FIRE LOOKOUTS IN THE AMERICAN WEST!

FOREST FIRE LOOKOUTS

IN THE AMERICAN WEST!

Deer Ridge Lookout in

The Idaho Panhandle National Forest

There was a time when Forest Fire Lookouts in the forests of the American West were used as a primary source of information about fires. Often they were located on the highest peaks of the mountains. There was a phone line running to the top of each tower which was connected to a headquarters somewhere in a nearby small town.

Looking West to Queen Ridge

from Deer Ridge Lookout

During lightning storms, a tower operator would stay hunkered down in the tower to keep from being hit by lightning. Often heavy rain would accompany the storms.

Looking Southwest

from Deer Ridge Lookout

Because the West is usually dry in the Summer, lightning ignites many fires as do careless campers and other humans. The towers would operate with triangulation devices which would allow an operator to give specific compass bearing on a fire. They would be coordinated with other lookout towers and a crossing of the bearings indicated the location of fires. The proper term for this action is "triangulation!"

Looking East

from Deer Ridge Lookout

In some parts of the West, Smoke-jumpers would parachute out of airplanes with shovels and other tools and locate and put out the lightning cause spot fires. Missoula, Montana was a major Smoke-jumper base for the Northern Rockies. The system worked well for many decades. With the advent and use of airplanes to spot fires, not to mention satellites, the need for the fire lookouts decreased.

Looking South

through the cross beams

of Deer Ridge Lookout

There are still towers in operation. In the Cleveland National Forest of Southern California, the Palomar Mountain Lookout (High Point) is still staffed by volunteers. The blogger knows them personally. Nearby Boucher Hill Lookout in Palomar Mountain State Park is staffed likewise. There are others. But for the most part, the towers have been taken down, or blown down. In the Case of the Roman-Nose Tower in the Idaho Panhandle National Forest of Idaho, the tower simply blew over in a huge windstorm. It had not been maintained for years and it may be that the wires holding it had deteriorated or broken. Regardless, this magnificent tower is no more.

Three Views of the Inside!

One day, some enterprising Forest Service Employee suggested a new use for the towers! Maintain them, keep them operational and rent them out to TOURISTS for overnight stays! That has proven successful and as a result there are many towers still around!

A Walk around the Catwalk of Deer Ridge Lookout is posted to my U Tube Channel and can be viewed here (copy and paste):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgLD3q62O5U

So anyone who wants the experience can reserve a night or more stay at these towers. It is an unforgettable experience!

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Harald Hesstvedt Scharnhorst

Photographs by the Blogger

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SLAVERY IS A "MANY SLPENDORED THING!"

SLAVERY IS A

"MANY SPLENDORED THING!"

The Following is from my Facebook Page and reproduced here for educational purposes.

A "Friend" on Facebook confessed to me the other day that he was a systemic "racist," and that he was working every day to become "less racist."

I have come to the conclusion that people who waste their precious time being brainwashed with such drivel to that extent are not salvageable.

They watch the propaganda news and have, over time, become so besotted with whatever is bandied about they have lost their ability to think clearly and critically.
BLM (Black Lives Matter, a Soros funded group of Marxists) has been an active destroyer of many things in America lately that they have no business touching, all supposedly because "blacks" have been mistreated so much by "Colonials" and "whites." It is all garbage. Name me one person who has not been mistreated (or thinks he or she has) by someone else at some point in his or her life! It is a part of the "hazard of living."

Slavery is a "many splendored thing" and has been practiced by all peoples at one time or another. These spoiled brats who riot and destroy do not know how to build a society and cannot run one if it stared them in their face. They should be returned to their roots and maybe then they will figure out how spoiled and despicable they really are! Then again, maybe they lack the critical skills to realize that!

Sometimes it is nice to remember that Blacks, Semites, Arabs, Orientals and many others have been traditional slavers throughout history.

Today I want to introduce you to one such fellow!
William Ansah Sasreku (sessarakoo) was an African with the title of "prince." His father was a merchant who dealt in Gold and Slaves as a matter of daily living. He sent his son to England to be educated so he could become a better trader. William was captured and sold into slavery on the way to England. His father learned of his fate, had the boy ransomed and then again sent to England. He became quite a dandy and a favorite of the Europeans he dealt with. He came home and become a significant slaver in Ghana! His story is featured on the internet in great detail and he is but one example of thousands just like him!

The Independent Ghana newspaper ran a feature on William some four months ago. You can read it for yourself here. Notice the TONE of the article. No condemnation, no threats, just simple reporting. After all, Slavery is a very common thing in Africa, as in many parts of the world. It DOES NOT HAVE A STIGMA ATTACHED TO IT like here in America or even in Europe! It is now often called "human trafficking," but it all amounts to the same thing!

Copy and paste this web address:

https://theindependentghana.com/2020/03/the-story-of-william-ansah-sasreku-sessarakoo/

Enjoy the education folks, and the next time some idiot wants to tell you what a "racist" you are because you are white, just try to educate him. If he is suffering from "learning disability," just pity him and move on with your life!

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FOURTH OF JULY IN A SMALL TOWN!

FOURTH OF JULY

IN A SMALL TOWN!

There are thousands of small towns across America. This is Troy, Montana, home to a few thousand who live and work in Mining, Forestry,  Agricultural and other work. Each year, the City has sponsored a spectacular Fireworks Show. Not this year. They decided to cancel it and made no effort to restore it. So, some private folks decided to donate both time and financial assistance, and they pulled off a slick show for the evening.

Here the American Flag waves in the breeze in front of the Historical Museum which features interesting pictures, newspaper articles and items used during the early Mining and Logging Days.

While waiting for the big event, young folks play with Fireworks....

As dusk approaches, the Moon rises

and competes with the Fireworks display!

Here is a short view of the well-done Fireworks at Troy, Montana, July Fourth, 2020.

Enjoy the show!

Happy Independence Day

to us all!

Written by

Harald Hesstvedt Scharnhorst

Videos by the Blogger

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QUOTES WORTH REMEMBERING!

QUOTES WORTH REMEMBERING!

Like Great Photographs, "Quotations" have long lives!

Over the years, many "famous" people have made insightful comments that really and truly not only "Make Sense" but are also worth remembering and paying attention to!

The Blogger is not partial to whether the people to whom these comments are attributed, are remembered by "false history" as "good" or "bad" people. All we are concerned with here is the QUALITY of the comments and whether or not they are correct and therefore useful in our daily lives.

It can be said with surety, that comments which do not reflect the current political climate are often either ignored or despised!

Here is a partial list of some interesting comments!

How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think. Attributed to Adolph Hitler.

How many times in daily life do we see the truth of this? People REACT to everything, they do not THINK!

Life is like a game, there could be many players. If you do not play with them, they will play with you!

Attributed to Adolph Hitler.

Just say the wrong thing on "social media," or "like" the wrong thing and you will lose your job without recourse!

The receptivity of the masses is very limited, their intelligence is small, but their power of forgetting is enormous. In consequence of these facts, all effective propaganda must be limited to a very few points and must harp on these in slogans until the last member of the public understands what you want him to understand by your slogan. Attributed to Adolph Hitler.

Just look at some of the slogans of today:

1) "Black Lives Matter." Do they? Blacks kill each other in huge numbers! It's just a political slogan.

2) "Politically Correct." What does that mean? Politics is the dirtiest word in the English Language! You cannot team it with "Correct!"

3) "Progressive." What does that mean? It is another name for "Communism!"

4) "Liberal." In years past, a liberal was a man who was "open minded" and considered ALL SIDES of any question before making an evaluation or a judgment. Today, a "liberal" is a first-rate problem child! These are just a few examples.

Republics decline into Democracies and Democracies degenerate into Despotisms. Attributed to Aristotle.

Just look at America and the West. The great civilizations are turned into hell-holes in the twinkling of an eye when people forget their past and are NOT willing to defend it!

Not to know what happened before you were born is to be a child forever. For what is the time of a man except it be interwoven with that memory of ancient things of a superior age.

Attributed to Cicero.

History is the sum total of the experience of generations. It does not have to be either "bad" or "good." It is what it is, and needs to be remembered for its contributions and its lessons!

He who controls the food supply, controls the people; who controls the energy can control whole continents; who controls money controls the world. Attributed to Henry Kissinger.

If you are dependent on others for everything, you are a real slave! ONE DISRUPTION in the supply chain and you have problems galore! Money is not the same as VALUE.

Youth is the gift of Nature,

but age is the work of Art.

Attributed to Stanislaw Jerzy Lec.

Youth is fresh and new and has to learn everything. Older folks have experienced a lot and have judgment. It may not always be perfect, but it is the sum total of events over a lifetime. Much can be learned of Wisdom by consulting with "Elders!"

We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid!

Attributed to Benjamin Franklin.

Stupid does as stupid is, is a good line as well. There is nothing wrong with making mistakes. But repeating them over and over is not just a sign of ignorance, but utter stupidity. Learn from ones own mistakes and those of others!

If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools.

Attributed to Plato

Look at the actions of American Politicians of today. They are all complete morons, do not have a single original idea in their heads, violate their terms of office, violate the Constitution daily and are subservient to the Deep State and others.. They have ZERO INTEREST in serving THE PEOPLE.

Politicians are the lowest form of life on Earth. Liberal Democrats are the lowest form of politicians.

Attributed to General George S. Patton.

Patton was a brilliant WW2 General in the American Army. He knew what he was talking about. The "powers that be" feared him and he died a mysterious death...

History is not there for you to like or dislike. It is there for you to learn from and if it offends, even better because then you are less likely to repeat it. It is not yours to erase. It belongs to us all to be faced with courage and grace.

From Wolfs Lair News.

Next time you see a statue toppled, a building looted and burned, ask yourself the question: Who are those that do this and why are they alive to do it? They are wreckers of civilizations and do not deserve any part or place in it!

Think about that for a while....

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and compiled

by

Harald Hesstvedt Scharnhorst

Photograph as credited.

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“Not to know what happened before u  be a child forever.

THE COMMUNIST PLAN IN ACTION.

THE COMMUNIST PLAN IN ACTION.

The absolute mayhem and chaos occurring in the United States these days has nothing to do with "protesting," but everything to do with destruction.

A member of the Seattle Washington gangsters laid it out in plain English, "We have to destroy everything before we can rebuild." Where have we heard that silly line before? It is right out of the Communist Playbook. You either see it clearly, or you don't.

Years ago there was something called the WACO MASSACRE. It was government highhanded activity that resulted in almost 100 innocent deaths. Janet Reno was the Attorney General at the time and she was one cold witch!

Our point is this: If the government REALLY wants to accomplish something, brutality is a given!

So looking at the "protests" going on now in America, why the "milk-toast" responses? Why are cops disappearing, cops kneeling, cops refusing to do their duty and why are fire trucks not being used to put out fires? Why are pallets of bricks conveniently placed for "protesters" to use? Why are people who defend themselves arrested and harassed?

Is it too much to suggest this is part of an orchestrated plan to destroy America? Some of us think so. It sure looks that way.

Sometimes it is useful to remember the Great Butcher of Humanity named Mao. He wrote a small Red Book some years ago. It is full of more bull crap than most of us can stomach. But the essence of his thesis is that once his movement is identified as a "problem," the Communist has started to "win."

Basically, Communists are destroyers.

WE SHOULD SUPPORT WHATEVER THE ENEMY OPPOSES AND OPPOSE WHATEVER OUR ENEMY SUPPORTS.

That describes the Communists actions very well.

The above is the Front Page of Mao's dirty little book on what Communists and Communism is all about! It was published in Peking years ago!

Here is the Frontispiece, showing US Distributor and Publisher plus the date of publication!

The Human Butcher Mao.

One Page Fifteen (reproduced above), is the essence of the Communist Game.

A wise individual remembers the failed experiments in Communism, the USSR, Cambodia, China, Cuba, Vietnam, Venezuela, Zimbabwe, South Africa and many more. And now we want to double down on more of the same in the USA?

Always be careful what "protests" you choose to support. Take a look at the LEADERS, where the MONEY comes from and the SLOGANS these people use. You may not like the results of your investigations!

If something is too good to be true, it probably is!

There is no substitute for hard work, honest effort and a peaceful existence......

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by

Harald Hesstvedt Scharnhorst

Photograph of Waco from the Internet.

pictures from Mao's little Red Book, courtesy of the Blogger. The book is a research volume in the Bloggers' Library.

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THE CAUSE OF RACISM!

THE CAUSE OF RACISM....

This is a compilation of the bloggers posts on Facebook and the Social Network GAB.....

They tell me that RACISTS are terrible.

I don't agree.

Most people, me included, are more than willing to engage others in a friendly fashion. There are a few rules:
1) I never go where I am not wanted or feel unwanted,
2) I never intentionally do unprovoked or intentional "attacks,"
3) I expect civility from others if they wish to deal with me. I don't mind if they disagree, but if they put me in a situation I cannot accept, then there may be consequences! The degree of consequences depends on the circumstances.

Today's "Amerika" is very polarized, getting more so every day. There are very evil people pushing us in that direction continuously. They NEVER QUIT. If you don't push back, you may end up DEAD.

There are always good reasons why we do not like others. If you will open your eyes you will see that BAD BEHAVIOR always merits dislike of others. When it is confined to INDIVIDUALS that is one thing, but when it becomes continuous and involves a whole TRIBE, it is quite another.

In the beginning there was but one simple law: DON'T ENCROACH! If you do, one has to expect retaliation. That works for everyone. It also includes those who FINANCE and DIRECT actions of ENCROACHMENT!

In New York, a career criminal knocked a 92 year old into a fire hydrant. He was caught ON VIDEO doing this. The cops made an effort to find him and he now is behind bars. The Alternative Media has has a field day with this story. But, it originated with the New York Post, who first ran the story.

It is animals like this that breed RACISM! Stop denying reality and recognize it for what it is!

From the article:

Quote:
He’s schizophrenic, has 103 arrests to his name and there’s no evidence the city’s mental-health apparatus has helped him. Now the “career criminal” charged with shoving a 92-year-old woman onto the ground and onto a fire hydrant is finally off the streets and is being held on bail as he faces prison.  End Quote.

When people become so entitled, are mollycoddled by the press and government, are given special rights no one else has, you have to expect that other people are not going to like you. If a large selection of any group acts that way, it is very natural to really dislike such people.

Unfortunately, some people are slow learners, if they learn at all, and therefore we have conflicts that continue to grow. The net result is CIVIL WAR. History is full of such examples.

You can copy and paste the following link and read the entire sad story.

https://nypost.com/2020/06/17/nyc-brute-held-on-bail-for-knocking-92-year-old-into-fire-hydrant/

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