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Idaho, U.S.

U.S. Wildfire, 2022: Ross Fork Fire, Idaho

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At about 18:00, 09AUG2022, I noticed a lot of smoke northeast of where I live in Chubbuck, Idaho.

The fire grew as the sun went down.

It glowed through out the night.  The wind was blowing north, northeast.  During the night a strong windstorm blew in from the west (it was not forecasted).  The next day, local news media reported the fire was located on the east side of the Fort Hall Reservation, homes were evacuated, burning at least 2-thousand-5-hundred acers (more than 1000 hectares). By the afternoon there were conflicting reports about the fire; TV news said it was under control and evacuations canceled, while newspapers reported it had re-ignited, was spreading and forcing more evacuations.  I believe the newspapers because there was a sudden non-stop bucket brigade of water bomber flights from the Pocatello Airtanker Base.

Some video I made from my backyard, of Air Tractors and a MD87,  flying over Chubbuck, on their way to bomb the Ross Fork Fire:

It should be noted that the Pocatello Airtanker Base, on the Pocatello Regional Airport, was undergoing an expansion of its ‘pit’ operations for water bombers, and was not expected to be operational until July, or “until further notice”.  Obviously, the U.S. Forest Service airtanker operations are now up and running.  That is what you call ‘perfect timing’!     

Some video I made of an Air Tractor and RJ85 being put to bed after a busy day of water bombing (they can only water-bomb during daylight):

As of 23:30, 10AUG2022, the Ross Fork Fire is still burning.  The wind changed direction and kicked-up, this time we got teased with a little bit of rain. Thunderstorms are forecasted, but they’ve been bringing us more lightning than needed rain.  There was also a wildfire in Power County, west of here, but it is supposedly extinguished.

The same area has a history of catching fire, July 2013:

2 1/2 MILE FIRE, MORE IDAHO FIRES EXPECTED, WARNS OFFICIALS.

U.S. disasters 2022: WEST VIRGINIA MILITIA DEPLOYS TO KENTUCKY FLOODS!

U.S. Wildfire 2021: MILITIA & U.S. ARMY BATTLES LARGEST EVER FOR HAWAII!

Idaho Wildfires 2019:

Photo by AAron B. Hutchins.

MD-87 WATER BOMBER & NEW KING AIR FAC

Photo by AAron B. Hutchins.

DC-10, IDAHO’S 911

Idaho Wildfires 2012:

Ducks in a row. BAe 146-200s and the old Convair CV580, at Pocatello airport during Idaho’s 2012 wildfire outbreaks. Photo by AAron B. Hutchins.

Canadian BAe 146 (RJ85) join the fight on Pocatello Airtanker Base

International, U.S.

Biden’s War: 1st permanent U.S. base in NATO Poland!

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30 July 2022  (22:22-UTC-07 Tango 06) 08 Mordad 1401/01 Muharram 1444/02 Ding-Wei (7th month) 4720

How many times has U.S. led NATO sworn that it is not expanding towards Russia? The first ever permanent U.S. military base in NATO Poland now has an official name: Camp Kościuszko.

On 29JUN2022, U.S. President Joseph Robinette Biden Junior announced that a once temporary (used for rotational troop deployments) U.S. base in Poland would become permanent (meaning there will be a permanent U.S. military presence), making it the nearest U.S. base, in Europe, to Russia.

U.S. Army Photo by Specialist Garrison Waites, 30JUL2022.

U.S. Army video by Specialist Devin Klecan, official base naming ceremony:

On 30JUL2022, a ceremony was held in Poland, announcing a name for the new U.S. base, named after Tadeusz Kościuszko, a Polish-Lithuanian military officer who joined the American Revolution against the British Empire in June 1776.  After the war that created  the United States, General Kościuszko returned to Poland in August 1784.

U.S. Army video explainer, by Specialist Devin Klecan:

Biden’s War:  PENNSYLVANIA MILITIA TRAINS IN TEXAS, ON WAY TO MIDDLE EAST.

World War 3:  U.S./NATO “NO SIGNIFICANT EFFECT” IN UKRAINE!

U.S.

U.S. Disaster: West Virginia Militia deploys to Kentucky!

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28 July 2022  (15:32-UTC-07 Tango 06) 06 Mordad 1401/28 Dhu l-Hijja 1443/30 Ding-Wei 4720

West Virginia Army National Guard photo by Sergeant Zoe Morris.

Residents of Kentucky reporting that this year’s flooding is the worst they’ve seen, with the Governor saying the death toll will hit double digits.  State officials declared it to be catastrophic, and admitting they don’t have the labor to adequately respond to calls for rescues.  Next door neighbor West Virginia is sending help.

West Virginia Army National Guard photo by Sergeant Zoe Morris.

The West Virginia National Guard is sending two UH-60M Blackhawks and two UH-72 Lakota rotary wing aircraft, and their crew.  They are rom Company C, 2-104th General Support Aviation Battalion (MEDEVAC) and Company B, 1-224th Security and Support Aviation Battalion, based out of Williamstown.

West Virginia Army National Guard photo by Sergeant Zoe Morris.

The flooding is ironic as earlier this month the Kentucky Army National Guard was deployed to one city that was facing sever water shortage.

U.S. Disaster: ARIZONA MILITIA SANDBAGS LATEST FLOODING

U.S. Disaster/Food Crisis: OKLAHOMA MILITIA FIGHTS 702-FIRE, NO MORE BEEF CATTLE?

U.S.

USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6): Punishments for lack of leadership

In July 2020, the USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) was undergoing $250-million in upgrades when it was set on fire and destroyed by a disgruntled Sailor (now awaiting Court Martial). In 2021, U.S. Navy (USN) investigators determined that pervasive lack of leadership onboard USS Bonhomme Richard created the environment that led to the sabotage.  In July 2022, the USN announced punishments for at least 20 personnel in leadership positions, including the ship’s commanding officer.  The disciplines range from letters of reprimand to loss of pay. A letter of censure has also been issued to the former commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet.

USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6):

STEEL INFERNO, ONE YEAR LATER, SABOTAGE & LACK OF LEADERSHIP=DEATH OF A SHIP!

INTO THE STEEL INFERNO!

 

U.S.

U.S. Disaster/Food Crisis 2022: Oklahoma Militia fights 702-Fire, no more Beef Cattle?

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“It’s burning up in these canyons deep, burning out over the bowls and spreading out…. …. We’re unable to get our trucks and units down into the fire so. Basically, the only way is only with dozers and air support is the only way we’ll be able to get this knocked down.”-Jim Shelton, Blaine County Emergency Management 

This year’s fire season doesn’t seem as profuse as previous years.  Don’t tell that to people in Oklahoma, already more than 8-thousand acres (3237 hectares) have burned since 14JUL2022.

KOCO report from 15JUL2022, points out that the fire is negatively affecting a major food source:

Oklahoma Army National Guard photo by Sergeant Anthony Jones, 16JUL2022.

On 16JUL2022, Oklahoma Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawks, and LUH-72 Lakotas, attacked what is called the 702-Fire, in Blaine County.

Oklahoma Army National Guard photo by Sergeant Anthony Jones, 16JUL2022.

The UH-60 can dump more than 6-hundred gallons of water, using its ‘Bambi bucket‘.

Oklahoma Army National Guard photo by Specialist Caleb Stone, 16JUL2022.

Don’t forget about the natural gas refinery in Medford, Oklahoma, that caught fire a week ago:

U.S. Disaster 2022: MORE FIRES, MORE MILITARY DEPLOYMENTS, BLAME HOUSING DEVELOPMENT SPECULATION GAME!

U.S. Food Crisis 2022: KENTUCKY MILITIA DEPLOYED FOR WATER SHORTAGE, “BAD WENT TO WORSE!”

U.S.

U.S. Disaster 2022: Arizona Militia Sandbags latest Flooding

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Arizona Army National Guard image by Major Kyle Key.

On 16JUL2022, more than 30 personnel from the 850th Military Police Battalion deployed to help fill more than 5-thousand sandbags.  Then, the next day (17JUL2022), approximately 60 additional personnel of the Arizona National Guard deployed to the Coconino County Public Works Department, to help fill as many as 600-thousand sandbags before the end of the week.

This is due to monsoon flooding, which caused ‘shelter-in-place’ orders to be issued to some of the residents of areas that had been devastated by wildfires in recent years, the burn areas now become zones of large flash flooding during the monsoon season.

Arizona Army National Guard image by Major Kyle Key.

On 15JUL2022, administrators of Coconino County asked for help from the National Guard.  It turns out that many of the militia personnel were already taking part in their ‘summer camp’ training, just 25 miles away, and some of them actually live in Coconino County:  “We just pivoted those soldiers over there and re-directed them to the Coconino Public Works building… …There are some who are from this area. That is what’s beautiful about it. We are part of the community in which we serve.”-Major Kyle Key, Arizona Army National Guard

Arizona Army National Guard shows you how to ‘sandbag’ on the job, video by Major Kyle Key:

 

U.S. Disaster 2022: MONTANA MILITIA DEPLOYS AFTER MAJOR FLOODING!

IDAHO AIR GUARD DEPLOYS TO CHEROKEE NATION!

U.S. Food Crisis 2022: KENTUCKY MILITIA DEPLOYED FOR WATER SHORTAGE, “BAD WENT TO WORSE!”

Idaho, Technology, U.S.

World War 3: Idaho S-T-E-M preps grade schoolers for future war

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“Summer is the time the program has given us to step outside our normal curriculum and experiment to try out new areas of STEM and develop new lessons we can then possibly submit to our national program for youth and other Starbase programs across the nation. Our Starbase staff were really excited about developing this new program and we hope to continue the curriculum into future summer camps and possibly the normal academic year.”-Courtney Taylor, Idaho Starbase director

During the months of June and July, 2022, fewer than 2-hundred 5th grade students in Idaho took part in an Idaho National Guard STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) Summer Camp program, called Starbase (STARBASE A Department of Defense Youth Program).  It is not the first time, but this year demand for such a program was high enough that the normal one camp was expanded into eight separate camps, and three new unique/specialized programs were tried-out.

The Starbase camp is for children of members of the Idaho state militia.  Military based STEM camps began in 2018, under the federal Department of Education’s (DoE) Title 1, however, according to the Idaho National Guard the federal Department of Defense (DoD) is actually providing the funding for the state militia operated STEM camps and after-school programs.

Children of migrant workers learn how to use computers to do facial reconstruction, on Idaho National Guard’s Gowen Field. Idaho Army National Guard photo by Crystal Farris, 15JUL2022.

Military based STEM camps are also for children of migrant farm workers, under the federal DoE’s Migrant Education Program.  It appears that the DoD’s Starbase STEM camps are exclusively for children of National Guard personnel, and children of migrant workers!

Idaho Army National Guard photo by Crystal Farris, 28JUN2022.

For June 2022, Idaho’s Starbase introduced three new categories for its Summer camp; identifying weapons of mass destruction (WMD) under the guise of CSI (Crime Scene Investigation), Space-Force training under the guise of Mission to Mars, and survival training under the guise of search and rescue. Students were part of other programs such as the Caldwell Migrant Summer School Program,  the Idaho Wing of the Civil Air Patrol, the Learning Garden Children’s Center in Meridian, and four different regions of the YMCA (Christian organization founded in the United Kingdom, based in Switzerland).

Idaho Army National Guard photo by Crystal Farris, 08JUL2022.

For July 2022, Starbase Idaho wrapped-up the season by introducing 3rd through 6th grade students to Idaho Army National Guard armored vehicles.

For years, the hi-tech industry in Idaho has worked with the military to educate grade school aged children in the ways of STEM.  Boise based computer chip maker Micron has its own STEM bus which makes visits to military bases. (just a week ago, Micron warned of continuing chip shortages, but this time due to crashing demand caused by inflation)

Operation Snow Bash, 2018: IDAHO TRAINS UP THE CHILDREN, FOR WAR!

Cyber Dome, 2022: IDAHO JOINS ISRAEL IN NEW GLOBAL CYBER DOMINANCE OPERATION?

World War 3, 2021: IDAHO TRAINS KOREAN ANTI-NUCLEAR COMBAT TEAMS!

U.S.

Biden’s War: Pennsylvania Militia trains in Texas, on way to Middle East.

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M2HB heavy machine gun training,18JUN2022. Pennsylvania National Guard photo.

Pennsylvania Army National Guard’s 252nd Quartermaster Company has been on Fort Hood, Texas, training for their deployment to somewhere in The Middle East (South West Asia).

Forklift training, 11JUL2022. Pennsylvania National Guard photo.

Being a ‘Quartermaster’ unit, their main job is logistics, so that is what much of the training focused on.  Don’t want any supply chain shortages for the troops in The Middle East.

On Fort Hood, 08JUL2022. Pennsylvania National Guard photo.

These Conex boxes contain the 252nd’s gear, for shipment to The Middle East.

Approximately 200 Soldiers got on the bus, 05JUN2022. Pennsylvania Army National Guard photo by Private First Class David Thomson.

Leaving for Texas, 05JUN2022. Pennsylvania Army National Guard video by Private First Class David Thomson:

The busses took them to the airport. Pennsylvania Army National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Zane Craig, 05JUN2022.

Biden’s War:  IDAHO, MONTANA, OREGON STUCK IN A DEPLOYMENT LOOP!

Biden-NATO War:  “A NEW SHOW”, MORE DEPLOYMENTS, “VIGILANCE ACTIVITY”!

U.S.

U.S. Food Crisis: Kentucky Militia deployed for Water Shortage, “Bad went to worse!”

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11 July 2022  (18:11-UTC-07 Tango 06) 20 Tir 1401/11 Dhu l-Hijja 1443/13 Ding-Wei 4720

Kentucky Army National Guard photo by Sergeant First Class Benjamin Crane, 01JUL2022.

“We can live without electricity, we can live without the Internet. One thing you definitely can’t live without is water. And it becomes something that we sometimes take for granted.”-Adam Ledford, City of Marion

Beginning 24JUN2022, personnel with Kentucky Army National Guard’s 2061st Multi-Role Bridge Company, as well as the 206th Engineer Battalion, 201st Engineer Battalion, and 103rd Chemical Battalion, have been working to bring potable water to the town of Marion.

Kentucky Army National Guard photo by Sergeant First Class Benjamin Crane, 01JUL2022.

Side note: Despite what dictionaries/word-smiths say is the source of the word potable, people should pronounce potable as pot-able (or pot-a-bul), as in the water is able to be used in a pot for cooking/drinking. Non-potable, of course, is water that is not able to be used in a pot for cooking/drinking.

On 22JUN2022, it was reported that administrators in Crittenden County were scrambling to solve a water shortage problem caused by attempts by City of Marion administrators to drain Lake George.

Lake George was the primary water source for Marion, but in April erosion in the lake’s levee suddenly developed into a sink-hole.  An attempt was made to drain the Lake George, to prevent total failure of the levee and a resulting massive flood of the town.  At first the standard way of draining was not making good progress, so they decided to breech the levee on purpose.

Observing Old City Lake. Kentucky Army National Guard photo by Sergeant First Class Benjamin Crane, 01JUL2022.

Marion officials had ordered water collection to be switched to the smaller City Lake (aka Old City Lake, which looks more like a big pond), thinking it held one month’s worth of water, and that surely would be enough, but whoopsie, turns out City Lake held only 18-days worth!  Apparently what was negatively affecting Lake George is also affecting nearby lakes: “Throughout that process, we were able to begin to put together the picture that it looked like what was causing the issue had something to do with our intake system and damage to our intake system that runs underneath the levee and into the bottom of the lake. Bad went to worse, we lost over a week’s water supply just because of new data that was developed on our secondary source, which had now become our primary source. So, in essence, you can argue that we lost not only one water supply, but quite honestly, we lost two-plus water supplies in this process.”-Adam Ledford, City of Marion

There are several options for the City of Marion; rely on other cities and other counties for water, which will greatly jack-up water costs for Marion residents.  Or, have the Governor call in the National Guard and make emergency taxpayer funded water deliveries until a long term solution proves viable.

Kentucky Army National Guard photo by Sergeant First Class Benjamin Crane, 01JUL2022.

Governor Andy Beshear declared a state of emergency and initially deployed approximately 20 Army National Guard Combat Engineers.

WSIL video report, three days of potable water left as of 06JUL2022, multiple new leaks:

On 07JUL2022, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet announced it will attempt to connect Marion with water from the Crittenden-Livingston Water District.  Also, Webster County Water has been suppling water, and, Marion officials approved a plan to build a three miles long system to connect to the Caldwell County Water District in Princeton.  However, all these expensive water connections to other systems will supply only half of the City of Marion’s water needs. Additional efforts are being attempted.

The City of Marion is a rural city with a population of about 3-thousand.

U.S. Food Crisis, 2022: WALMART FEEDS FOR FREEDOM? THE MILITARY CHOWS DOWN ON THE REAL HUNGER GAMES!

U.S. Disaster, 2022: MONTANA MILITIA DEPLOYS AFTER MAJOR FLOODING!

Disaster 2021: IDAHO MILITIA & BOISE FD TRAIN FOR SWIFT WATER RESCUES, WITHOUT WATER!

Idaho, Influenza, U.S.

U.S. Food Crisis: Walmart Feeds for Freedom? The military chows down on the real Hunger Games!

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Incomplete (tip-o-the iceberg) list of main stream news links announcing United States food supply shutdowns, emergencies, outbreaks and recalls for June 2022:

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is investigating a mysterious outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections, and for some unknown reason the FDA is refusing to name the infected foods!

Protein/energy bars recalled due to E.coli infestation.

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), more than 38-million people in the U.S. are food ‘insecure’!

Wegmans grocery chain store recalls Vidalia onions due to Listeria infestation.

Cheese sold across nine states recalled due to Listeria infestation.

As of 29JUN2022, a total of 23 cases of listeriosis, a bacterial infection usually caused by eating food contaminated with listeria, were recorded in 10 states, causing 22 hospitalizations and one death.

U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warns against ‘snuggling’ your poultry, due to salmonella infestation.

Dog food recalled due to salmonella infestation.

Is there a salmonella epidemic?

After 40-million dead birds, hot weather might be killing off the bird flu virus.
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Hi-tech indoor farming might cause food prices to go up, certainly too expensive for most mom-n-pop start-ups.

Long explanation how food crisis is second biggest factor behind price inflation (housing is number one). Food price inflation directly linked to fertilizer shortage caused by sanctions and war, yet as a result fertilizer is being stockpiled (farming ops are buying more than what they need out of fear) which will have a long term effect of fertilizer price drops, reducing food prices:

International food analysts (this leftist-liberal report loves to call them ‘experts’) say the food crisis is actually about “…access to food, that people don’t have money to pay for food, that people are jobless.” It is not about a lack of food (I’ve already posted about migrant farm workers in Idaho that say the same thing):

IDAHO: Long term drought is draining farm irrigation canals.

University of Idaho study says there is a correlation between agricultural chemicals and cancer!

Desperate farmers trying different methods in an attempt to save water and money.

INDIANA:

Indiana National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Tackora Farrington, 15JUN2022.

On 15JUN2022, Walmart conducted their yearly Feed ’em for Freedom food fest, on Camp Atterbury, for state National Guard personnel, and their families.  Never mind that taxpayers already pay for the meals of military personnel, Walmart probably gets a tax write-off for providing a free BBQ for them. Is this a covert way for the Department of Defense to save money, by preparing state militia to rely on private sector donations for their meals?

NORTH CAROLINA:

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sergeant Isaiah Campbell, 29JUN2022.

On 29JUN2022, U.S. Marines with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) volunteered to help operate the Unite Way’s Children Healthy Eating on Weekends (CHEW) Center, in Jacksonville.

VIRGINIA: On Fort Lee, the USDA kicked off its 13th annual Feds Feed Families (FFF) campaign.  This means that for the past 13 years federal employees are being encouraged to donate food to silly-vilians, I mean civilians who are going hungry. Isn’t that a sign the country’s economy sucks? After all, a federal job is considered the best paying entry level job now, and I remember when being a federal employee meant you got less than private sector minimum wage (because I was one)!  The FFF program will be collecting food until September 30th.  This year U.S. military officials are blaming the food crisis on The Pandemic, as well as domestic and foreign political intrigues: “The annual Feds Feed Families food drive is one of the best ways for commissaries and military families to give back to the communities which host us around the nation. Unfortunately, with the pandemic and related issues of the last few years, the need is as great as it has been in a long time. The good news is that a little goes a long way.”-Sergeant Major Michael R. Saucedo, U.S. Marine Corps, Director of Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA)

Washington DC: Link to hour long video of U. S. President Joseph R. Biden Junior discussing his plans to spend your taxes on supporting, and even expanding, the private sector for-profit corporate baby formula makers!

U.S. Food Crisis, May 2022: BIRD FLU SWARMS THE U.S., CHINA BLAMED! MILITARY PERSONNEL AS FOOD AID DISTRIBUTORS IS NOW S-O-P!

Global Food Crisis, June 2022: WORLD LEADERS FEED YOU MORE LIES! FAMINE AMID PLENTY!