 people Monday, nine of them children, as Israeli and Palestinian authorities traded blame over the attack and fighting in the Gaza war raged on despite a major Muslim holiday.

A truce between the sides remained elusive as diplomats sought to end the fighting at the start of the Eid al-Fitr holiday, marking the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Rick Price

FUND RAISER FOR FIRE VICTIMS

If there is a place here in Republic willing to supply a place for music, we, BuckShot will donate live music, and, if someone would gather up nice "SELL ABLE" items for an auction, we would do the Auction, all proceeds going to buying what ever supplies are needed the most. If anyone is interested, and knows of a place where we could do this, ie; Republic Park?, please contact Dan 509-775-2040.

People are so cruel!!!! I am TOTALLY PISSED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A friend of mine lives in the mobile home park that was so badly damaged yesterday in Chatteroy. They are in the shelter at Riverside High School even though their mobile wasn't damaged just because of no power. This is a post from her earlier today: Can things get worse? Went home to get some things and discoverd that I was robbed,3 laptops,my meds Ollies meds .And Michael's meds as well,hope they are happy. rod Starkey

Extreme heat is settling in across the Spokane region. Although not unusual, it is uncomfortable. Being a senior citizen I can assure you that any small thing you do for them is greatly appreciated. In today's society I see a large group of egocentric folks in the younger generation. With all the electronic gadgetry, I'm frequently surprised when taking a ride down the street and displaying "hello" with a smile, only to be greeted by empty stares and heads buried in musical devices.  It is very much wrong and just the opposite of what we as a generation did with our elders.

The Colorado River Basin lost nearly 53 million acre feet of freshwater over the past nine years, according to a new study based on data from NASA’s GRACE mission. This is almost double the volume of the nation's largest reservoir, Nevada's Lake Mead (pictured).
Image Credit:
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
A new study by NASA and University of California, Irvine, scientists finds more than 75 percent of the water loss in the drought-stricken Colorado River Basin since late 2004 came from underground resources. The extent of groundwater loss may pose a greater threat to the water supply of the western United States than previously thought.

This study is the first to quantify the amount that groundwater contributes to the water needs of western states. According to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, the federal water management agency, the basin has been suffering from prolonged, severe drought since 2000 and has experienced the driest 14-year period in the last hundred years.

The research team used data from NASA's Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellite mission to track changes in the mass of the Colorado River Basin, which are related to changes in water amount on and below the surface. Monthly measurements of the change in water mass from December 2004 to November 2013 revealed the basin lost nearly 53 million acre feet (65 cubic kilometers) of freshwater, almost double the volume of the nation's largest reservoir, Nevada's Lake Mead. More than three-quarters of the total -- about 41 million acre feet (50 cubic kilometers) -- was from groundwater.

The emergence of new technology can have the most unexpected results on human behavior. And when the third factor of pharmacological chemistry is introduced, it becomes totally unpredictable. For example, the invention of the hypodermic syringe in 1853, originally used to deliver anti-syphilitic drugs through a brutally wide and blunt needle, resulted in the possibility of intravenous use of drugs like cocaine and heroin. Instead of DeQuincey the Opium Eater, you get Sherlock Holmes banging coke in his study.

And now, first-generation e-cigarettes, originally from China, have evolved into second-generation APV’s, or advanced personal vaporizers. A whole subculture has arisen to take advantage of this new tech, but along with it a new form of a very old drug has appeared to take advantage of vaporizers’ unique properties. A dab of wax in a vaporizer is the latest take on the ingestion of cannabis, which was first described by Herodotus in the 6th century BC. Of course, the primitive method of taking it then was to heat up stones inside of a tent and throw a wet mess of weed on them, filling the tent with smoke. The Scythians doing this howled with joy, according to the Father of History.

Bob Shannon Fish Lake