tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188642669907788257.post7233899243967790849..comments2024-03-20T14:47:34.192-07:00Comments on Reading the Washington Landscape: Pushtay, an Odd Hill Near Selah, WashingtonDan McShanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17044037213245602667noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188642669907788257.post-3500652332205927102022-01-21T05:21:38.539-08:002022-01-21T05:21:38.539-08:00I remember training at Yakima from 87 to 89 while ...I remember training at Yakima from 87 to 89 while in the 3rd Brigade (Go Devils) 9th Infantry Division. Had both cold nights and hot days there. Some of the best days of my career.Water Dawghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07929662657945657613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188642669907788257.post-6379656145286951922020-07-14T04:01:27.641-07:002020-07-14T04:01:27.641-07:00Back in 1970 I was given the ride of my life up th...Back in 1970 I was given the ride of my life up the contour of Pushtay in a Bell helicopter(like the ones on the MASH tv show)and over the edge of the canyon by an Army Reservist from Portland,OR.We had become friends during the time he was at the Firing Ctr.I'll always remember that great ride and that kind man.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188642669907788257.post-4325826866633221092020-07-02T05:56:55.274-07:002020-07-02T05:56:55.274-07:00Correction !!
Date was 1955
Correction !!<br />Date was 1955<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188642669907788257.post-67034055795706936632020-07-02T05:54:44.847-07:002020-07-02T05:54:44.847-07:00One of the guy's in or company took a Jeep to ...One of the guy's in or company took a Jeep to the top back in 1995.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188642669907788257.post-4060159563070698902019-10-28T02:17:49.547-07:002019-10-28T02:17:49.547-07:00I WAS IN THE 9TH INF. Back in 86-89, spent quite a...I WAS IN THE 9TH INF. Back in 86-89, spent quite a bit of time in Yakima and remember that hill quite well, we used to refer to it as the witch's tit. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188642669907788257.post-17134357625897156032017-05-31T19:36:28.813-07:002017-05-31T19:36:28.813-07:00Very interesting. I don't fully comprehend, bu...Very interesting. I don't fully comprehend, but I'm gathering that the hill has persisted while a lot of geological action has occurred around it. I was at the training center in November 2005 and the following April. Though there are more impressive features all around it, Pushtay's symmetry, position, and former name (which is seen on the maps that were, and probably still are, in use) make it a topic of discussion in a place where boredom reigns. Two weeks into the second visit, I earned a day off, so I decided to break the rules and sneak away from the cantonment area to climb Pushtay. The area is marked off limits, but I ignored that and slid under the fence. I hiked to the top, and also along the rim of the gorge. When I got back, no one even noticed that I had been gone, and I learned that we were heading home the next day. The last time I saw it was from the southbound rest area, where we stopped on the way from Seattle to Hell's Canyon, and ultimately back East.Zekenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188642669907788257.post-19002646440327562822016-07-12T07:56:27.131-07:002016-07-12T07:56:27.131-07:00Prospekt: The hill is not composed of volcanic mat...Prospekt: The hill is not composed of volcanic material.<br />Dan McShanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17044037213245602667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188642669907788257.post-14317393605395681192016-07-10T14:50:16.082-07:002016-07-10T14:50:16.082-07:00I just saw this for the first time the other day a...I just saw this for the first time the other day and knew immediately what I was looking at. It is a young volcanic mound, and if the conditions are still present, it should continue growing over time.<br />This feature is an excellent spot to test and prove the electromagnetic nature of how volcanoes form. I know this is not currently known, but if investigated, it will open up huge new areas in our understanding. Basically, instead of magma simply finding an opportune location to rise up and melt its way through the crust, what we actually have is a combination of an electric field coupled with the earth's magnetic field. Together, these forces create a swirling or vorticular field known as the Lorentz force.<br />It is spots just as these (though less active) that the great pyramid and the African stone circles were built on, and they can yield a significant amount of usable power if tapped into properly. <br />To first understand the principles; the sediments in the earth around such areas are electrically conductive and a sort of capacitor is formed between the earth and the ionosphere - hence, the electric field. Next is the magnetic field which impels electrons to orbit perpendicular to the electric field, this is where the vorticular flows come from. <br />I won't go too far into the physics of it (one can study the Lorentz force and see how it's used in various devices), but what you have in these spots are a special kind of field that swirls up from the peak of the mound or volcano, curves up and outward in all directions, and goes back down into the earth. By placing a conductive ring (a wire) at this spot where the field goes back into the earth, you can get a very large voltage and an appreciable amount of current as well. <br />Now, to find this region, all one needs is a copper bar about two feet long, with a volt meter connected to both ends. A person simply walks from the peak in a straight line with the bar perpendicular to the peak behind them. They should see voltages appear and disappear as they move outward, with one spot that has a far higher voltage than any other. And by repeating this exercise in all of the cardinal directions - and as many in between - one will find the place where to run their conductor. The ancients used this as a source of energy to power many of the same things we have today.<br />Well, there it is. Someone with the resources and access to this location needs to see if there is an allowable advantage to discovering it and revealing it to the world. Or it could be one of those things we sweep under the rug and forget about as it could cause problems with the established theories in various fields. Progress, after all, is a double-edged sword, and the higher-ups will know whether this is to be exploited or categorically denied.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04183621530656071308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188642669907788257.post-25330875133417958862010-12-27T08:14:23.177-08:002010-12-27T08:14:23.177-08:00A fine report on this landmark, Dan. I remember i...A fine report on this landmark, Dan. I remember it quite well from my days in the National Guard.Casey Klahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08020906666248399435noreply@blogger.com