Jumping Jack Flash Hypothesis: It's A Gas Gas Gas: Event Update For 2020-03-08

Monday, March 9, 2020

Event Update For 2020-03-08

http://jumpingjackflashhypothesis.blogspot.com/2012/02/jumping-jack-flash-hypothesis-its-gas.html

The seas, lakes and oceans are now pluming deadly hydrogen sulfide and suffocating methane. Hydrogen sulfide is a highly toxic water-soluble heavier-than-air gas and will accumulate in low-lying areas. Methane is slightly more buoyant than normal air and so will be all around, but will tend to contaminate our atmosphere from the top down. These gases are sickening and killing oxygen-using life all around the world, including human life, as our atmosphere is increasingly poisoned. Because both gases are highly flammable and because our entire civilization is built around fire and flammable fuels, this is leading to more fires and explosions. This is an extinction level event and will likely decimate both the biosphere and human population and it is debatable whether humankind can survive this event.

A. More fires and more explosions, especially along the coasts, but everywhere generally.
B. Many more animal die-offs, of all kinds, and especially oceanic species.
C. More multiples of people will be found dead in their homes, as if they'd dropped dead.
D. More corpses found in low-lying areas, all over the world.
E. More unusual vehicular accidents.
F. Improved unemployment numbers as people die off.

Category: Variety Pack

2020-03-08 - Stony corals preparing for a mass extinction event, scientists report:
http://www.newsweek.com/fossil-corals-mass-extinction-1490202
http://www.ecowatch.com/corals-mass-extinction-2645381071.html
http://www.foxnews.com/science/reef-building-coral-disaster-traits-major-extinction-event
http://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/24977/20200307/looks-stony-corals-prepare-mass-extinction.htm
http://www.newsbreak.com/news/0ONDphvF/stony-corals-seem-to-be-preparing-for-a-mass-extinction-scientists-report
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200303113246.htm
http://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-60605-2

Quote: "Stony corals provide habitat for an eye-popping one-fourth of the ocean's species. They serve as the centerpiece of a rich and diverse ecosystem, which is why their recent behavior has scientists concerned. New research shows that stony corals around the world are hunkering down into survival mode as they prepare for a mass extinction event, according to a new study published in Scientific Reports."

Quote: "The international research team was composed of scientists from New York, California, Israel, England and Germany. They noticed a suite of behaviors that correspond to a survival response commensurate with how they behaved during the last mass extinction 66 million years ago, according to the new study. 'When we finally put all this together and saw the result, for me it was that moment when the hair on the back of your neck stands up,' said marine biologist David Gruber, from The City University of New York, to Newsweek. 'It was like, Oh my goodness, [the corals] are doing exactly what they did back then.'"

Quote: "Corals seem to be preparing to jump across an extinction boundary, while we are putting our foot further on the pedal."

Note: From this, one can conclude that stony corals are a helluva lot smarter than we are!

2020-03-08 - Coronavirus death toll rises to 366 in Italy with 7,375 cases, serious travel restrictions imposed:
http://www.businessinsider.my/italys-coronavirus-death-toll-increased-marking-center-outside-china-2020-3-2
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/03/italy-poised-seal-north-coronavirus-live-updates-200307234942500.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/coronavirus-latest-updates-italy-quarantine-nhs-death-toll-us-cruise-trump-a9385096.html
http://www.kiro7.com/news/world/italy-announces/HNMSFVBLSVRIUG5B56U53UDOJM/
http://www.rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2020/0308/1120899-virus-italy-quarantine-lombardy/
http://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/08/coronavirus-live-updates-china-reports-44-new-cases-us-cases-top-400.html
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2020/03/milano-region-in-italy-under-lockdown.html
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-51787238

Quote: "Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced early Sunday that the entire region of Lombardy and a number of provinces in other regions were put under lockdown as the coronavirus continued to spread throughout the country. The new measures will apply to about a quarter of the Italian population and will be in force at least until April 3.In the middle of the night, Conte signed a decree that imposes new restrictions to the movement of people in the region of Lombardy and in a number of northern provinces. The entry and exit to and from these areas will be allowed only in exceptional cases."

Quote: "The death toll from the coronavirus outbreak in Italy has jumped by at least 133 in the past 24 hours, bringing its total to 366."

2020-03-08 - Coronavirus cases increase to 330 in Switzerland:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EH-20200308-70764-CHE
http://www.thelocal.ch/20200308/cases-top-300-as-coronavirus-spreads-across-switzerland

Quote: "Across Switzerland the total of infections now confirmed to be more than 300, with a second person dying of the virus. In all, 20 out of Switzerland’s 26 cantons have declared cases of coronavirus with the total on Sunday March 8th standing at 330."

2020-03-08 - First cases of coronavirus reported in Bulgaria:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EH-20200308-70761-BGR
http://www.novinite.com/articles/203499/The+First+Two+Cases+of+Coronavirus+in+Bulgaria+were+Registered

2020-03-08 - Coronavirus infections grow to 6 in New Jersey:
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/health/2-more-covid-19-cases-announced-in-nj-bringing-total-to-6/2319086/

2020-03-08 - Coronavirus infections grow to 6 in Pennsylvania:
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/coronavirus/montco-officials-warn-of-spread-urge-calm-as-2-test-positive-for-coronavirus/2318941/
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/health/germantown-academy-to-close-after-relative-of-student-tests-positive-for-coronavirus/2319051/

2020-03-08 - US State Department warns Americans not to take cruises due to coronavirus:
http://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/08/cdc-warns-plane-trips-cruises-coronavirus-124153
http://www.wmcactionnews5.com/2020/03/09/state-department-urges-us-citizens-not-travel-cruise-ships/
http://myfox8.com/news/state-department-warns-americans-not-to-take-cruises-due-to-coronavirus-fears/
http://www.al.com/news/2020/03/coronavirus-concerns-dont-travel-on-cruise-ships-us-state-department-warns.html
http://www.ozarksfirst.com/local-news/state-department-amid-coronavirus-risk-americans-should-not-travel-by-cruise-ship/
http://www.oregonlive.com/coronavirus/2020/03/coronavirus-concerns-dont-travel-on-cruise-ships-us-state-department-warns.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/08/us/politics/cruise-ship-warning.html

2020-03-08 - Coronavirus bringing anxiety and fear to businesses around the world:
http://apnews.com/b0b49661addb3b99efaca70c4ba1d189
http://www.yahoo.com/news/anxiety-grips-companies-across-world-152837171.html
http://www.wvnews.com/newsfeed/politics/anxiety-grips-companies-across-the-world-as-virus-spreads/article_33de1e2b-0216-5a56-845d-506139db9f90.html
http://www.heraldbulletin.com/news/nation_world/anxiety-grips-companies-across-the-world-as-virus-spreads/image_8a9255b8-8df4-5b20-aa58-113fbb2bf96d.html

Quote: "Since breaking out of China, the coronavirus has breached the walls of the Vatican. It’s struck the Iranian holy city of Qom and contaminated a nursing home in Seattle. And around the world, it’s carrying not just sickness and death but also the anxiety and paralysis that can smother economic growth."

2020-03-08 - Trump was warned of a pandemic 'that could lead to massive rates of death' by intel director Dan Coats, who he fired:
http://www.rawstory.com/2020/03/trump-was-warned-of-a-pandemic-that-could-lead-to-massive-rates-of-death-by-the-intel-director-he-fired/

2020-03-08 - Five birds drop dead from the sky in Moree (Australia):
http://www.moreechampion.com.au/story/6669063/call-for-investigation-after-multiple-galahs-found-dead-in-moree/

Quote: "A number of galahs have reportedly been dropping dead from the sky in Moree and one local woman wants to know why. Gwenda Stanley contacted the Moree Champion after five galahs literally 'fell from the sky' at Stanley Village, Moree on Saturday, February 29."

Quote: "There were five of them. They're just dropping from the sky. The kids had it wrapped up and tried to save it but it died. It was frothing from the mouth and in a paralysed state. All that night we could hear galahs screaming, crying."

2020-03-08 - Driver has 'medical episode', car crashes into car which crashes into restaurant, in coastal Coos Bay (Oregon):
http://nbc16.com/news/local/car-crashes-through-wall-of-restaurant-in-coos-bay-no-injuries-reported-03-09-2020

Quote: "According to the Coos Bay Police, a driver was having a medical episode and lost consciousness while driving south on Highway 101 Saturday afternoon around 4 p.m."

2020-03-08 - Small plane crashes into residential area in coastal Destin (Florida):
http://www.nwfdailynews.com/news/20200308/update-2-men-dog-escape-injury-in-destin-plane-crash
http://www.fox10tv.com/news/two-men-and-one-dog-survive-small-plane-crash/article_c697bb22-6158-11ea-803b-efb9e9737acf.html
http://www.kake.com/story/41867693/kansas-father-and-son-survive-plane-crash-in-florida

2020-03-08 - Van veers off road just before 4 AM, crashes into home, on Webber Avenue in Bath (Maine):
http://wgme.com/news/local/van-crashes-into-maine-home

2020-03-08 - SUV veers off road, crashes into home, in Windsor Township (Ohio), 1 killed:
http://www.wtap.com/content/news/Morgan-County-man-dies-in-single-vehicle-crash--568612941.html

2020-03-08 - SUV veers off road, crashes into tree, in Danby (New York), 1 killed:
http://www.ithacajournal.com/story/news/local/2020/03/09/ithaca-man-dies-after-crashing-suv-into-tree-danby/5000416002/

2020-03-08 - Two cars crash, fire erupts, on Roosevelt Drive along the Housatonic River in Derby (Connecticut), 1 killed:
http://www.wtnh.com/news/connecticut/new-haven/derby-fire-department-investigating-crash-on-roosevelt-drive-that-set-car-ablaze/
http://valley.newhavenindependent.org/archives/entry/fatal_crash_under_investigation_in_derby/

Quote: "Roosevelt Drive runs along the Housatonic River and Lake Zoar. According to a video a neighbor sent to News 8, the crash occurred right along the river."

2020-03-08 - Car crashes 60 feet off bridge on Highway 166 in Santa Maria (California), 1 injured:
http://keyt.com/news/traffic/2020/03/08/1-person-injured-after-car-crashes-off-highway-166-near-santa-maria/

2020-03-08 - Car overturns into pond in Eden Prairie (Minnesota), 1 injured:
http://www.fox9.com/news/driver-injured-in-rollover-crash-in-eden-prairie-minnesota

2020-03-08 - Car veers off road, crashes into trees, on the Palmetto Expressway in Doral (Florida), 3 killed, 2 injured:
http://www.local10.com/news/local/2020/03/08/3-dead-in-crash-on-palmetto-expressway-in-doral/

2020-03-08 - Huge sinkhole opens near homes on Cub Creek Lane near Capps Hollow Drive in Charlotte (North Carolina):
http://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/crews-monitor-30-foot-deep-sinkhole-northwest-charlotte-officials-say/AP6WNWS7DZG5JDZLIZIDQ2Q74I/
http://www.sott.net/article/430411-Sinkhole-30-feet-deep-opens-up-in-Charlotte-North-Carolina

2020-03-08 - Heavy rain and flooding continue in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Pakistan), 27 killed, 56 injured:
http://watchers.news/2020/03/08/khyber-pakhtunkhwa-heavy-rain-flood-pakistan/

2020-03-08 - Rare sunny day landspout filmed in Lake Elsinore (California):
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rare-sunny-day-landspout-spotted-190500748.html
http://www.sott.net/article/430416-Rare-sunny-day-landspout-filmed-in-Lake-Elsinore-California

2020-03-08 - Three meteorites crash into the ground in Ghaziabad (India):
http://www.sott.net/article/430352-Three-fiery-meteorites-reportedly-hit-ground-in-Ghaziabad-Uttar-Pradesh-India
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GaFUzAKMlk

2020-03-08 - The number of millennials with early-onset Alzheimer's disease is surging, report finds:
http://www.phillyvoice.com/millennials-early-onset-dementia-alzheimers/
http://www.sott.net/article/430403-The-number-of-millennials-with-early-onset-Alzheimers-disease-is-surging-report-finds

2020-03-08 - Global air traffic set for worst year on record:
http://www.zerohedge.com/markets/its-unprecedented-global-air-travel-poised-worst-year-ever

2020-03-08 - The weighted blanket that scientifically puts you to sleep and helps with anxiety and depression:
http://www.staynaturallyhealthy.com/the-weighted-blanket-that-scientifically-puts-you-to-sleep-helps-with-anxiety-and-depression/
http://www.sott.net/article/430380-The-weighted-blanket-that-scientifically-puts-you-to-sleep-helps-with-anxiety-and-depression

7 comments:

TomMarch 10, 2020 at 7:47 AM
Good morning Jonny, everyone. What a week this is shaping up to be. The weeks and months following don't promise any better, either.

Tuesday, 10 March 2020
"Good news" on coronavirus in the US
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2020/03/good-news-on-coronavirus-in-us.html

GOOD NEWS: US deaths from the coronavirus could be reduced to 1.1 million by July 4th via “social distancing” measures, new projection shows

The number of Americans killed by the coronavirus by July4th can be reduced to only 1.1 million — or even just 1,300 with a far more aggressive approach — through the pursuit of “social distancing” measures, our new projection simulation shows (when using an R0 value of 2.4, which still may be far too low).

“Social distancing” essentially means medical martial law. Our new pandemic projection model shows it absolutely works to halt the spread of the virus. That’s why Italy just declared medical martial law across the entire country, essentially ordering all citizens to self-quarantine and not leave their homes across the entire country. It’s now crystal clear that medical martial law can stop the spread of the coronavirus in the United States. [more; bone-headed "leadership" will probably resist this until there's no choice - by which time it will be too late]

[here you go Mike!]

Trump exposed [to COVID-19]
BREAKING: PRESIDENT EXPOSED - 60 MILLION QUARANTINED - GEORGIA CLOSES DOWN [~ 18 min. Full Spectrum Survival video]
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2020/03/trump-exposed.html

Chris Martenson coronavirus update - 10 March, 2020
Coronavirus: New Data Introduces (Some) Hope
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2020/03/chris-martenson-coronavirus-update-0.html [~ 40 min.]

[he also goes over what's going on with stock market in another video]

The Coronavirus Breaks The Stock Market [~ 49 min.]

[2nd part follows]

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TomMarch 10, 2020 at 7:47 AM
Hal Turner on coronavirus - 9 March, 2020
CDC REFUSES TEST FOR CORONAVIRUS-INFECTED NURSE
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2020/03/hal-turner-on-coronavirus-9-march-2020.html [~ 1 hr]

[following that we have this from Hal Turner also]

COVERT INTEL FROM INSIDE US GOV'T: HPCON activated, COOP Pending - As for Citizens "Let them eat cake"

By March 25th, things will begin to go full Mad Max here in the United States.

Over the weekend, the U.S. military activated HPCON, placing bases in hot spots at nearly the highest level and CONUS at the second level.

I was able to pull up the HPCON chart from the US Army. We are currently at level "C" where close contact is not advised.

Level "D" -the highest- is essentially widespread quarantines/lockdowns and military intervention.

In nearly 20 years of doing what it is that I do, this system has never been activated like this. Ever.

Government agencies as well as Congress are a hair trigger away from implementing full COOP plans. That talk continues and is now leaking out into the mainstream news.

COOP is an acronym for "Continuation Of Operations," where federal agencies impose their own kind of lockdown, limiting activities only to those essential to the public. Non-essential employees would already be furloughed until the crisis passes.

Your final warning will be when the USPS curtails [limits deliveries to a only few days a week] service across the country... but by then we'll already be close to social chaos. Locally -in those cities where where infections rage- The Postmaster has the authority to enact curtailment as needed to protect his/her employees. But again: this is an anethema because -officially- it admits defeat and that's the LAST thing any federal agency wants. [more]

The staying power of coronavirus 2x as official 'safe distance'

Coronavirus can travel twice as far as official ‘safe distance’ and stay in air for 30 minutes, Chinese study finds
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2020/03/the-staying-power-of-coronavirus-2x-as.html

Authorities advise people to stay 1-2 metres apart, but researchers found that a bus passenger infected fellow travellers sitting 4.5 metres away

The scientists behind the research said their investigation also highlighted the importance of wearing face masks because of the length of time it can linger [more]

[more later]
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TomMarch 10, 2020 at 9:50 AM
Hey Fran! GREAT to hear from you again and relieved that you're safe from the fire. Your JOB, however is scary and i know from personal experience how demanding it is! Hopefully you're as protected as you can be (full body haz-mat suit?).
My son is in the same situation - working in the O/R of a hospital that isn't testing people for COVID-19 before admitting them. Please stay in touch (at least occasionally).

Signs and Portents: Two-headed calf dies on Fiji
https://www.sott.net/article/430475-Signs-and-Portents-Two-headed-calf-dies-on-Fiji

Study: Elderberries block flu virus from attaching to and entering human cells
https://www.sott.net/article/430469-Study-Elderberries-block-flu-virus-from-attaching-to-and-entering-human-cells

The unique phytochemicals found in elderberries block the virus from entering, or even attaching to, our healthy cells, when taken preventatively during flu season.

Even if the flu has already taken hold, the compound prevents the virus from replicating, eliminating symptoms within 48 hours. [more]

Paris Floods Again
https://strangesounds.org/2020/03/paris-floods-video-seine-river-flooding-picture.html

[more later]

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TomMarch 10, 2020 at 1:17 PM
Man, it's gettin' crazy all over the world. Here where i live, there's a new case in Philly, another 2 new cases in (Burlington County) NJ as one (north Jersey) person died as a result of COVID-19. Seems every day more cases are being discovered (which is what you can expect from an exponentially growing pandemic).

Italy is totally locked down - the entire country [from Hal Turner]!
[here's why]
Coronavirus death toll in Italy jumps to 631 from 463 in a day, 10,000+ cases throughout the country, plus other COVID-19 updates
https://www.sott.net/article/430493-Coronavirus-death-toll-in-Italy-jumps-to-631-from-463-in-a-day-10000-cases-throughout-the-country-plus-other-COVID-19-updates

Tuesday's jump in the deaths, from the previous record of 463, represents a 36 percent rise and the largest in absolute numbers since the infection was first noticed on February 21, the Civil Protection Agency said.

Some 877 patients were in intensive care, up from 733 on Monday. The number of patients who recovered has also risen, however, and stood at 1,004 on Tuesday as opposed to 724 the day before.

The rising numbers come on the day the nation-wide quarantine imposed by Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte went into effect, closing off Italy's borders. All public gatherings, including sporting events, have been banned and civilian movement has been restricted. Schools and universities have been shuttered through April 3. [more]

[well here we go!]
Cuomo Announces New York 'Containment Area' for Coronavirus, Closes Schools, Brings In National Guard
https://www.newsweek.com/coronavirus-containment-area-new-rochelle-new-york-national-guard-schools-cuomo-1491523

To prevent the spread of a new coronavirus, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced places within a containment area where large groups of people gather, including schools, would close for two weeks and the National Guard would be brought in to assist.

New York has seen 173 cases of a new coronavirus that causes COVID-19 and is one of three states in the United States experiencing a large outbreak. Thousands of people in New York are under self-quarantine, businesses have told employees to work from home and some schools have chosen to close.

On Tuesday, Cuomo announced that all schools within a "containment area" in New Rochelle will be closed from Thursday until March 25. A specific list of schools wasn't provided, but Dr. Howard Zucker, commissioner of health for New York state, said the "containment area" is defined as a one-mile radius around the area of the Young Israel of New Rochelle Temple. The temple was locked down after Lawrence Garbuz, a congregant, tested positive for the virus. [more]

[2nd part follows]

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TomMarch 10, 2020 at 1:17 PM
Set Your Mind at Ease With These Best Foods to Stockpile For An Emergency
https://motherofhealth.com/foods-to-stockpile-for-an-emergency

[in case you're interested in living to suffer even more later]

Google Scrubs Coronavirus Misinformation on Search, YouTube
https://blog.nomorefakenews.com/2020/03/09/vimeo-censors-my-interview-in-which-catherine-austin-fitts-and-i-discuss-coronavirus-and-vaccines/

Vimeo censors my interview, in which Catherine Austin Fitts and I discuss coronavirus and vaccines

Vimeo also removed another Fitts interview with a distinguished attorney, on the subject of mandated vaccines

They’re meddling with you, and deciding for you [more]

Thousands of Mexican women strike to protest femicide – “Every day we have more evidence that they are killing us specifically for being women”
https://desdemonadespair.net/2020/03/thousands-of-mexican-women-strike-to-protest-femicide-every-day-we-have-more-evidence-that-they-are-killing-us-specifically-for-being-women.html

Countless thousands of women and girls across Mexico have joined a historic strike to protest against the country’s startling rates of gender-based violence – and the government’s failure to respond to the crisis in which more than ten women are murdered every day. [more]

Lake Tahoe in California and Nevada Has Elevated Risks of Tsunami Due to Faulting Processes at Its Bottom!
https://strangesounds.org/2020/03/lake-tahoe-tsunami-risks-seichesdangers-videos.html

A five square mile landslide slipped into the deep alpine lake, creating a giant 300 feet high tsunami wave that crossed the lake in five minutes, crashed on the eastern shore, and rocked back and forth and in and out of the lake for half an hour. [more]

How the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms became corrupt and abusive
https://www.sott.net/article/430453-How-the-Bureau-of-Alcohol-Tobacco-and-Firearms-became-corrupt-and-abusive

It's unlikely that there is a single federal alphabet organization less popular among the readership of this website than the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. These are the people who gave us both the Siege at Ruby Ridge and the Siege of Waco. What's more, they may well be engaged in an entirely unconstitutional exercise: monitoring and patrolling the gun ownership of law-abiding citizens.

There's also a solid case to be made that the ATF is a rogue organization, the most corrupt of the federal alphabet agencies. This can be seen through a number of scandals beginning with Ruby Ridge, threading through the siege at Mount Carmel in Waco, and continuing to the notorious "Fast and Furious" scandal. [more]

[our government has been taken over by corporatists and their political arms and no longer even resembles what the founding fathers had written it to be; ALL of the alphabet agencies are corrupt beyond imagination and can be accurately called rogue]

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TomMarch 10, 2020 at 5:49 PM
Here Are 18 Breathtaking Facts About The Stock Market Crash Of 2020, And Experts Are Warning This Is Far From Over
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/here-are-18-breathtaking-facts-about-the-stock-market-crash-of-2020-and-experts-are-warning-this-is-far-from-over

#1 We just watched the largest single day point decline in stock market history.

#8 On Monday, tech’s “big five” lost more than 320 billion dollars in market value.

#11 The price of oil fell more than 24 percent during Monday’s trading session

#14 All major U.S. banking stocks fell by double-digit percentages during Monday’s session

#18 All it is going to take is one more fairly bad day, and all of the major U.S. stock indexes will be in bear market territory. [more]
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TomMarch 10, 2020 at 6:39 PM
A story about how a Tribal Fire Crew Rescued the Real Smokey Bear
https://wildfiretoday.com/2020/03/10/how-a-tribal-fire-crew-rescued-the-real-smokey-bear/

This version of how Smokey Bear was originally discovered was posted on the U.S. Forest Service website by Sandy Marin, USFS Tribal Relations.

This year, we celebrated Smokey Bear’s 75th birthday as a national fire prevention icon. Many know Smokey’s message: “Only YOU can prevent wildfires,” but fewer people may know that Smokey was a real American black bear rescued, in the spring of 1950, from a raging wildfire in New Mexico.

The Los Tablos and Capitan Gap fires, which burned over 17,000 acres, were stoked by 70-mile per hour winds that made the fires hard to fight. The Taos Pueblo Snowball crew formed when the war chief of the tribe called all available firefighters to quench the blaze in the Lincoln National Forest. Twenty-five volunteers boarded a school bus and began the long journey to fight the growing fires, fueled by gusting winds and high temperatures. It was only the second fire-fighting experience for the rookie crew. The men spent 28 long days fighting the fires.

The crew rescued the five-pound American black bear cub who later became known as “Smokey” out of the embers. Adolph Samora, a member of the Snowball crew, remembers putting out fire hotspots when some other firefighters called him over to what looked like a crumpled jacket lying on the ground.

“The little cub was covered,” he said. “[A crewmember] picked it up and placed it in my arms. The cub had blisters all over his hands and feet.” Crew members wrapped the three-month-old cub in their own jackets to protect his badly burned paws while they transported the little bear to safety.

A local family nursed Smokey back to health, and the bear was later moved to the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., where he lived for the next 26 years. [more]
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