Kathryn's World - Wildfire Tracking Team

My prayers for Oklahoma and Kansas. Sorry I can't go live friends. Incredible aerial footage of backfires being lit in attempts to stop the prairie fires. KOCO tracking wildfires: Structure destroyed while crews battle wildfire... youtube.com/live/lBB5h-IbX… via @YouTube

@WallStreetApes Did you know? Took years of hard work, surveillance, & (incredible risk!) to create an informant/ tip network. Result: Portland had a massive, database of intelligence + a spy network in the criminal gangs. Portland was peaceful. It worked. Deleted for "racial profiling." 😫

Border patrol shot and wounded 2 illegals in Portland Oregon who tried to run them over 1 was a Tren de Aragua gang member 1 was active in the Tren de Aragua prostitution ring CNN says it was a “targeted stop” of a “married couple” Restore the Smith-Mundt Act. Restore it NOW

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@Not_A_CultMembr @archeohistories This image was taken on an extremely high-res, large format, glass plate negative. When glass slides called "magic lantern slides" were created, they could be projected to the size of a modern cinema screen. I bet we could find the original and zoom in tighter. 4k+, in 1906.

@archeohistories That's a long line of logs. Crazy. Quick question though... WTF is happening here 👇🤣

The log drives must have been a sight to behold. This one looks like it was being managed by the whole family. (1930s) Scenes like this were once common across North America, especially in heavily forested regions near rivers and lakes. Log drives were a primary method of transporting timber before modern trucking and rail networks became widespread. After trees were felled during winter, logs were stacked and then released into rivers during spring thaws, when swollen waterways could carry massive quantities of wood downstream to sawmills. What makes this image striking is the human scale of the operation. Entire families often participated in logging work, particularly during the Great Depression, when every able body contributed to survival. Men, women, and even children helped guide, balance, and separate logs using long pike poles. The work was dangerous and physically exhausting. Slippery bark, rolling timber, freezing water, and sudden jams could turn fatal in seconds. Log drivers needed extraordinary balance and quick reflexes, running across moving logs to break jams before pressure built up and caused catastrophic releases. Despite the risks, the work was essential to supplying lumber for homes, railroads, factories, and ships at a time when wood remained the backbone of industrial expansion. By the mid twentieth century, log drives began to disappear as environmental concerns grew and mechanized transport proved safer and more efficient. Today, images like this preserve a fleeting moment when rivers themselves served as highways, and family labor powered an industry that shaped entire regions. Some log drivers deliberately wore spiked boots called caulk boots, designed to grip wet timber, but even with them, logging consistently ranked among the deadliest jobs in early twentieth century America. © History Pictures #archaeohistories

@Not_A_CultMembr @archeohistories Very famous photo. Can't find info about it on my phone right now, but I remember the caption describing the man being thrilled at the chance to have his family, and, his dancing dog, photographed. My note: Shutter speed was so slow at the time, he trained to him to stand still.

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You can't make this up...A building on Columbia Blvd, is currently on fire due to "fire weed whacking." Smoke is filling a bathroom after flames went into the siding. 😅 I'm listening to "Portland Area Fire and Resccue." @ScannerRadio scannerradio.app/?l=NTEwNzQ&s=t

A British Columbia government report foresees more than 3,400 fatalities and more than 10,000 injuries if an earthquake with a magnitude of 9.0 strikes off Vancouver Island. cheknews.ca/9-0-quake-in-b…

@WashCoScanner Nope! Not "out." It flared up again just after midnight, with flames on 2nd floor, through the roof. One truck (37) headed that way, was turned around. "There's no fire." Few mins later - "oh there's fire!" Yikes. Looks like a nasty sneaker, smouldering in the roof.

6:22pm Residential Fire 17900 SW Roy Roger Rd Sherwood

@TVFR Nope! Not "out." It flared up again just after midnight, with flames on 2nd floor, through the roof. One truck headed that way was turned around. "There's no fire." Few mins later - "oh there's fire!" Yikes.

The incident commander raised the fire to a second alarm. A search confirmed all occupants exited safely. The fire is now under control and crews are checking for extension.

Fire crews are on the scene of a two story residential fire in the 17900 block of Roy Rodgers Rd. Water tenders are providing an alternative water supply to the attack on the fire @WCSOOregon is also assisting on scene and has closed Roy Rodgers Rd. #pdxalert

Wild lightning show over the Oregon coast! ⚡️ Be prepared as dry thunderstorms are in the forecast for Oregon, Montana, Idaho, and Washington over the next two days. #WAwx

broadcastify.com/webPlayer/13524 The best channel to listen to the desperate fight against dozens of wildfires rampaging in California. Chinese Camp is burning. Battle to save it and Murphys happening now. Not just the Sierras, Hayfork has a plume. Half-dollar hail, thousands of strikes

Lightning storm of decade is ripping across the Sierras. Currently over Tahoe, headed for Quincy. Multiple structures "involved" in Chinese Camp. Burning more than an hour. One of the best gold rush towns. Not enough aircraft. Our heroes are doing their best, but "out of water"

2-7 Vallecito, Murphys Lightning Fire dlvr.it/TMr6M2

INCIDENT: #27Fire The fire is 100 acres and burning in the foothills of the Sierra within Calaveras County. The southern part of the city of Murphys is under an evacuation order, as well as other rural areas around Vallecito to the south.

#BurdoinFire This fire has been marked as fully contained and should stay confined to its boundaries, FINAL UPDATE

🔥HIGH FIRE RISK WEDNESDAY: Peak wind gusts will span 25-50 MPH, with vegetation dryness spanning from critical to significant. In this environment, fires could start and spread quickly. Exercise fire safety...please. #wawx #orwx

Flying over any type of emergency scene without permission could result in fines or arrest. Drones over an emergency scene means responder aircraft and resources have to avoid the area. Don't be the cause of an accident or escalation of an incident.

A plane crashed at HIO (Hillsboro-Portland) airport a few hours ago. My YouTube mod/pilot Seaprobe was there at the time. 2 occupants climbed out - after hard belly landing w gear collapse. Fuel on board, but no fire. Glad everyone is ok!