30 June 2016 (04:14 UTC-07 Tango 01) 10 Tir 1395/24 Ramadan 1437/26 Jia-Wu 4714
“There were people up there shooting off fireworks; mortars, the ones that will go up in the air.”-Taylor Kemp, telling Boise news media that he saw people setting off fireworks despite a burn ban. Kemp says the perpetrators ran as soon as […] Continue Reading…
30 June 2016 (03:47 UTC-07 Tango 01) 10 Tir 1395/24 Ramadan 1437/26 Jia-Wu 4714
“Keeps erupting in places.”-Aryssa May Hutchins
Pic by Aryssa May Hutchins might show explosive fireball emanating from the ‘south’ fire, east of Boise.
The fires appear to be moving eastward, over the hills, away from residential areas.
30 June 2016 (03:36 UTC-07 Tango 01) 10 Tir 1395/24 Ramadan 1437/26 Jia-Wu 4714
“When we first woke up, there were huge flames. All the trees in the foothills right in front of us are gone, completely.”-Dawn Green, resident of East Barber Drive to KTVB
“I just heard two or three huge explosions and I’m seeing […] Continue Reading…
30 June 2016 (03:06 UTC-07 Tango 01) 10 Tir 1395/24 Ramadan 1437/26 Jia-Wu 4714
“Smoke just got really bright from the south fire.”-Aryssa May Hutchins reporting
The capital of Idaho, Boise, has seen numerous home fires and wild fires in the area since the start of June. The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently declared several western […] Continue Reading…
30 June 2016 (02:52 UTC-07 Tango 01) 10 Tir 1395/24 Ramadan 1437/26 Jia-Wu 4714
“The whole damn hill is embers! But the cross is still there.”-Aryssa May Hutchins reporting three more large explosions in the ‘Table Rock’ fires (multiple fires now) on the east side of Boise. Several smaller explosions heard from the ‘southern’ fire.
30 June 2016 (02:24 UTC-07 Tango 01) 10 Tir 1395/24 Ramadan 1437/26 Jia-Wu 4714
Possibly lightning started fire east of Boise, Idaho, along the city boundaries where East Table Rock Road turns into East Wild Horse Lane. Local news reports say at least 202 hectares (5-hundred acres) burned, at this point. Voluntary evacuations of homes […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of announced United States food supply shutdowns for the month of June, 2016: Many food suppliers/distributors are consolidating operations and killing jobs due to the collapsing grocery store and restaurant industries, as well as rising costs of food production, spread of disease and extreme weather.
Circle of Blue reports that since 2010 there’s […] Continue Reading…
More proof you brick-n-mortar store owners can’t directly blame the internet/high-tech competition for your demise. Incomplete list of U.S. internet/high-tech/communications job destruction announcements in February 2016:
Alabama: In Huntsville, 20 years old non-profit Sci-Quest hands-on science museum shutdown, due to lack of revenues which caused them to miss their January & February rent payments.
California: One of […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of economic woes in the U.S. state of Idaho, June 2016.
Germany based Volkswagen agrees to pay Idaho state government $2.6-million USD for the supposed diesel software scam, plus VW owners get $5,100 in cash for each eligible diesel vehicle. Diesel owners in Idaho love diesels! My own research suggests this whole […] Continue Reading…
28 June 2016 (20:11 UTC-07 Tango 01) 09 Tir 1395/23 Ramadan 1437/25 Jia-Wu 4714
“…it was totally on fire. Smoke was everywhere….”-Rainey Taylor, victim of internet modem that went-all-terrorist in her kitchen
In Idaho Falls the kitchen of a residential property caught fire after a new internet modem exploded.
The person renting the home says they were lucky to be […] Continue Reading…