02 July 2013 (20:37 UTC-07 Tango 01 July 2013)/23 Sha’ban 1434/11 Tir 1391/25 Ji-Wie (5th month) 4711
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Yes, my camera sucks for night time pics. This was taken from Simplot Don Plant, several miles away in Power County, 30 June 2013.
About noon 01 July 2013. Officials said the lightning caused fire would be contained today.
About 19:00 hours, 01 July 2013. North end of fire. Winds shifted towards the south.
South end of 2 1/2 Mile Road fire, getting help from the wind. Pic taken from rooftop in Chubbuck.
802 Air Tractor fire fighter on its way to the fire. Also fighting the fire are two helicopters and at least 60 firefighters on the ground. One home evacuated, 200 acres burned.
Another little bird ‘seeder’ hustlin’ back to Pocatello Airport. Officials canceled their hopes to get the fire contained, blaming the winds.
Cotant Park in Chubbuck. (if you haven’t already, click the pic to get the wide angle) At the upper left is the south end of the fire. At the upper right is a green farm field, and to the right of that (not in pic) is Bannock County Fairgrounds, and homes at the north end of Pocatello.
01 July 2013 (22:07 UTC-07 Tango 30 June 2013)/22 Sha’ban 1434/10 Tir 1391/24 Ji-Wie (5th month) 4711
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Fire spotted northeast of Chubbuck, Idaho. About 19:00 hours, 30 June 2013.
About 21:30 hours. Looking from Cotant Park in Chubbuck.
At this point local media only reporting the lightning caused fires between Pocatello and Inkom. This fire is north of Pocatello, northeast of Chubbuck, and heading west.
30 June 2013/21 Sha’ban 1434/09 Tir 1391/23 Wu-Wu (5th month) 4711
In Nangarhar Province, the Afghan National Army reports major battles with Mujahideen. The ANA claims they killed 50 Mujahideen and wounded 70 others.
In Zabul Province, Sewri District, three people killed, two wounded, when their civilian vehicle drove over a landmine.
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In New Jersey, North Bergen recycling went bankrupt. Company officials pled guilty to illegal dumping and got hit with massive fines.
AM General laid off at least 350 people in Indiana! Company officials blame the bad global economy on crashing Hummer/Humvee orders! Yet, at the same time they claim there is a big demand for […] Continue Reading…
30 June 2013 (14:16 UTC-07 Tango)/21 Sha’ban 1434/09 Tir 1391/23 Wu-Wu (5th month) 4711
With concerns over the estimated millions of people traveling to Mecca in the Gregorian month of October, it turns out that women who wear face veils might be saving their own lives, and preventing the spread of MERS! That claim is […] Continue Reading…
Just one day after announcing 300 layoffs in California, Washington based (HQ now in Illinois) Boeing announced that 1700 engineering jobs will be eliminated by the end of the year! This affects Boeing’s Commercial Airplane unit. Boeing officials also revealed that they’ve laid off 700 people in other positions since October 2012, and […] Continue Reading…
29 June 2013 (02:52 UTC-07 Tango)/20 Sha’ban 1434/08 Tir 1391/22 Wu-Wu (5th month) 4711
The member countries of the United Nations (which includes the United States) have agreed to spend $7.5 billion of their taxpayers’ money on military ‘peacekeeping’ operations for 2014.
That’s an increase of $200 million USD from the 2013 budget, mainly because of […] Continue Reading…
Boeing laying off as many as 300 people in California! Boeing has come up with a way to make satellites more efficiently. The layoffs affect operations in El Segundo, Torrance, Seal Beach and Huntington Beach.
In New Jersey, the newest and most financially troubled Revel casino laid off 83 employees. Atlantic City’s bad economy just can’t support […] Continue Reading…
29 June 2013 (21:41 UTC-07 Tango 28 June 2013)/20 Sha’ban 1434/08 Tir 1391/22 Wu-Wu (5th month) 4711
The Idaho based women’s clothing retailer, Coldwater Creek, just keeps bleeding out cash! For its most recent quarter, which ended in May, Coldwater Creek lost $19.4 million USD.
Executives headquartered in Sandpoint blamed it on climate change and the […] Continue Reading…
28 June 2013 (12:54 UTC-07 Tango)/19 Sha’ban 1434/07 Tir 1391/21 Wu-Wu (5th month) 4711
U.S. Army General Martin Dempsey told the Washington DC think tank, Brookings Institution, that the Army will spend $23 billion U.S. tax dollars training 4000 new cyber attack personnel over the next four years.
