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Saturday in Patagonia
04 Feb 2012
Today we got the lay of the land and an understanding of what the volcanic eruption did. On June 4th,…

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Patagonia…
03 Feb 2012
On June 4th, a volcano in Chile’s Puyehue-Cordon Caulle chain erupted. It had been dormant for 50 years. The eruption…

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Somewhere over the Austrian Alps, ca. 1991. Approx. 3500m altitude, declining.
03 Feb 2012
“I’ll bet that da—ed sergeant lied about the truck, too!” That was the punch line to an old joke that…

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90 Minutes In Heaven by Don Piper
03 Feb 2012
90 Minutes In Heaven is not the kind of book I would usually read, much less review. Although I believe…

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This week’s Five

Selected Fire Facts

1. Over 1million acres burned in wildfires in Texas this summer.

2. Wildfire is first recorded in the Late Silurian fossil record, 420 million years ago, by fossils of charcoalified plants. Apparently not due to anthropogenic interference.

3. The name 'bonfire' is believed to be derived from the Celtic custom of burning the bones of the cattle which were slaughtered at Samhain - a 'bone fire'.

4. Celebratory bonfires have historical precedence in Alpine and Central Europe, Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan Scandinavia, Slavic Europe, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, and College Station.

5. "He was quick and alert in the things of life, but only in the things, and not in the significances", quoted from Jack London in "To Build A Fire'.
In the most recent past…
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