random pics that YOU have taken.......

[rcooled]

[Baz]

My little buddy.........who has his human trained to give him peanuts!

[masraum]

The view out of our hotel room in Seattle.

IMG_4093 by smasraum, on Flickr

Rainier
IMG_4056 by smasraum, on Flickr

THe after-effects of the 1980 Mt St Helens eruption 38 years later from fairly close to Mt St Helens
IMG_4007 by smasraum, on Flickr

Spirit Lake, still full of floating tree trunks after 38 years. Mt St Helens is on the left, so the hills on the right were swept clean by the blast, hence, little to no growth. The hill on the left still has topsoil so there's plant life to replace what was burned off.

IMG_4021 by smasraum, on Flickr

The old girl herself feeling bashful.
IMG_4032 by smasraum, on Flickr

This is farther away from Mt St Helens. You can see the trunks of the trees that were killed, but not knocked down and the new trees. I was there in 2000. Back then the young trees seemed like there were probably only 4-6' tall, but maybe some were closer to 8'.

IMG_3965 by smasraum, on Flickr

Some of LakeCleElum's neighbors stopped by for a visit.
IMG_4072 (Edited) by smasraum, on Flickr

Mt St Helens is an awe inspiring sight to behold and think about.

Debris avalanche (landslide): A heterogeneous deposit composed of large mounds and depressions produced when the north side of the mountain collapsed in one of the largest landslides in recorded history. In less than 10 minutes, the landslide buried a 20 square mile area (60 km2) of the North Fork Toutle River valley to an average depth of 150 feet (45 m).

Lahars (mudflows): Flood waters from melting glacial ice and the drainage of water-saturated deposits produced cement-like slurries that swept downstream from the volcano. Lahars scoured and buried more than 100 miles (160 km) of river channel.

Lateral Blast: When the north side of the volcano collapsed it unleashed a sideways explosion that knocked over and scorched 230 square miles (600 km²) of forest. The speed of the blast ranged from 220 to 670 miles per hour (360-1080 km per hour). On ridges immediately facing the volcano the blast was powerful enough that it shredded the trees or ripped them out of the ground (tree removal zone). The blast flowed up and over ridges and swirled around steep mountain topography. Trees up to 17 miles (27 km) from the volcano were felled by blast (blowdown zone) and scorched by hot gases (scorch zone).

Scorch (standing dead tree zone): Fifteen miles (25 km) from the volcano, the blast slowed to the point where it no longer carried enough force to knock the trees over but remained hot enough to kill them. The blast force had dissipated to a point where it dropped much of the fragmented rock it was carrying and the hot, blast gases ramped upward. The rapid rise of blast gases resulted in a narrow band of standing dead trees marking the outer boundary of the blast zone.

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[bugstrider]

Originally Posted by Baz

My little buddy.........who has his human trained to give him peanuts!

Awesome Baz!



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[bugstrider]

Anyone know why posts are duplicating from time to time? This is the second time my post doubled.

Random:

[Jolly Amaranto]

[Baz]

Originally Posted by bugstrider

Anyone know why posts are duplicating from time to time? This is the second time my post doubled.

No but this post you made never showed up except in my email as a notification:

It performed at the Capital City Airshow this past weekend. A highly modified Yak where they took two and made one. Oh yeah, the thing in the center is a jet engine. It did things that defied the laws of physics. It actually was a really good performance.

Got some other good night ops pics to...Image: https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180925/3c9b0de02abd39d0b2be044c469e5360.jpg Image: https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180925/fb53adb7ad6be099914d9f85987095a1.jpg Image: https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180925/c0bf89f6ba308766445a0e188bf9fc54.jpg

And for those that want a WWII feel of an airbase in England...Image: https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180925/3914a269475b141896930bb9531b1dfe.jpg Image: https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180925/cab45c07d5d2237ede4a05962b4beb75.jpg Image: https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180925/1ea03cc4c68145434bf8be4f57278201.jpg Image: https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180925/99c1c17d46ac3dae67a97b317d9ac351.jpg Image: https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180925/328162ae97dd4e22ae4b065e148bc5e9.jpg Image: https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180925/de4831525500afa38e1191f6a8c7634d.jpg

Squirrel!

[CurtEgerer]

[Por_sha911]

Taken at Wally World on SEPTEMBER 15th!



Really?



REALLY?

[bugstrider]

Pulled this little tyke from a cold outdoor sink that he couldn’t scale.

Sat like this for nearly an hour before pulling him off my warm finger to scamper off


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[Baz]

Originally Posted by bugstrider

Pulled this little tyke from a cold outdoor sink that he couldn’t scale.

Sat like this for nearly an hour before pulling him off my warm finger to scamper off

Good on ya, Bugs! Sometimes they just need a little help!

Saw this sticker yesterday......

[Seahawk]

I thought this was pretty cool: I have a few meetings next week I was preparing for this morning. I look up and see a boat towing a barge up the Potomac. Looks like AF1!



Looks a lot better through my spotting scope, but is AF1.

[daepp]

Hwy 1 - such a joy! SLO to Laguna Seca.

[CurtEgerer]

Hard to believe that Rennsport I was 17 years ago!

[Racerbvd]

[NY65912]

[daepp]

Originally Posted by NY65912

That’s a *****en old cemetery in Queens, yes? I used to stay at the Box Hotel when visiting my daughter in Brooklyn. One day I went for an epic walk in Queens and that reminds me of the entrance.

This was my destination that day:

[NY65912]

Originally Posted by NY65912

Green Wood in Brooklyn. Amazing place.

[Baz]

This little receiver I got through Amazon is amazing....I love it!

I wanted to set up an outdoor stereo system that I could use with my MP3 files. I keep them all on a hard drive in my PC and then have a dozen or so portable rechargeable MP3 players which I typically use with portable speakers or headphones. Well, I finally decided for my home to have something more permanent and easier to use. So I attached two outdoor speakers to the front of my house and am using this receiver to power everything. It's 110v which is not a problem because I have it sitting right outside my front door where there's an outside outlet.

I already hooked up one of my MP3 players though the Aux jack in front which worked fine. But tonight I decided to use a flash drive through the USB port and it was much simpler. No cables...just stick the flash drive in...turn on the power...and Bob's your uncle!



Cost was only $76.10 plus tax (Prime so no shipping cost) so that's not bad at all. I haven't used all the bells and whistles yet, but will play with it more when time allows.

I got the bluetooth but they also have a wifi model for a few dollars more. I don't use either so this one works for me.

These are the speakers I got - also from Amazon - and they were under $100 and sound fantastic.

[Adrian Thompson]

Originally Posted by CurtEgerer

Hard to believe that Rennsport I was 17 years ago!

Wow, scary. Look at how far the drivers head is above the roll hoop. How times have changed.