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Atomic Waste Stored near Eureka, California... Underground Casks near the Earthquake Zone... There is a Handy Trail so You can Go Visit if You Feel like it!

Atomic Waste Stored near Eureka, California... Underground Casks near the Earthquake Zone...

This Site is Visible from my Home...
In the Event of a Leak I'm a "Downwinder"

Trail to the Atomic Waste Dump - Eureka, CA
Convenient Parking on King Salmon Ave
and a Shoreline Trail...

One Night I saw Seven Large Explosions at the PG&E Power Plant. (It's Visible from my Living Room) I Emailed them Later to Ask if the Atomic Waste was Safe... They said it was Safe and the Explosions were Overloaded Transformers on the Other side of the Power Plant.


Earthquake Map Eureka, CA History
Earthquake Map Eureka, CA - History

4.9-magnitude earthquake strikes in Pacific Ocean near Eureka, CA 2/2/2024
https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/4-9-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-in-pacific-ocean-near-eureka/



Atomic waste at Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant.
The LAST Active Plant in California...

Atomic waste at Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant

"Swimming Pools" for Cooling Atomic Waste
and Above Ground Casks for Long Term Storage.

Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant

Diablo Canyon Marked on a Map of California

Diablo Canyon Marked on a Map of California

about Half Way between San Jose and Los Angeles...
as Far Away as Possible from where people live!



Solar-paneled Canals Getting a Test Run in San Joaquin Valley.

Solar-paneled Canals Getting a Test Run in San Joaquin Valley.



https://www.44feetproject.com/ Thirty-seven tons of commercial nuclear waste are stored on the inland coast of Humboldt Bay, California, in an underground storage vault called the Humboldt Bay Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (HB ISFSI). Its location is vulnerable to three adjacent earthquake faults, encroaching sea level, potential tsunamis, and general erosion. Within 44 years, by 2065, Humboldt Bay is projected to experience 3.3 feet (1 meter) of sea-level rise, which will flood the low areas around the ISFSI during king tides, turning it into an island that will be increasingly vulnerable to wave erosion, sea level rise, and saltwater intrusion. Under these projected future conditions, the site will be difficult to access for waste management, in an emergency, and for relocation.

Homer S aTOMIC pOwER dIsATER

Keeping uranium mining out of the Grand Canyon:

You’d think the Grand Canyon — the homeland of at least 11 Native American tribes and the crown jewel of our national park system — would be protected from uranium contamination. Think again.

Uranium mines and mining claims outside park boundaries threaten to pollute the most remarkable gorge in the world. We're working alongside many partners in support of regional tribes to permanently protect lands and waters surrounding Grand Canyon National Park from mining.


The Havasupai live deep within the canyon and rely on a spring-fed creek that runs through their village to drink, cook, and irrigate fields of corn and alfalfa, as well as other ceremonial and cultural uses. Worried that Canyon Mine could contaminate the water that flows underground and feeds the seeps and springs in their village, they have opposed uranium mining around the Grand Canyon since the 1980s.

Grand Canyon Uranium Mine Flood... OOPS!

Remember: The Vast Majority of Jobs Nuclear Power Creates are For Newspaper Writers That Say: "It's Great!" It's a Classic Example of Unemployed People That Can't Get a Job Designing or Building Nuclear Power Plants... So In a Frantic Search They Become Cheerleaders! Making Youtube Videos, Magazine Articles and Blogs... all about How Wonderful Nukes Are Going to BE! No Carbon Air Pollution!

IN REALITY: Vogtle, Georgia is the Only New Power Plant in the USA in the Last 30 Years and It's $16 Billion Dollars Over Budget and 6 Years Behind Schedule. AWAKEN! Fission is a Failure!

However, they Usually Fail to Mention the Solid Radioactive Waste that NO ONE Has Figured Out What To Do With... Except Store it for 10,000 Years... and GUARD IT to Prevent Terrorist from Creating a Dirty Bomb... A Madman Could Simply Place a Normal Bomb under a Cask... and Kablooeeeee! Fallout For Hundreds of Miles Downwind... 

In Fact, there are Many Jobs Decomissioning Closed Nuclear Power Plants. A Group of Skilled Workers Take Apart The Abandoned Power Plant and Store the Dangerous Parts Safely. I Personally Watched People Dismantle The PG&E Humboldt Bay Power Plant for Years... and Drive North with Truckloads of Radioactive Material... Finally They are Done and they Left Behind SIX Casks of Atomic Waste... and the Employees all travel on to the NEXT Abandoned Nuclear Power Plant... In This Case, San Onofre... in Southern California... While Security Guards Watch the Atomic Waste for 10,000 Years... That's Steady Employment!

meme - Nuclear Power is Wonderful - except for the Radioactive Waste

and Every Year there are Fewer and Fewer Nuclear Power Plants because the Executives that Actually Make Decisions at Power Companies CHOOSE SOLAR, WIND And HYDRO. PG&E Plans to Shut Down Diablo Canyon in California... It's a Doomed Industry. EXCEPT IN CHINA! They Keep On Building Nuclear Power Plants... WHY? 

Here in the USA, Cost Overruns at Vogtle, Georgia Caused Westinghouse to Go Bankrupt... That was a Famous Old American Company... So Sad to See Them Fail...  https://www.reuters.com/article/us-toshiba-accounting-westinghouse-nucle/how-two-cutting-edge-u-s-nuclear-projects-bankrupted-westinghouse-idUSKBN17Y0CQ

South Carolina Electric and Gas was also in the process of constructing two Westinghouse AP1000 plants, which had been scheduled to go into service in 2020, but construction on these was abandoned in 2017... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil_C._Summer_Nuclear_Generating_Station

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and In Vogtle News:

Consumers may end up paying for billions of dollars in cost overruns on the Plant Vogtle nuclear expansion. https://www.ajc.com/news/business/nuclear-cost-overrun-could-mean-billions-in-extra-georgia-power-profit/YIA3T3YHZRHI5A7GCZHREIXCPE/

The project is years behind its original schedule and billions of dollars above its original budget. The two Westinghouse AP1000 reactors were expected to enter service as early as 2016, at a cost of about $14 billion, after construction was approved in 2012. 

https://www.powermag.com/vogtle-nuclear-expansion-price-tag-tops-30-billion/

That amount doesn’t count the $3.68 billion that original contractor Westinghouse paid to the owners after going bankrupt, which would bring total spending to more than $34 billion.

Vogtle is the only nuclear plant under construction in the United States, and its costs could deter other utilities from building such plants, even though they generate electricity without releasing climate-changing carbon emissions.

https://ieefa.org/articles/vogtle-nuclear-plant-price-tag-increases-again-topping-34-billion

Homer Simpson and a Nuclear Meltdown - meme - gvan42 purple64ets


Chernobyl disaster inspired Matt Groening to put the unqualified Homer Simpson in a nuclear plant job... 


U BLUES - A, D, E, B7
Red and white, blue suede shoes, I'm Uncle Sam, how do you do?
Gimme five, I'm still alive, ain't no luck, I learned to duck.
Check my pulse, it don't change. Stay seventy-two come shine or rain.
Wave the flag, pop the bag, rock the boat, skin the goat.
Wave that flag, wave it wide and high.
Summertime done, come and gone, my, oh, my.
I'm Uncle Sam, that's who I am; Been hidin' out in a rock and roll band.
Shake the hand that shook the hand of P.T. Barnum and Charlie Chan.
Shine your shoes, light your fuse. Can you use them ol' U.S. Blues?
I'll drink your health, share your wealth, run your life, steal your wife.
Wave that flag, wave it wide and high.
Summertime done, come and gone, my, oh, my.
Back to back chicken shack. Son of a gun, better change your act.
We're all confused, what's to lose?
You can call this all the United States Blues.
Wave that flag, wave it wide and high.
Summertime done, come and gone, my, oh, my.

Odd Building in the Middle of the Sacramento River near Downtown - SACRAMENTO RIVER WATER INTAKE STRUCTURE - and - Sonya Sophia: Tapping Into Divine Purpose Seminar - and - Photos of the Tower Bridge

The new Sacramento Intake Structure had two main functional requirements—to supply water at a capacity of 160 million gallons per day and to ensure the associated fish screens would meet current regulatory agency requirements. The design team created a structure that engaged the community and gave Sacramento a new river landmark. The structure, an iconic symbol that represents Sacramento’s relationship with its rivers, has won numerous design awards.


Odd Building in the Middle of the Sacramento River near the New SMUD Museum - SACRAMENTO RIVER WATER INTAKE STRUCTURE

Odd Building in the Middle of the Sacramento River near the New SMUD Museum - SACRAMENTO RIVER WATER INTAKE STRUCTURE

Odd Building in the Middle of the Sacramento River near the New SMUD Museum - SACRAMENTO RIVER WATER INTAKE STRUCTURE
Sacramento River Water Intake

Odd Building in the Middle of the Sacramento River near the New SMUD Museum - SACRAMENTO RIVER WATER INTAKE STRUCTURE

and Now for Something Completely Different:

Sonya Sophia: 

Tapping Into Divine Purpose

Seminar

https://consciouslifeexpo.com/sonya-sophia-2022/

Sunday February 6, 2022 - 10:00am-11:30am

$45.00 In Advance $55.00 At the Door


Learn how to avoid being destroyed by life while finding and activating your true Divine purpose. Refine your ability to swiftly cause and create next level reality for the greater good of all. Take home EFT tapping, a potent tool for the times to anchor love, enhance courage, and magnetize money and opportunity every time you use it. This workshop will clear fears, regenerate your body and help you get on with your mission!

https://sonyasophia.us/blog/divine-purpose-burning-man/


Sonya Sophia:   Tapping Into Divine Purpose  Seminar


Processing Is Power:

https://consciouslifeexpo.com/sonya-sophia-post-con-2022/

From ferocious fears to feelings of any kind 2.5 hrs of EFT with Sonya Sophia will bring you deep relief and lasting peace. Come dive deep in the area of your choice and learn how to use Tapping to bring love, life-force and liberation to what ever is happening. An excellent choice for fast-trackers, parents, and people who are committed to staying stable and able. EFT is a life saving tool for the times! 

 

Sonya Sophia, a revolutionary leader in the field of Emotional Freedom Techniques, has helped thousands of cultural creatives at festivals like Burning Man and streamed the world’s largest ongoing Tapping livestream ‘The World Tapping Circle’ since 2014.  Teaching online and in person Sonya Sophia helps humanity heal from the inside out. Sonya Sophia has been featured in 2 films; “Femme - Women Healing the World” and “The Goddess Project”. 


Burning Man 

EFT Circle 2009

https://youtu.be/OUkQ0UMRlYA

Sonya Sophia has been featured in 2 films; “Femme - Women Healing the World” and “The Goddess Project”.     Burning Man  EFT Circle 2009



INTENTION: We live in an evolving universe, in an orgasmic nuclear dance of consciousness. Everything is changing, evolving, transforming. Wise men and women throughout history have tried to define the nature of the reality in which they found themselves. Myriad models have existed- most have fallen into the historical garbage heap, others cling by threads. We, these generations, are creating a new model. Is it all figured out and defined? No. Do we know some of the elements of what this future model might look like? Yes.  

The primary intention of the Conscious Life Expo Conference and Exposition is to participate in the conscious co-creation of a new world, a world based on new paradigms in science, in spirituality, in longevity, in local and global community, in relationship, in health and well-being. 
  

And while we co-create this new wholistic model through our authentic self expression, we also participate in a powerful and passionate celebration of life and love. The Expo is a three-day gathering of the tribes, a three-day celebration of evolution and consciousness and a three-day brainstorming session on who we are, where we are and where we are going.

Any questions? Call our toll-free number 1-800-367-5777 Thank you and we hope to see you at the Expo!


https://consciouslifeexpo.com/expo-at-a-glance/


Photos of the Tower Bridge in Sacramento CA
Photos of the Tower Bridge in Sacramento CA

Photos of the Tower Bridge in Sacramento CA

Photos of the Tower Bridge in Sacramento CA

Photos of the Tower Bridge in Sacramento CA

A Christian Man I Knew Said: "You Can't Find What You're Looking for by Climbing a Mountain or Taking Drugs. The Only Way is Jesus." What he Failed to Consider was Climbing a Mountain AND taking Drugs at the Same Time! I went to Yosemite and Took LSD and Marijuana and I'm Glad I Did... We Hiked to the Top of Yosemite Falls and Up There... The Entire Mountain Was Dancing... Big Fun!

Realistically; The ONLY REAL Solution to Global Warming is... Turn Up The Air Conditioner...

I Live near Sacramento and it's Just Too Damn Hot in the Afternoons... But We Have AC and It's Comfortable Indoors... Thankfully, OUR Power Company is SMUD and They Get Their Electricity from Hydroelectric Dams on the American River... When PG&E was having Blackouts, We Had Electricity... 

If this Place Burns to the Ground during a Wildfire (a very real possibility) and I Survive... I'll go live in Eureka or Arcata, CA where it's Cool and Rainy... 

Young People Face a Seemingly Impossible Situation... and I Wish Them Luck... Moving to CANADA where The Temperature is Cooler only works for a Few Years and then THEY RUN OUT OF NORTH... 

One of My Friends is a Catholic Hispanic Person and He Has a "Great" Excuse for Breeding Like Crazy... He Says it takes a Lot of Children Paying Into the Social Security System to Make it Financially Viable... Of Course, That's Just CrazyTalk Designed to Justify His Actions... 

Solar - Free Coloring Book Art - gvan42 - Gregory Vanderlaan
Solar - Free Coloring Book Art - gvan42
Solar Shade for Parking Lots - Great Idea - gvan42 - Gregory Vanderlaan
Solar Shade for Parking Lots
Generate Electricity AND Keep the Cars Cool
I've Decided to Make This MY SYMBOL... Whenever I Sign a Message or Communicate With Someone... This is Part of My Signature - and the word "gvan42"

I've Decided to Make This MY SYMBOL... Whenever I Sign a Message or Communicate With Someone... This is Part of My Signature - and the word "gvan42" - It was designed to AUTOMATICALLY Cause the Viewer to Go into a Trance... Basically MY Effort to Build on the Work of Piet Mondrian... You Know... Just LOOKING At It Makes You TRIP OUT! I've Gotten Positive Feedback... Especially Pleasant when Communicating with Cosmic People... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piet_Mondrian

Greg Predicts the Future! The Stock Market Will Go UP When tRUMP is Impeached. Wall Street Will Be Delighted That He Won't Be Making Any More BONEHEAD Trade Wars...

Obviously, As The CZAR of Bankruptcy... tRUMP is leading the Entire Country Towards Disaster.

I Also Predict That Businesses in SOLAR, WIND and other RENEWABLES... Will GO UP in Value.

Corporations Like PG&E, SMUD and SoCal Edison are Buying More Solar and Wind Power Stations... It's Simply a Cheaper Way to Generate Electricity and they Respect Their Stockholders. Profits are Important.


They Have TOTALLY Rejected Nuclear... They Shut Down Humboldt and San Onofre. Diablo Canyon is Scheduled to Close. That means California will be Completely Nuke Free. However we will be storing the Atomic Waste for Thousands of Years... OOPS... 

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*Free Coloring Book Art by gvan42 - UFO and Alien Hieroglyphics

*Tree Sitters Protest Lignite Coal Mine in Hambach Forest, Germany

*The Passage of Roe v Wade Led to Fewer Unwanted Babies Being Born... and 20 Years Later, Less Violent Crime... Because Unwanted Babies Grow Up to Become Violent Criminals...

*FREE COLORING BOOK: Print The Drawings and Color Using Felt Pens, Pencils or Potatoshop... American Indian

*HEADLINE: Deadline for "Real ID" for Air Travel Postponed AGAIN Until May 7, 2025... WONDERFUL!

*My Music Video: FREE ALL THE CANNABIS PRISONERS - A Mockery of Nancy Ray Gun... Jest Say KNOW

*Bubble UP! Economics. Raise the Minimum Wage, Social Security and LOWER Taxes on 99% of Americans. Actually Collect Taxes on the Top 1%... We The People Will Spend that Extra Money in Our Paychecks and it will BUBBLE UP! Throughout The Entire Economy...

*How to Escape the Cult of Trump: Deprogramming by Family Members of the MAGA MORON is Essential... If Someone you Know has been Brainwashed... RESCUE THEM!

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*Trump: "The Art of the Failed Deal" Book. Every Deal in that book LOST MONEY. That's why He declared Bankruptcy SO MANY TIMES. Will his Business Stupidity cause the ENTIRE COUNTRY to Go Bankrupt?

*Photographs of a Journey to the Headwaters Forest - Now a State Reserve... Near Eureka, CA - Plus The Story of How It Came To Be!

*Rainbow Gathering July 1-7, 2024 Will Be In CALIFORNIA... Exact Location To Be Revealed June 15th... and As Soon as I Know, I'll Post Driving Directions and Maps Here... What IS The Rainbow Gathering? For Me, It's Woodstock with Amateur Musicians and I'm in the Band... It's a Week Long Backpack Trip for Thousands of People...


*Add THIS to Your Bucket List: Swimming at Bear Hole in Upper Bidwell Park, Chico California. Crystallized Black Lava Rocks - Basalt from the Eruption of Mount Lassen.

*Numbers have Cultural Meanings... A list from Zero to Infinity and Beyond... For example: 007 Means James Bond. 420 Means Marijuana. 5150 means Insane... and... 420 + 5150 = REEFER MADNESS!

*"Conspiracy Theories" that are ACTUALLY TRUE. MKULTRA, Cointelpro, CIA-Contra-Cocaine, Donald Rumsfeld Selling Weapons to Saddam Hussein, UFOs are Real... Sometimes people dismiss Truth as "Just a Conspiracy Theory" because they Don't LIKE THE TRUTH.

1967: The Summer of Love... San Francisco, Hippies, Flower Power, Peace, The Diggers, Haight Ashbury, LSD and the Grateful Dead. It certainly has been a Long Strange Trip. Congratulations to all those of us who have survived... One thing is for certain...The culture of the United States was radically different After the 1960's...



*American History: "The Thunder Machine" was a Giant Sheet Metal Sculpture that you Got Inside and Played like a Drum. Made by Ron Boise and used at Ken Kesey's Acid Tests.

For Maximum Effect, Don't Read This Book. Write Your Own! --- "Lessons Learned" by Gregory Vanderlaan. A Lifetime of Trial, Error and Survival Yielded These Words of Wisdom...

My Biff Rose Trip: Driving To a Cabin in the Woods - down The Coast of California from Arcata thru Ft Bragg to Mendocino... An Excellent Adventure!

How To Remove Smoke from Indoor Air. Tape a Filter to a Box Fan. During Wildfire Season the Air Indoors is Bad to Breathe...


Pretty Soon the Filter Turns Brown
from Smoke, Pollen and Dust.

Who WAS Ram Dass? In the Sixties, He was a Psychedelics Researcher and Promoter at Harvard with Dr. Timothy Leary. (LSD, Magic Mushrooms and Peyote) Then He went to India Looking for Enlightenment and Met a Guru. Changed His Name and Published a Great Book... "Remember: Be Here Now" - It Has His Autobiography and then Many ART Drawings Explaining Eastern Religion. Real Name: Dr. Richard Alpert...


Who WAS Ram Dass? In the Sixties, He was a Psychedelics Researcher and Promoter at Harvard with Dr. Timothy Leary. (LSD, Magic Mushrooms and Peyote)


My Autobiography: Growing Up in Los Gatos, California in the 1960s by Gregory Vanderlaan - and Living in San Jose, Washington DC, Chico, Eureka and Orangevale, CA.

I Was Born in 1954. We lived Near the San Jose Airport until they Started Landing Jet Airplanes and We had to move... We went to Los Gatos in 1960. I lived there until graduation from Los Gatos High School in 1972... an Ideal Childhood... FYI: Los Gatos is about 50 miles South of San Francisco on the edge of the mountains between San Jose and Santa Cruz.

I Went to West Valley Jr. College, learned electronics drafting and got a job at System Industries in Santa Clara... I feel blessed that not only did I grow up in a great location but I also grew up at a great time. I missed the Vietnam War by ONE Year and Silicon Valley Was Hiring Like Crazy When I Needed a Job.
Peace Sign Pie Chart
History of the Vietnam War. 58,000 Americans Died for Nothing... Something They Don't Teach in School Now... "Too Controversial" -

During the 1950s Americans went into a Mad Panic about Communists taking over the world. We built thousands of Nuclear Missiles and Fallout Shelters. The US Congress had witch hunts (Joe McCarthy-HUAC) to expose "Commies" who worked in The Hollywood Movie business and blacklisted folksingers that were leading our young people astray with Labor Union Organizing songs.


During the height of this hysteria Vice President Richard Nixon went on Television and explained "The Domino Principle" while pointing to a map of Asia. His theory was...

READ MORE: https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2017/11/a-brief-history-of-vietnam-war-58000.html

Who Won the War? DOW CHEMICAL AND HUGHES AIRCRAFT. Selling Napalm, Agent Orange and Helicopters...

Military Death Chart USA

AMERICA'S BOGUS WARS - Since 1945, The US Military Has Never Defended The USA, Not Even Once.

Ever since Victory in Japan, All of Our Wars have been Marketing to Sell Weapons for the Military Industrial Complex.







Free Coloring Book Art by gvan42 - UFO and Alien Hieroglyphics