“It’s a long ways from being out, even though we don’t see big 40 foot flames.”-Brian Blad, Mayor of Pocatello
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10 Mile Fire: Barely visible is a plume of smoke, it’s the darker area in front of the white clouds in the background, behind the mountains east of MacCammon, Idaho, 17:00 hours, 29 June 2012.
A couple of Neptunes awaiting orders, on the tarmac at Pocatello airport.
Little Bird (Air Tractor 802F) water dropper, Pokey airport, working hard to put out hot spots.
Idaho Caribou/Targhee National Forest Division 7, makin’ the rounds near the burned out Welton Fire, in Oneida County, Idaho, 29 June 2012.
Pocatello still smokin’! Fire officials say fires keep poppin’ up. Too many downed power lines. As many as 17 investigators trying to find cause of fire. Just some of the reasons they don’t think residents can return until Sunday.
A few surviving homes on that hill. Up to 66 homes & 29 outbuildings reported as burned.
Hill that burned overnight, Mink Creek, Johnny Creek and Gibson Jack areas, Pocatello, Idaho, 29 June 2012.
29 June 2012, British news media reporting the LIBOR scandal isn’t over. Not only was Barclays (and other British and U.S. banks) involved with manipulating international interest rates, but they also forced smaller businesses to buy loan insurance, “mis-selling” it as a way of protecting themselves from those high LIBOR interest rates!
For at least a decade now there have been cancer cases, and studies from around the world suggesting that printer ink, and other chemicals used for printers, cause cancer.
Recently the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, in Japan, announced they are now studying the high rate of cancer among people who work in printing […] Continue Reading…
29 June 2012, at 00:00 hours dozens of fires still burning on the hills where homes were ravaged, at the south end of Pocatello, Idaho. Associated Press reporting more than 1,000 people evacuated.
The winds have calmed down, but have also shifted northwest, smoke filtering slowly a few miles northwest into the city of Chubbuck […] Continue Reading…
Tender 1 racing towards Pocatello, Idaho, 28 June 2012. Photo by AAron B. Hutchins.
Racing to Pocatello Charlotte Fire.
Pocatello fire viewed from 30 miles to the south.
Pocatello homes burning!
There are homes in them there hills!
Smoke seen from downtown Old Town Pocatello. Photo by AAron B. Hutchins, 28JUN2012.
Eastern Idaho Interagency Fire Center airborne firecrews, Pocatello airport, about 8 miles northwest of Pocatello.
‘nother fire, west of Pocatello airport, 28 June 2012. (this might have been a planned airport fire drill)
Neptune water bomber, Pocatello (Pokey) airport.
‘nother fire, north of Banida, Idaho. Called Stockton Fire.
Stockton Fire about 14:20 hours, 28 June 2012. Reports say it was started by farm equipment.
Smoke rising from remains of Welton Fire northeast of Malad, Idaho, 28 June 2012. Locals say it was caused by sparks from a trash truck, on 26 June 2012 .
Neptune water bombed up, ready for take off from Pokey airport.
A letter dated 27 June 2012, and signed by Saudi King Abdullah, shows that Saudi Arabia’s military was ordered on high alert.
The supposed top secret order is calling the operation al-Farouq.
The king claims the move is to prevent “foreign or terrorist attacks.” For some reason the U.S. main stream news media are ignoring the […] Continue Reading…
27 June 2012, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCo) reporting highest radiation levels yet inside Reactor 1 of the GE (General Electric) designed Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power factory.
Using endoscopes and dosimeters on 26 June 2012, TEPCo employees detected 10,300 millisieverts per hour inside the reactor! That level will kill you in less than an hour!
27 June 2012, a major bank in the United Kingdom, Barclays, settled with U.S. and U.K. regulators, over charges it was manipulating key international interest rates, specifically the LIBOR.
The settlement is for $451 million USD, which is a pittance when you consider the havoc Barclays wreaked on economies throughout the western world. Barclays is […] Continue Reading…
25 June 2012, the small island country of Cyrus has asked the European Union (EU) for a bailout. It’s the fifth country to do so, after Greece, Ireland, Spain and Portugal.
The economy of Cyprus is directly tied to Greece, and the economic disaster there has dragged down banks in Cyprus.
