Love Me Some River

Maynard Keenan's Band honors The Verde River!

The Dude Abides

HMS Bounty Rescue

This is a Classic US Coast Guard rescue conducted this morning.  I have tried all sorts of techniques to get this "B Roll" video to work.  The best solution I can find is to click on the link below.  You may have to wait some time for it to load--it is getting hit really hard by internet users around the planet.

http://goo.gl/G65on

Be sure to use the "Full Screen" option.

The Rescue Swimmer you see is Randy Haba.  The US Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer program is possibly even tougher than the US Navy SEAL program.

Here are two links on the Rescue Swimming qualifications

http://www.uscg.mil/history/articles/USCG_Rescue_Swimmer_History.asp

http://usmilitary.about.com/od/coastguard/a/cgrescueswimmer.htm

What you are seeing here is a Super Human Being performing Other Worldly Acts of Individual Heroism.

See also:

http://www.witn.com/home/headlines/Coast-Guard-Rescue-Underway-Now-16-People-In-Lifeboats-Off-NC-Coast-176228331.html

Song Dog

If this won't load try this link: http://youtu.be/9QJGCUdPRBA

Sgt. Alvin C. York

Knocking One Out

Perhaps the best ending of all time for a baseball movie and a metaphor forever knocking one out of the park! If the video won't load here's the link: http://youtu.be/54-6yimtjtA

Howling Wolves

On July 25, 2012, an ODFW wolf biologist on a survey for wolf pups took this video of a Snake River wolf pack pup howling. The video was taken in the Summit Ridge area within the Snake River Wildlife Management Unit, in Wallowa County. In the video, the pup howls three times. A low returning howl is heard and the pup gets up. Then, other members of the wolf pack (not seen in the video) return the pup’s howls. Wolves are highly social animals and howling is a common behavior that help packs communicate and stay together. Wolf howls can be heard from several miles away.

http://dfw.state.or.us/images/video_gallery/snake_river_wolf_pack_howling.asp

Ground Hog Day Trailer