Via youtube, the source of many unusual videos. It appears that this radio announcer will finish reading his copy, in spite of the smoke and fire:
Because being a professional is important above all other things.
Apparently, it is better to die than to look bad.
If you have not seen this Youtube video, put down the coffee (or whatever) and move any spillable things away from the keyboard and enjoy:
Operation of the High-Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) array in Gakona Alaska has ceased due to a lack of funds. I can imagine that would put a damper on things. According to this article from the ARRL website:
The proximate cause of HAARP’s early May shutdown was less fiscal than environmental, (James) Keeney said. As he explained it, the diesel generators on site no longer pass Clean Air Act muster. Repairing them to meet EPA standards will run $800,000. Beyond that, he said, it costs $300,000 a month just to keep the facility open and $500,000 to run it at full capacity for 10 days.
Which, ouch! It looks like they generate all their own power on-site with diesel generators, which is not inexpensive. Still, it is an interesting-looking facility and it would be fun to poke around a bit. As the above-quoted article says, the site will likely be bulldozed unless some other funding to operate the array is found.
As a result of this, I fully expect that there will be no more hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis, tornadoes, and so on.
My how time flies when you are having fun. Anyway, I came across this and found it funny on many different levels:
