The following is a list of fires burning on 12 July 2012, from the Eastern Idaho Interagency Fire Center (EIIFC);
Butte City #2 Fire: 186 acres, began 11 July, 70% containment.
Midway Fire: Southeast of Experimental Breeder Reactor-1 (EBR-1). 8,900 acres, 25% containment. Began 10 July. One of my co-workers had to detour to Idaho Falls, […] Continue Reading…
The following pics (which you can make bigger by clicking on them) were taken by AAron B. Hutchins, within a thirty minutes period, at the Pocatello Regional Airport (USFS Air Tanker Base), on 12JUL2012, between 11:30 hours and 12:00 hours.
Remember, these pics were taken within a 30 minute period.
EAST IDAHO WILDFIRES 2012: MORE NEW […] Continue Reading…
11 July 2012, yesterday’s Cox’s Well Fire, near Springfield (east of Craters of the Moon National Monument), is supposedly 100% contained, although the EIIFC website is still showing 70% containment. Lightning is blamed.
But now several other fires have sprung up, because of lightning. Reports said there was a fire southwest of Atomic City, and […] Continue Reading…
11 July 2012, reports out of Cambodia say international health experts have solved the mystery illness that’s killed more than 60 children.
The UN’s World Health Organization, and Cambodian health officials, concluded that Mother Earth is ganging up on children. Kids are being hit by multiple diseases at the same time, such as enterovirus 71 […] Continue Reading…
11 July 2012, NHK (nippon housou kyoukai/Japan Broadcasting Corporation) reporting that Mitsubishi Motors is so desperate to dump its factory in Netherlands, that it’s willing to take only one euro (currently equal to $1.22 USD)!
A Dutch company, VDL, wants to buy it and build licensed BMWs. The factory employes 1,500 people, and Mitsubishi wants […] Continue Reading…
Click on pics (by AAron B. Hutchins) to make them bigger:
07 July 2012
International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) reports at least one U.S. led occupation soldier killed by an explosion in southern Afghanistan.
In Uruzgan Province, six civilians were killed when they drove over a mine.
In Helmand Province, four children were killed, three wounded by explosions in separate incidents.
In Farah Province, one person killed, 28 wounded […] Continue Reading…
10 July 2012, operators of the Onagawa nuclear plant in Miyagi Prefecture announced that their Reactor 3 fuel rod storage pool is damaged.
Tohoku Electric Power Company (not to be confused with Tokyo Electric Power Company, which runs Fukushima Daiichi) reported they discovered chips, cracks, and more than 12 missing pieces to the metal containers […] Continue Reading…
On 05 July 2012, NASDAQ (National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations) ordered an end to trading of Hoku stock, pending “additional information”.
NASDAQ requires that companies traded in their exchange can not go below one U.S. dollar per share for a set period of time, or that company will be de-listed. But Hoku Corp […] Continue Reading…
“The global growth outlook will be somewhat less than we anticipated just three months ago. Many indicators of economic activity, investment, employment, and manufacturing, have deteriorated. And not just in Europe or the United States.”-Christine Lagarde, International Monetary Fund, 03 July 2012
In June 2012, the World Bank issued GDP growth projections for the next […] Continue Reading…