In kind of a “blind men and the elephant” scenario I’ll present 3 sections of a photo (not survey related in this case) to see if anyone can determine what the photo is of.
Photo 1:
(Hint- Mark Mayer, Joe Ferg, Dugger, Wendell, Jud, Evelyn, Tylar Parsons, Scott F and all the other Pacific NW surveyors may get this PDQ)
Insufficient evidence– what is it? PHOTO 2.
Insufficient evidence– what is it? PHOTO 2.
looks like, maybe, the Willamette meridian?
Good luck on your quests, my friend, that's what I'm hoping for too.....
Cheers:beer: :beer:
Dugger
Insufficient evidence– what is it? PHOTO 2.
Mike, the second photo confirms that these are both portions of a photo of a special device that exists deployed in various locations across the Pacific Northwest. It is an early version of the Oklahoma Weather Machine without the suction fans, just the plasma injectors and ionization grid.
While it was a well kept secret for decades, I recall reading about this hellish invention in Scientific American years ago. One of the reasons why Bonneville Power Authority exists is to provide the power to the array of the PacWeatherNet so that whenever no rain has fallen in at least eight hours at selected monitoring stations, the array may be activated to seed the formation of large persistent damp overcast.
Insufficient evidence– what is it? PHOTO 2.
That was a good hunch Kent, but this is not a portion of Rapid Atmosphere Ionization Network (RAIN). Those devices are still operational here in the Pac NW, whereas the hellish device pictured is no longer on-line in Oregon.
Oh, the Starbucks Drop Tower
Mike, thanks for helping me rule out the Pacific Weather Network. If in fact this is so, and not part of an elaborate deception scheme to keep the technology out of the hands of the Southern Californians, then that leaves really just one possibility.
What you have presented photos of portions of is of course the original Starbucks Drop Tower in Seattle. Many people in other parts of the US associate Starbucks with coffee and more specifically with coffee brewed to order by servile young people who have not been able to find better jobs. This is not how Starbucks began, however.
Starbucks was begun as a one-ride amusement park to give depressed residents of the overcast, rainy Pacific Northwest an experience that would almost immediately rev up their metabolisms in the way that near-death experiences reliably do. It was the Starbucks Drop Tower where customers were sent plunging to their deaths, suspended only by a length of bungee cord.
Ultimately, the cost of the general liability insurance in a lawsuit-happy era meant that the Starbuck Drop Tower couldn't remain in business. The entrepreneurs decided to try selling coffee instead and the rest is history, as they say.
Oh, the Starbucks Drop Tower
No, it’s not the Starbucks Drop Tower, although I can see where you could confuse this device with the Tower. The Tower burned much hotter. It’s an urban myth that all of the Tower customers went “plunging to their deaths”. This was true with the first group of customers, comprised of lawyers and lobbyist… the only people who could afford the exorbitant admission price in the early days of the Tower. Once this customer base began to dwindle the admission price was lowered to appeal to more proletariat cliental and the popularity soared. When the fires were extinguished for maintenance and the bottom access hatch was opened, it was found that a long line of very much alive “plungees” had queued up at the hatch, eager to climb back to the top for another “go”. Seems the soft, moist layer of lawyers and lobbyist had cushioned the fall of these latter customers and the 4000° F temperatures had only partially dried out the Seattleites. They were just to wet to burn. Those that had been in the fires longest were a little worse for wear… the intense heat had partially shriveled them down in stature and, since most had eaten large “last meals”, the proportionate amount of fecal material in their bowels vs. body mass was so high that they had to be surrendered to Texas and made citizens of that fine Republic.
Insufficient evidence– what is it? PHOTO 3.
Insufficient evidence– what is it? PHOTO 3.
Well, nothing so far, and I've even tried putting the images back together.
Tyler
Insufficient evidence– what is it? PHOTO 3.
Tyler - here is a clearer section of the top. this might help:
(these used to be all over Oregon...)
Insufficient evidence– what is it? PHOTO 3.
Slash burner?
edit: Whoops. Steve beat me to it while I was searching for a photo.
YES! Wigwam burner
I took this photo of a wigwam burner behind my place in Baker City Oregon in 1978:
Oh, the Starbucks Drop Tower- side track
I can see that you are a fan of Bruce McCall.
Marveltown is read frequently
at our house.
here is a lil talk he gave a few years ago
[flash width=500 height=405] http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/fOk6HQaNpdE&hl=en_US&fs=1?rel=0&border=1 [/flash]
Baker City, Oregon
We visited the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center in Baker City on our way home from the ACSM Conference in Spokane a couple of years ago. It’s worth the time if you’re in the area.
YES! Wigwam burner
We called them Wigwams, they did not burn slash. They were used to get rid of the saw dust and bark from the saw mill operation.
jud
YES! Wigwam burner
That one needs a cover, like the other 2.
YES! Wigwam burner
Look closer RFB, it does have a screen like the others.
jud
YES! Wigwam burner
OMG!
:beer:
