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We Need to Buy 1000 More Firefighting Helicopters in the USA... Simply Dip a Bucket in a Lake, Dump Water on the Fire. Tell Your Elected Officials That We Want Them to Take Action!

California Has a Massive Wildfire Problem... 
Let's Buy Helicopters!

Email Governor of California Gavin Newsom




Find their Email Form 
and Tell 'em what you think!
Fire Fighting Helicopter with Water Bucket

Fire Fighting Helicopter dipping a bucket in a lake - Chico, CA

The Entire West is Burning... Every Year there will be MORE MORE MORE fires... If we Owned Helicopters We Could Get Water from Lakes and PUT OUT the Fires. 

Last Year, Two of California's Massive Fires - Were Near Lakes... One Near Lake Tahoe and One Near Lake Almanor... and Both Lakes Had Water in them... We Could Have Put those Fires Out Early... If We Only Had Helicopters. 

Tell Your Representatives to Buy Some Helicopters!
https://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov/ Enter your California address and click the locate button to find your State Senate and Assembly representatives.

FC Said: Then you also need, at minimum, 1,000 trained pilots, and several hundred mechanics.

and I Replied: WONDERFUL! We have a LOT of Soldiers that are NO LONGER fighting the War in Afghanistan... Many of those people are Idle... and Would LOVE to Help their Friends and Neighbors... Put Them to Work! Thanks for Reminding me of the Benefit to our Soldiers!

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fire fighting Helicopter dipping a bucket in water
Here's a Helicopter Dipping a Bucket into a River to Drop Water on a Wildfire. We need to Buy 1,000 of these to put out Fires THIS SUMMER! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerial_firefighting
and
A helicopter bucket is a specialised bucket suspended on a cable carried by a helicopter to deliver water for aerial firefighting. Each bucket has a release valve on the bottom which is controlled by the helicopter crew. When the helicopter is in position, the crew releases the water to extinguish or suppress the fire below.

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Thank You, Joe Biden, for Ending the Pointless War in Afghanistan. Our Soldiers were Wasting their Time fighting a war that cannot be won for people that do not want us there. I feel certain that the Soldiers would rather be home fighting fires that threaten their families and friends... Bring 'em Home and Bring Home the Helicopters too... 

Satellite Photo of Lake Tahoe taken in 2021 - plenty of water that could be dumped on a fire


 
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Good for "Rainbow" Rights Activists
and Followers of Jesus...
or BOTH!

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Photos and Story about Staying in the Fancy Hotel at Crater Lake, Oregon... It's like the hotel in "The Shining" Movie... and the Delightful Valley at the Base of the Mountain. (Fort Klamath)

Ranger Station - Gift Shop - Crater Lake Oregon - gvan42
 Ranger Station - Gift Shop
Flag at Half Staff on May 15th, 2015
for Peace Officers Memorial Day

Crater Lake Oregon on a Foggy Cold Day - photo taken from the Fancy Lodge - gvan42

Crater Lake Oregon on a Foggy Cold Day - photo taken from the Fancy Lodge - gvan42

After I retired I drove around and explored Oregon, Washington State, Nevada and Utah. At Crater Lake I stayed at an OLD Hotel that had a balcony overlooking the lake. The rooms did not have television because the hotel was a historic landmark refurbished to be like it was before the invention of TV. So I played with my digital camera taking pictures of printed materials distorted by the water in a drinking glass and drank tap water. It was very tasty because they just pump it out of the lake... So, I drank a Lot of that excellent water...



Fireplace at the Crater Lake Fancy Lodge - gvan42

That night I had a very realistic dream where I thought that I was sleeping in my Van and I woke up in the middle of the night to urinate... I got out of my Van and stood by the side of it and took a piss. Then I realized that I was not outdoors in a campground but in a fancy hotel! I was worried that I had done harm to the rug in the hotel room and dreaded getting a huge bill... I was actually worried about this for hours because the dream was so realistic... I went back to sleep. When I awoke I could not find a wet spot on the carpet... I guess that I actually went into the bathroom while dreaming... Lucky Me! Auto-pilot saved the day.



Looking Out My Hotel Room Window at Crater Lake - gvan42

So I went down to the Hotel's Desk and checked out. I walked out the front door and everything was covered with Ice. I could not walk to my car or drive it if I did get to it. So I went back into the Hotel, got some stationary and envelopes from the clerk and wrote letters to my family while sitting by the roaring fire. A lady sat next to me and said that her husband was considering moving from Buffalo, NY to Brookings, Oregon. I recommended that move highly and drew her a map of where the freeways and cities were in Oregon and Northern California. Then I ate a fine breakfast and by then, the ice had melted...  So I drove around looking at the lake, parked and drew drawings in my sketchbook. I had been camping out in the van and had amused myself by drawing and listening to the radio. Great public radio stations in Southern Oregon broadcast from the University... Totally free station without corporate profits deciding what songs to play...


I tried to drive all the way home but felt too sleepy on Highway 101 near Crescent City. I stayed at a campground that looked a lot like the movie Jurassic Park- Lost World. There was a big meadow in the redwood forest.  The next day I drove home.



Advertising Novelty Duck at a Swimming Pool Store in Medford Oregon - gvan42
Advertising Novelty Duck
at a Swimming Pool Store in Medford Oregon

Souvenir Aluminum Coffee Cups and My Farmville Cow... Riding on the Dashboard of My Van... gvan42
Souvenir Aluminum Coffee Cups and My Farmville Cow... Riding on the Dashboard of My Van...

Dairy Cows at a Farm in the Valley next to Crater Lake Oregon
Dairy Cows at a Farm in the Valley
Next to Crater Lake Oregon

(Fort Klamath)

Water being Pumped to the Dairy Cows at a Farm in the Valley next to Crater Lake Oregon
Water being Pumped to the Dairy Cows

Welcome Sign to a Forestry Science School in the Valley at the Bottom of Crater Lake - gvan42
Welcome Sign to a Forestry Science School 
in the Valley at the Bottom of Crater Lake

Student Housing Klamath Outdoor Science School - gvan42
Student Housing Klamath Outdoor Science School

The Road to Crater Lake Oregon - gvan42
The Road to Crater Lake Oregon

Rogue River Oregon - gvan42
Rogue River Oregon

Rogue River Oregon - gvan42

Pen Drawing about Jefferson Public Radio - gvan42
Pen Drawing about Jefferson Public Radio 
Southern Oregon University
I Drew This While Waiting for the Ice
on the Road Down the Mountain
to Melt... Dangerous Driving Conditions

Photographs of the Rainbow Gathering 7/1/2014: Heber City, Utah in Uinta National Forest... High Elevation... 9,000 Feet Near Park City Utah...



Dancing Women in the Forest - Rainbow Gathering 2014 Utah
Dancing Women of the Forest...

Rainbow Gathering 2014 Utah
Backpacking IN

Rainbow Gathering 2014 Utah
Main Circle: 
I feel positive with the meeting between
 the Mormon Youth of Salt Lake City 
and the Rainbow Gathering... 

Rainbow Gathering 2014 Utah

Fire Tending Meditation: a way to focus attention.

[MORE PICTURES BELOW THE STORY]

When at the Rainbow Gathering in Utah 2014 I was given the opportunity to focus my attention. Here is what happened...

While staying at the Welcome Home Kitchen, the Fire Tender wanted to go to another kitchen and trade a cooler filled with coffee for pizza. He asked if someone would watch the fire while he was gone. SOMEONE had to be there... I volunteered. I Said "I'll be here. I'll be the responsable adult. I can do that, I have done that."

he said "Great" and Left with the cooler filled with coffee.

So I took over and made sure we didn't burn down the forest. I also collected wood, placed it carefully on the fire arranging the logs so that they would burn without causing a lot of smoke AND I invited arriving people to help themselves to a cup of coffe or clean drinking water... and to take a break and relax around the fire.

This is a classic way to focus attention as the placement of logs on the fire is very similar to Zen Gardening with sand...

So, during this time... I asked for a Really Big Idea... I had attended Rainbow Gatherings before and I wanted each visit to be different. It's pointless and boring to keep on repeating experiences... so, this time I wanted to get a really big Idea...

and here it is: A SolarFire powered Desalinization Machine. Use a driftwood fire to power a steam engine. Use the force from the steam engine to drive a water pump. Pump seawater thru a pipe in the fire and into a long black pipe with a reflector that focuses sunlight on the pipe. When the water boils, it expands in volume... at the end of the pipe, steam will be billowing out with a great deal of force. Use that force to drive an electricity generating turbine. Collect the steam and let it turn back into a liquid... The result is Pure H20, NaCl and Electricity... all valuable and sellable.

Clean safe drinking water is a big problem. We could use the collected steam for drinking, bathing, livestock, gardens... AND making Ice for a really great Scotch on the Rocks.

To make this pracital, the location of the machine would need to be near a big pile of driftwood. On Agate Beach in California, I have seen a pile of driftwood that covers the entire beach for about a half a mile... In other locations, use watever resource is available. For Example: In Saudi Arabia it would make more sense to burn oil or gas...

So, during my meditation I Got my really big idea...

Later, the fire tender returned and his mission to get pizza was successful.

Much later I was sitting by the fire and another Rainbow Gatherer approached... He said mockingly: "Have you been sitting in that same spot for two days?" Which was true, I did spend a couple of days at the Welcome Home Tent.

I replied: "No, I also worked as the fire tender... That gave me an opportunity to Focus My Attention... [said slowly] Focus... My... Attention... "

The fire tender was listening and he nodded with understanding... Later we ended up hanging out together and he was a fine fellow... He was also very interested in being in the Cleanup Crew... I assume he got paid a lot in valuable stuff left behind.

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Long ago I was playing the drums with some Buddhists at an anti-war protest march... I asked them why we were playing such an odd rhythm... They said that it requires that you Focus Your Attention... It's true... That experience was quite different than bang out a 4/4 on the big bass drum... I also did that at the same protest, our goal was to get George Bush the Father to remember that we didn't LIKE his war... and there were people playing the drums 24 hours a day in Lafayette Park to remind him... His only choices were to listen or flee...


Rainbow Gathering 2014 Utah
6UP 

Rainbow Gathering 2014 Utah
The Cook from the Welcome Home Kitchen

Rainbow Gathering 2014 Utah
Map creator "Sibling" helps plan the Gathering

Rainbow Gathering 2014 Utah
Man named "Tree Hugger" and "Sibling" designing the Map

Rainbow Gathering 2014 Utah
"Sibling" with the Rangers plan 
for a Safe Gathering

Rainbow Gathering 2014 Utah
Art in the woods

Rainbow Gathering 2014 Utah
Bakery... Biscuits

Rainbow Gathering 2014 Utah
Bus Parking Lot

Rainbow Gathering 2014 Utah
Family enjoying the Drumming

Rainbow Gathering 2014 Utah
Distant view of Bus Parking Lot
Rainbow Gathering 2014 Utah
Trail to Main Circle

Rainbow Gathering 2014 Utah
Tents, everywhere Tents...

Rainbow Gathering 2014 Utah

Rainbow Gathering 2014 Utah
The Map... a copy was given to all 
newly arriving Rainbows...

Parade on July 4th 2014
Rainbow Gathering 2014 Utah

Tents in a Field of 
Rainbow Gathering 2014 Utah

 Flower Painting
Rainbow Gathering 2014 Utah
bottle of water, log for sitting

Rainbow Gathering 2014 Utah
Bus Village

Rainbow Gathering 2014 Utah

Often, there is a divide between 
performer and audience... 
It's better when the audience is the performer. 

For Example I played harmonica in a Rainbow Gathering band in the big shady spot on main meadow... and lead a group sing along... 
"You are my Sunshine".

Rainbow Gathering 2014 Utah
Signs, no doubt they say something important 
but I didn't read them...

Reposted from: http://www.welcomehome.org/rainbow/

                         Rainbow Gathering 2014 Utah

Where the Gathering will be in 2014
Rainbow Gathering 2014 Utah
Two Paths... Bus Route Below
Rainbow Gathering 2014 Utah

Rainbow Gathering 2014 Utah


The 2014 rainbow family of living light world peace and healing gathering will take place July 1-7, 2014, in Utah.

Coordinates: N 40.42588 W 111.16520 

Ignore all rumors of cancellation or organization! Live Lightly with the Land and People!

Rainbow Gathering 2014 Utah

links to other webpages:
http://www.welcomehome.org/rainbow/sites/annual-site.html
The website above has the best information, year after year...

https://www.facebook.com/theerainbowhawk
Rainbow Hawk was very useful for information about the Yucatan 2012 Gathering. Thanks!


Rainbow Gathering 2014 Utah

Rainbow Gathering 2014 Utah

The World Tapping Circle
Rainbow Gathering 2014 Utah
Rainbow Gathering 2014 Utah

Rainbow Gathering 2014 Utah
http://www.sonyasophia.us/event/tapping-at-burning-man-2014/

Rainbow Gathering 2014 Utah
Greg Vanderlaan at Heber City Utah in 2014

Rainbow Gathering 2014 Utah
Parking Lot at the Rainbow Gathering

Rainbow Gathering 2014 Utah
Mike J

Rainbow Gathering 2014 Utah
Dog Graduates!
Party at Mike's Apt.

Rainbow Gathering 2014 Utah


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