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Posted by Jim Cook on March 7th, 2010The Journal of Prevarication
Here lies Jim Cook,
Official State Liar of Arizona
The tsunami set off by the earthquake in Chile didn’t do much damage around the Pacific Rim, but it did cause a river surge in the Hassayampa.
A wave of sand half a meter high surged out of the Gila River near Arlington and rolled up the Hassayampa as far as Morristown, smashing against seven million acres of tumbleweeds.
We don’t have many big events like that around here. And yet we live by the weather, or lack of it. As we see reports of blizzards and flooding elsewhere in the …
Continue reading “It’s a Dry Tsunami“
Posted by Allan Hall on March 4th, 2010Many stories about abandoned mines in Arizona don’t have happy endings. For example, the Tonopah-Belmont Mine, located about 24 miles southwest of Wickenburg, operated intermittently from the 1860’s until 1942 with a record of no fatalities. This, in spite of having a 500 foot deep shaft with working levels at 100, 250, 400 and 500 feet.
Responsible collectors of mineral specimens regularly (and safely) visited this popular site for 48 years until, in 1990, a young man set out to explore the underground workings on his own. About 100 feet into the McNeil Tunnel, in darkness, he stepped into a …
Continue reading “Abandoned Mines Part I: Preserve or Destroy?“
Posted by Jim Cook on February 7th, 2010I came home from our winter tour of Lapland with terrible respiratory problems. The staff in the emergency room here in Wickenburg couldn’t believe that I got sick while being chased by …
Continue reading “Running Laps in Lapland“
Posted by Maria Langer on January 22nd, 2010I was out and about today with my Flip Video camera, shooting video of the Hassayampa and other places after yesterday’s heavy rainfall. While not exactly at flood stage, the river is flowing pretty good, making crossings at Rincon Road impassable.
I thought I’d share this footage with site visitors.
If you have photographs of the flooding, please use the Contact Us link to send it to us. Be sure to include your name and a caption.
Posted by Curtis Arnett on January 10th, 2010The Wickenburg Dark Sky Advocates is a political action committee, registered with the Town Clerk of the Town of Wickenburg, created to advocate for and support the Town of Wickenburg’s enactment of a Dark Sky Ordinance.
What is a Dark Sky Ordinance?
Dark Sky Ordinances are enacted to protect a community’s night skies from light pollution or urban glow which interferes with being able to see, at night, the starry beauty of deep, dark night skies.
Dark Sky Ordinances typically provide that outdoor lights, at night, should shine downward. Other typical provisions:
Lights should be turned off when not necessary.
Safety and security …
Continue reading “Wickenburg Dark Sky Advocates“
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