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You have the same chair 's as me except the cigarettes lolHere's the back steps of my house.
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He he. Lol. Only person in my family who has lived in America and smoked was my dad who smoked cigs for 3 years in his 20s and then quit, my grandad who smoked a pipe and developed a way to "grow" your own arteries, and my great grandpa who was a logger in Missouri. I also have an uncle who smokes cigars and an uncle who dips but for 3 generations on one side and 2 on the other it isn't a bad record. Glad I don't smoke though!You have the same chair 's as me except the cigarettes lol
Good for you one of the most stupid things I ever did was start smoking and it has been a on and off thing for yearsHe he. Lol. Only person in my family who has lived in America and smoked was my dad who smoked cigs for 3 years in his 20s and then quit, my grandad who smoked a pipe and developed a way to "grow" your own arteries, and my great grandpa who was a logger in Missouri. I also have an uncle who smokes cigars and an uncle who dips but for 3 generations on one side and 2 on the other it isn't a bad record. Glad I don't smoke though!
I would like to address the fishermen (and women) on the site with the story of an unsung hero you probably won't hear about anywhere else. His name is Mark Traynor and he is the manager of the Cascade Fish Hatchery on Eagle Creek, a mile or less from where the fire started. Jeannie and I were in the area Saturday evening when we realized the fire was near the hatchery. On our way home we stopped to see if Mark needed a hand evacuating. We found him with his most valuable personal belongings packed and ready to go, but him actively running the hatchery. Earlier in the day he had sent the rest of his crew out of harms way so he was by himself. We encouraged, nay nagged, him to pack the rest of his stuff and leave but he was more interested in making sure the hatchery was okay. We literally watched the fire crest the ridge and begin moving down the hill towards the hatchery.
Mark had made provisions for the fire crews to use water from one of the fish ponds for fire-fighting if necessary. In doing so he had to make a few changes to keep everything else working. After the Level 3 evacuation notice came no one was allowed back in to help him and he hasn't left yet, except to move his boat across the freeway to a, hopefully, safer location. We have talked to him each night and he continues to maintain the hatchery. He is now four days without sleep and still working.
For now the millions of fish in his care are okay. While they are still not out of the woods due to possible pollution of the hatchery water supply and other issues, they are currently viable due to one man. Those are the fish you will be trying to catch in about four years.
The fish release you heard about on the news was at the Bonneville Hatchery, ironically the place Mark took his boat for safe-keeping.
The next time you are headed east on I84, stop off at exit 41 and say "Thanks".
Also a huge Thank You to the fire crews who kept the hatchery from burning while Mark kept it running.
More like a turd... why insult something so useful as the peanut?
they might even gain skills and job opportunies.I have a fitting punishment for the offending youth, AND his friends.
A ten year sentence should be levied. During summer break the youth will be required to work in the forest with various volunteer groups. Groups that build/maintain trails, or repair storm/flood damage/general maintenance in places such as camp grounds, trail heads, etc. The youth will work AT LEAST 20 hours a week all through the summer school break. After graduation from high school the youth will be required to work 500 hours per year as a volunteer on public lands projects for the remainder of the 10 year sentence.
The volunteer group thing would help to keep the people from claiming they need to pay the idiot. But I figure you'll have people coming out of the woodwork claiming that sort of punishment would be "Cruel".
Those crop dusting plane's are cool I like watching them fly out here in Eastern WA I see them all the time around OTHELLO AND MOSES LAKEThis is what they need instead of the 747.
Those would have been great for the fire by the river or the one up here by the lakeI am totally sold on the AT-802F! I'd like to acquire several dozen.
Too much effort is spent blaming this youth, and not addressing the lack of forest management. I'm not defending the kid, but he's no more to blame than any smoker that flicked an ash or butt out the window, or any wood cutter that's sparked a fire, or camper that had a campfire light up the woods, or 4-wheeler that drove thru dry grass. I'll bet careless adults start far more fires than kids with fireworks.
People will do dumb things and that will never stop. Lightning will never stop. All the more reasons to MANAGE THE FORESTS!. Quit using one kid as an excuse to shift the blame.
Apparently there was some discussion about there not being sufficient "infra-structure" to get sufficient water to supply the big tankers. I don't get that... maybe there aren't big water mains going into the Redmond tanker field but this is not rocket science. Hell, back in the days of steam locomotives, a good sized engine tender could take on 30,000 gallons. How did they keep the trains running 70 years ago ? They built water tanks.
As for the 747 super tankers, maybe they're too for big to land at Redmond. They sure could use the Portland ANG base...but that would involve the State thinking again.
Ehhh....Let it burn, they can use the acreage to put in more free section 8 housing.