Tag: survival
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Spring Cleanup, are You like Me dust stuff off and put it Back on the Shelf? I don’t seem to make any headway.
The Sherwood Amp and 1960 era Pioneer giant speakers play well but they are so old, in fact, I have two sets of the speakers. Our surround sound amp has flamed out on us as well so now we have to figure out what we’ll do about this 30-year-old Bose system, I think they are all wireless now.
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Weather, Whats Next?
The State of California has dedicated the National Guard to help fight the fires. They have been assigned the task of dropping water from helicopters. Flying over lakes they dip the huge flexible vessels in the water and lift out 2,000 gallons at a time. A substantial amount of water to be lifted high into the air, it weighs 9 tons, 18,000 pounds.
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Boating season is upon us again, lets be safe out there.
Recreational boaters are a slightly different lot, they have no motivation for being on the water other than having a good time, which is a fine goal.
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Today is Earth Day, how’s it going?
In the spirit of Earth Day lets all sit down and look around, not only look but see as well. Not only are the large animals interesting to watch and photograph but the small creatures are as well.
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Can we use something other than Plastic?
Plastic packages are engineering marvels designed with a built-in alarm system to sound an alert upon opening. Loud crackles, snaps and pops the crunching and of course the cursing of whoever invented this thing.
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Will a Cell Phone work during a Storm?
“I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I am not sure that you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.”
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Wild Weather in the East, Mild Weather in the West, is there nothing we can do?
The Eastern United States has been taking a beating for the past several years, it’s no secret they are still recovering from Hurricane Harvey, Maria, and Irma.
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Have you read a Newspaper Lately?
Once the habit is formed there are few activities that can be compared to sitting down first thing in the morning with a cup of coffee and the Daily Newspaper.
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The Fox is on the Prowl, and I know why.
The Crows were raising cane on Sunday, it sounded as if there was a great disturbance in the force. These guys are noisy as it is without something bugging them.
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The Wildland Urban Interface is not just the Wildfire boundary, it’s also the line between People and Wild Animals.
I was asked by a lady one day while I was zipping down the road on my scooter how I handled my Racoon problem. I asked her “I have a Racoon problem?”
Follow the Fork in the Road 