08/15/1967

[whitedeer]

August 15, 1967 - The "56,000 Acre Sundance Fire" in northern Idaho was started by lightning. The fire was fueled by a forest made bone dry by one of the hottest and driest summers on record. 50 mph winds carried fire brands up to 10 miles in advance to ignite new fires. As a result, the fire spread 20 miles across the Selkirk Mountains in only 12 hours. The heat produced whirlwinds of flame with winds over 100 mph which flung giant trees through the air like matchsticks.

 

[Moosie]

IN 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue .

 

[Whiskers]

Another historical moment.


August 15,1608, John Smith learned about the cownose ray's might in a near fatal encounter. As Smith stood spearing fish with his sword in the shallows of the Bay off the mouth of the Rappahannock, he stabbed a ray which pierced him in the wrist with its toxin-laden spine. Although there was no blood or apparent wound, his arm and shoulder swelled and he was in terrible pain. Convinced that he was about to die, his crew prepared a grave.

OK, I made up the August 15th part.

 

[feclnogn]

On May 12th 1985 Feclnogn having discovered the amazing properties of black powder while his father was on deployment burned off his eyebrows in an awe inspiring show of brilliance. It was his first and last experiment with this volataile medium. He has since moved on to using clay to express his creative side.