Fort Indiantown Gap ARFF Burns 14 May 2014
Day 2 of the 2014 Annual Burns at Ft Indiantown Gap.
Fire Departments that participated:
Fort Indiantown Gap Fire & Emergency Services
Fredericksburg Fire Company
Green Point Fire Company
Perserverence Fire Co, of Jonestown
Lebanon Bureau of Fire
193d Fire & Emergency Services
Grantville Fire Company
West Hanover Twp. Fire Company
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We Will Rock You.......Queen
Don't Stop the Party...Pitbull
XZanthia goes Fossil Hunting Pennsylvania - Ambridge - Carboniferous
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Fossil Hunting Guide to Road Cuts around the Pittsburgh Area
Coal Forest and marine environment
~ 299 - 300 Million Years Old
Upper Pennsylvanian, Westphalian D to Stephanian A
Conemaugh Group: Glenshaw Formation: Mahoning Shale and Brush Creek Marine Zone
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Carboniferous Coal Forests
Around this time, Pennsylvania was approximately located 5 degrees south of the equator, in a tropical rain forest type climate with very little seasonal fluctuation. Also, at this time, the Earth had much higher concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. This was very conducive to the growth of plants. Hence, in these flood deltas, large, swampy forests grew. However, the plants in these forests were far different than plants of the present day.
Flowering plants, or deciduous plants of any kind had not yet evolved. Instead, there were very large, simple, fernlike plants, such as Calamities (a giant horse tail), Lycopods (which grew up to 100 feet) seed ferns and herbaceous ferns (that grew up to 50 feet). However, at the end of the Pennsylvanian, most of these strange plants became extinct, and deciduous plants eventually evolved. Much of these forested areas became buried and now create the carboniferous coal beds that are mined today throughout the eastern United States and Europe. Because of this, these swampy forests are often called coal swamps and coal forests.
In these forests, new insect life also flourished, such as dragonflies, mayflies, millipedes, scorpions, and spiders. However, these were not normal insects, they were giant man eating creatures. Well, the may not have been man eating, however some dragonflies had wingspans of 2.5 feet, cockroaches were a whopping 4 inches, and flies needed extra large fly swatters. Unfortunately, these fragile insects did not readily survive fossilization in the coal swamps, and only rarely can be found as fossils.
A unique feature of this period was the development of the amniotic egg for reproduction. This basically means animals could now lay eggs on land. So, very primitive reptiles, such as Hylonomus and Anthracosaurs evolved. Also, around this time, large amphibians existed. Fossilized jaw fragments from these amphibians can occasionally be found in outcrops around the Ambridge area.
Transgression and Regression Cycles
During the Carboniferous, similar to today, the Earth experienced Ice Age Glaciation events. When Glaciers advanced in Pangea, the sea levels would drop. During interglacial periods (similar to today), sea levels would rise. The sea level rise and fall, called transgression and regression cycles continued for millions of years during the carboniferous.
Every time the Panthalassic ocean (which was almost like the Pacific Ocean, but on a larger scale) on the west coast of Pangea flooded the lowland deltas, a marine environment was created where there once was a tropical coal forest. The forest was buried, compressed, and eventually turned into a coal layer.
Indiantown Gap Scout Weekend
Scouting weekend at Indiantown Gap on October 30 to November 2, 1962. Boy Scouts and Sea Scouts of Troop 314, Frankford and Bridesburg sections of Philadelphia, Pa.
How To Set Up a Beehive | Ask This Old House
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Cost: $300
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Protective Beekeeping suit
Sprayer filled with sugar water
Bee brush
Hive tool
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Langstroth Beekeeping Kit
Cinderblocks
Protective gear
3-lb package of bees
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1. Consider hiring a professional beekeeper if you feel you need help.
2. Place cinderblocks on the ground to keep the hive dry and out of any rainwater
3. Place the baseboard on top of the blocks
4. Place the Langstroth bee box on the bottom board.
5. Hang the new ‘frames’ by the rabbit ears.
6. Hang the older, pre-started frames from another hive.
7. Spray your 3-lb bee package with sugar water, coating the bees.
8. Remove the Queen cage, take out the plug and hang the Queen box in the middle of the frames with the candy-side facing down.
9. Don protective clothing and pour the bees into the box of frames.
10. Use a Bee brush to gently brush the bees off the top of the frames and into the hive.
11. Place the inner cover on top of the box.
12. Add the internal feeder and fill with a mixture of a pound of sugar to one pint of water. You’ll need roughly a gallon
13. Place the internal cover and external cover on the hive to protect the bees
14. Put a rock on the top to make sure the cover stays on.
15. Leave the bee package next to the hive so any remaining bees can find their way to the hive
16. In a month add another bee box layer with frames as the hive grows.
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Harrisburg, Pennsylvania | Wikipedia audio article
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Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
00:02:31 1 History
00:02:40 1.1 Founding
00:04:23 1.2 Pre-industry: 1800–1850
00:06:06 1.3 American Civil War
00:07:28 1.4 Industrial rise: 1850–1920
00:11:31 1.5 Industrial decline: 1920–70
00:12:50 1.6 Beginning of Harrisburg's suburbs: 1880s
00:14:20 1.7 20th century
00:17:31 1.8 21st century: fiscal difficulties and receivership
00:21:06 2 Geography
00:21:15 2.1 Topography
00:22:52 2.2 Adjacent municipalities
00:24:01 2.3 Climate
00:26:15 3 Cityscape
00:26:24 3.1 Neighborhoods
00:26:52 3.2 Architecture
00:28:05 4 Demographics
00:32:37 5 Economy
00:33:35 5.1 Employers
00:33:44 5.1.1 Top 10
00:33:57 6 People and culture
00:34:06 6.1 Culture
00:35:45 6.2 Media
00:36:57 6.2.1 Newspapers
00:37:27 6.2.2 Television
00:38:21 6.2.3 Radio
00:38:46 6.2.4 Portal internet websites
00:38:57 6.2.5 Harrisburg in film
00:39:14 6.3 Museums, art collections, and sites of interest
00:40:56 6.4 Parks and recreation
00:41:21 7 Sports
00:42:42 8 Government
00:42:50 8.1 City of Harrisburg
00:44:15 8.1.1 Property tax reform
00:46:09 8.2 Dauphin County
00:46:34 8.3 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
00:47:22 8.4 Federal government
00:48:17 9 Transport
00:48:26 9.1 Airports
00:49:39 9.2 Public transit
00:51:11 9.3 Intercity bus service
00:52:01 9.4 Regional scheduled line bus service
00:53:04 9.5 Rail
00:53:52 9.5.1 Freight rail
00:54:49 9.5.2 Intercity passenger rail
00:56:21 9.6 Bridges
00:57:07 10 Education
00:57:16 10.1 Public schools
00:59:31 10.2 Private schools
01:00:26 10.3 Higher education
01:00:35 10.3.1 In Harrisburg
01:01:42 10.3.2 Near Harrisburg
01:02:53 10.4 Libraries
01:03:32 11 Sister cities
01:03:51 12 Notable people
01:09:24 13 See also
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Harrisburg ( HARR-iss-burg; Pennsylvania German: Harrisbarrig) is the capital city of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the United States, and the county seat of Dauphin County. With a population of 49,192, it is the 15th largest city in the Commonwealth. It lies on the east bank of the Susquehanna River, 107 miles (172 km) west of Philadelphia. Harrisburg is the anchor of the Susquehanna Valley metropolitan area, which had a 2017 estimated population of 571,903, making it the third most populous in Pennsylvania and 96th most populous in the United States.
Harrisburg played a notable role in American history during the Westward Migration, the American Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution. During part of the 19th century, the building of the Pennsylvania Canal and later the Pennsylvania Railroad allowed Harrisburg to become one of the most industrialized cities in the Northeastern United States. The U.S. Navy ship USS Harrisburg, which served from 1918 to 1919 at the end of World War I, was named in honor of the city. In the mid-to-late 20th century, the city's economic fortunes fluctuated with its major industries consisting of government, heavy manufacturing, agriculture, and food services (nearby Hershey is home of the chocolate maker, located just 10 miles (16 km) east).
The Pennsylvania Farm Show, the largest free indoor agriculture exposition in the United States, was first held in Harrisburg in 1917 and has been held there every early-to-mid January since then. Harrisburg also hosts an annual outdoor sports show, the largest of its kind in North America, an auto show, which features a large static display of new as well as classic cars and is renowned nationwide, and Motorama, a two-day event consisting of a car show, motocross racing, remote control car racing, and more. Harrisburg is also known for the Three Mile Island accident, which occurred on March 28, 1979, near Middletown.
In 2010 Forbes rated Harrisburg as the second best place in the U.S. to raise a family. Despite the city's recent financial troubles, in 2010 The Daily Beast website ranked 20 metropolitan areas across the country as being recession-proof, and the Harrisburg region landed at No. 7. The financial stability of the region is in part ...