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U.S. Disaster: Michigan Militia, 1st ever Mass-Evac of Mackinac Island!

Video September 8, 2023 Hutchins AAron

On 07SEP2023, the Michigan Army National Guard was activated to help local and federal agencies evacuate silly-vilians (civilians) from Mackinac Island!

Michigan Army National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Helen Miller, 07SEP2023.

The 1437th Engineer Company had to use pontoon bridges to build a temporary port, some of which had to be airlifted by CH-47 double rotary wing Chinooks from Detachment 1-Company Bravo-238th General Support Aviation Battalion.

Michigan Army National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Helen Miller, 07SEP2023.

This first-ever training scenario was meant to evaluate an evacuation plan created by the Mackinac County Emergency Management team, in conjunction with federal, state, and local agencies.

Michigan Army National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Helen Miller, 07SEP2023.

Safe Harbor video part one, by Master Sergeant Helen Miller:

The scenario, called Operation Safe Harbor, was that the existing ports on the island had become blocked, and the residents needed to be evacuated. The motivation behind the creation of the scenario was not adequately explained.

Michigan Army National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Helen Miller, 07SEP2023.

Safe Harbor video part two, by Master Sergeant Helen Miller:

U.S. Disaster: Just a little bit of what the various U.S. state’s National Guard units were tasked with in August, 2023!

OREGON PREPS FOR WMDS & HAZMAT ‘INCIDENTS’ AT GLOBAL SPORTING EVENTS?

LAHAINA FIRE, FEMA RESPONSE, so far!

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U.S. Disaster: FEMA response, Lahaina Fire!

Video August 18, 2023 Hutchins AAron

FEMA photo by Dominick Del Vecchio, 16AUG2023.

On 16AUG2023, more supplies for wildfire survivors arrived on the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) staging area, on Maui.

FEMA photo by Dominick Del Vecchio, 16AUG2023.

Volunteer with World Central Kitchen organizes cooking supplies delivered to the FEMA staging area.

FEMA photo by Dominick Del Vecchio, 15AUG2023.

On 15AUG2023, the FEMA opened a ‘one-stop-shop’ on the island of Maui for disaster survivors.

On 14AUG2023, the FEMA released this video of their Urban Search And Rescue (USAR) dogs in action. The K9 (canine) units deployed from states such as California, New York and Washington. Video by Dominick Del Vecchio:

FEMA photo by Dominick Del Vecchio, 14AUG2023.

On 14AUG2023, the FEMA began registering survivors for Disaster Survivor Assistance.

On 14AUG2023, the FEMA released this video showing that power lines are down all through out Lahaina. Cadaver dogs (K9s, canines) had to work around the Hawaiian Electric utility crews who were trying to secure the power lines. Video by Dominick Del Vecchio:

FEMA photo by Dominick Del Vecchio, 13AUG2023.

On 13AUG2023, the first of 32 large electricity generators arrived at the FEMA staging area, on Maui.

FEMA photo by Dominick Del Vecchio, 11AUG2023.

On 11AUG2023, the FEMA met with state agencies to coordinate the disaster response.

On 10AUG2023, the FEMA declared Disaster Response/Recovery-4724-Hawaii (DR-4724-HI). The DR-4724-HI web-site helps explain the application process for recovery assistance/loans.

U.S. Disaster, 2023: LAHAINA FIRE, JTF-50 DEPLOYS!

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U.S. Disaster: Lahaina Fire, JTF 5-0 deploys!

Video August 16, 2023 Hutchins AAron

16 August 2023 (12:44-UTC-07 Tango 06) 25 Mordad 1402/29 Muharram 1445/01 Geng-Shen(7th month) 4721/16 Август 2023 года

Joint Task Force 5-0 (JTF 5-0) is a unit consisting of personnel from the various Department of Defense branches, and part of the U.S. Fifth Fleet command.

Hawaii Army National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Matthew A. Foster, 15AUG2023.

Hawaii Army National Guard video, by Staff Sergeant Matthew A. Foster, showing Lahaina fire devastation as of 15AUG2023, even the boats in the harbor burned:

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Corporal Brandon Aultman, 14AUG2023.

On 14AUG2023, Hawaiian Army National Guard personnel joined with Regular Army (RA) and Army Reserve units in deploying to Maui, under JTF 5-0, aboard a U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) KC-130J from Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Oahu, to the Kahului Airport on Maui. Hawaii Army National Guard video by Staff Sergeant Matthew A. Foster:

USMC photo by Lance Corporal Logan Beeney, 14AUG2023.

On 13AUG2023, the Hawaii Army National Guard used their Cold War era CH-47 Chinooks to transport dozens of JTF 5-0 Army National Guard, Regular Army (RA) and Army Reserve personnel from Kualoa Airfield, on the island of Oahu, to the Puunene Armory on the island of Maui. Hawaii Army National Guard video by Specialist Sean Walker & Specialist Tonia Ciancanelli (no audio at beginning of video):

U.S. Disaster, 2023: LAHAINA FIRE, HAWAII MILITIA DEPLOYS!

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U.S. Disaster: Lahaina Fire, Hawaii Militia deploys!

Video August 11, 2023 Hutchins AAron

On 11AUG2023, the U.S. Coast Guard District-14 (Hawaii-Pacific) released this silent video of the fire as it happened in the city of Lahaina, on Maui Island, Hawaii:

Also on 11AUG2023, the U.S. Army’s 94th Army & Air Missile Defense Command released this video (by Sergeant ZaBarr Jones) of the collection and staging of donations (food, water, clothes, baby formula, bedding and toiletries) from the residents of Honolulu, Hawaii:

In the background is what’s left of Lahaina. In the foreground is a nearly empty fresh water reservoir, the islands of Hawaii are dealing with a drought. Hawaii National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Andrew Jackson, 09AUG2023.

Hawaii National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant John Linzmeier, 10AUG2023.

On 10AUG2023, Hawaii Air National Guard’s 154th Wing helped deliver personnel and equipment of the Honolulu Fire Department to the island of Maui, using the Boeing C-17 Globemaster-3 cargo plane.

Hawaii National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant John Linzmeier, 10AUG2023.

C-17 video by Staff Sergeant John Linzmeier:

Hawaii National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Andrew Jackson, 10AUG2023.

On 09AUG2023, the Hawaii Army National Guard deployed two Cold War era Boeing CH-47 Chinook rotary wings to fight the fires. 58 total bucket drops in five hours, totaling more than 100-thousand gallons, dropped on the fires!

Hawaii National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Andrew Jackson, 10AUG2023.

CH-47 video report by Master Sergeant Andrew Jackson and Master Sergeant Amber Monio:

On 09AUG2023, about 50 Hawaii Air & Army National Guard CERF-P (CBRNE Enhanced Response Force Packages) personnel were mobilized, and on 10AUG2023 joined with other emergency responders to conduct an initial ground recon/damage assessment of Lahaina on Maui Island, Hawaii. Video by Master Sergeant Andrew Jackson:

Hawaii’s National Guard is also assisting the local police. Hawaii National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Andrew Jackson, 09AUG2023.

U.S. Disaster, 2023: VERMONT MILITIA FLOOD RESPONSE

WYOMING’S 1ST EVER VIGILANT GUARD, CATASTROPHIC COLLAPSE, SOCIAL UPHEAVAL!

NATIONAL GUARD PREPS FOR ‘BIG ONE’ IN THE WABASH VALLEY, RIOTS & CBRN EVENTS EXPECTED!

MAFFS PREPPING FOR 2023 WILDFIRE SEASON!

Idaho

Walking the Dog in Cherry Springs, watch out for Snakes!

Video August 5, 2023 Hutchins AAron

Cherry Springs Nature Area, Caribou-Targhee National Forest, Idaho, 09DEC2020. Photo by me.

Aryssa takes Strupie for a walk in Cherry Springs Nature Area, Caribou-Targhee National Forest, Idaho, 09DEC2020:

Aryssa and Strupie. Photo by me, 09DEC2023.

Photo by me, 09DEC2023.

June 2019:

Photo by me, 19JUN2019.

Aryssa likes the trees.

Strupie and Aryssa say “watch out for snakes!”

Snake making a run across the trail!

Yep, there’s snakes in Cherry Springs.

Pland-emic Road Trip: Southeast Idaho’s Bear Lake & Minnetonka Cave

East Idaho Road Trip:

HTRE-3

ANCIENT NUCLEAR POWERED JET ENGINE FOUND IN IDAHO DESERT, PROOF OF ANCIENT ALIEN VISITORS? (Can’t you take a joke?)

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U.S. Disaster: Vermont Militia Flood Response

Video August 4, 2023 Hutchins AAron

SAR=Search And Rescue.

Between July 9th and 10th, 2023, the Northeastern U.S. state of Vermont got hit by massive rain storms, causing flash flooding. It’s not the first time Vermont has suffered flooding, the National Weather Service has a list of ‘significant’ floods going back to 1869.

Flooding in Montpelier, Vermont. Vermont Army National Guard photo by Sergeant Denis Nunez, 11JUL2023.

The Army National Guard’s 224th Aviation Regiment/1st Battalion (which has units in Maryland, District of Columbia, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia and West Virginia) used their UH-72 Lakota to conduct recon of the recent flood. Video by Air National Guard Senior Master Sergeant Michael Davis, 11JUL2023:

Flooding in Berlin, Vermont. Vermont Army National Guard photo by Sergeant Denis Nunez, 11JUL2023.

On 11JUL2023, Vermont Army National Guard respond to rescue call after recent flooding, using an Austrian Steyr designed MTV (Medium Tactical Vehicle). Video by Sergeant Denis Nunez:

Drinking water delivery in Marshfield, Vermont. Vermont Army National Guard photo by First Lieutenant Nathan Rivard, 13JUL2023.

On 13JUL2023, the Vermont Army National Guard (Alpha Company-186th Brigade Support Battalion-86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team) distributed FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) bottled water to the flood survivors near Marshfield. Drone video (by First Lieutenant Nathan Rivard), no audio:

Stocking drinking water in Ludlow, Vermont. Vermont Army National Guard photo by First Lieutenant Nathan Rivard, 14JUL2023.

On 14JUL2023, the Vermont Army National Guard (Alpha Company-186th Brigade Support Battalion-86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team) delivered FEMA bottled water to the flood survivors near Ludlow. Drone video (by First Lieutenant Nathan Rivard), no audio:

Delivering fans and dehumidifiers to Bridgewater, Vermont. Vermont Army National Guard photo by First Lieutenant Nathan Rivard, 17JUL2023.

The Vermont National Guard also distributed fans and dehumidifiers to 25 towns, as well as PVC pipe to create temporary water lines.

Delivering PVC pipes to Woodstock, Vermont. Vermont Army National Guard photo by First Lieutenant Nathan Rivard, 17JUL2023.

U.S. Disaster: WYOMING’S 1ST EVER VIGILANT GUARD, CATASTROPHIC COLLAPSE, SOCIAL UPHEAVAL!

Idaho

Bugs: Chubbuck, Idaho

Video July 30, 2023 Hutchins AAron

Just a fraction of the insects flying and crawling around in Chubbuck, Idaho.

This big Ten-Lined June Beetle flew into my Chubbuck, Idaho, kitchen while I was frying my homegrown potatoes, 29JUL2023. They are common in the U.S. & Canada. This one has underdeveloped ‘paddle’ antennae. They are known for being bad at flying, often flying into obstacles. The larvae take as long as four years to develop:

This bee seemed to love this giant Chubbuck onion, 29JUN2023:

Some butterflies/moths seen in Chubbuck, Idaho, last Summer 2022, video by me:

I found a couple of Praying Mantis crawling on the ground, I thought they might want to be higher up, but they wouldn’t have anything to do with it, August 2022:

Sometime in 2022.

06SEP2021.

14AUG2021.

02JUL2021.

Katydid, 02SEP2020.

A young Katydid, 28JUL2020.

Chubbuck, Idaho, 22SEP2018.

Cat Faced Spider (Araneus gemmoides, aka Jewel Spider), I haven’t seen any for the past few years (the Pland-emic?). They should also be called ‘human eye’ spider because they have designs on their backs that look like eyeballs.

Cat Faced-Jewel-Eyeball Spider, Chubbuck, Idaho, 18SEP2018.

Locust Plague(?), 2021:

Photo by AAron B. Hutchins.

FAT HOPPER, AND THE GHOST OF ITS FORMER SELF

A praying mantis paid a visit to my computer keyboard, in Chubbuck, Idaho. I tried to put it outside, but it seemed to like the attention and didn’t want to leave. Video by me, September 2020:

July 2013, Mosquitoes: LARVAE SWARM AFTER IDAHO RAIN STORM! STANDING WATER CLAIM A MYTH?

More bug stuff: “…A PERFECT TERRIBLE STORM.”; CRAWLING MORMON CRICKETS & FLYING GRASSHOPPERS JOIN FORCES?

WHY BUYING FLOWERS FROM OVERSEAS IS A NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT!

PHILIP J. FRY SHOULD’VE KEPT THOSE SPACE-WORMS! EXERCISE IS ALSO GOOD FOR YOUR…PARASITES?

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Forever Wars: U.S. General says all parts of government are ‘military’!

Video July 21, 2023 Hutchins AAron

21 July 2023 (12:20-UTC-07 Tango 06) 30 Tir 1402/03 Muharram 1445/04 Ji-Wei(6th month) 4721/21 июль 2023 года

The U.S. Air Force (USAF) is suspending pay raises and bonuses, as well as extending current deployments of personnel around the world, blaming it on higher than expected cost-of-operations, wants increase in taxpayer funding for paychecks (Military Personnel appropriations)!

The USAF is waging war on climate change, not to save the ‘world’ but to “maintain air and space dominance”!

USAF General CQ Brown Junior testified to Congress that “…all parts of government…” are included in national security/defense!

USAF video report released 20JUL2023: