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Ptah

(32,983 posts)
Sat Jun 28, 2014, 08:27 PM Jun 2014

DemoTex, heard you on the radio today!

Heard you on the radio today!

Mac Tippins will spend four to five months on duty at the Lemmon Rock Lookout searching for fires.

The first lookout on Lemmon Rock was built in 1902. Since then, the site has been used to watch for wildfires in the valleys surrounding Tucson and other lands as far away as the Little Dragoon Mountains near Willcox.

The current building on Lemmon Rock dates to 1936.


Nestled in the pines of Mt. Lemmon, the Lemmon Rock Lookout sits on an outcrop of rock from which much of the Tucson metro area is visible.

As this year's new fire lookout, Tippins will actively search for fires for a standard workweek, but also be on call any time he is in the tower, which also serves as his residence.


https://news.azpm.org/p/news-fp-featured/2014/6/26/38428-keeping-a-look-out-for-fires/

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DemoTex, heard you on the radio today! (Original Post) Ptah Jun 2014 OP
Wasn't that grand, my dear Ptah? CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2014 #1
I enjoyed it very much. Ptah Jun 2014 #3
Nice!!! calimary Jun 2014 #2
How cool is that???? Suich Jun 2014 #4
thank you for the link! magical thyme Jun 2014 #5
Moi? DemoTex Jun 2014 #7
DemoTex is... love_katz Jun 2014 #6
I was very happy with the final results .. especially the TV version DemoTex Jun 2014 #8
Well, this is absolutely the cherry on top of everything we've seen ChisolmTrailDem Jun 2014 #10
I am fortunate to have heard the radio show. Ptah Jun 2014 #11
Unfortunately, the Arizona Public Media (NPR/PBS) team faces steep UA funding cut Ptah Jun 2014 #15
I send Mac's stuff to volunteer firefighters in Australia Skittles Jun 2014 #9
Rec'd and bookmarked for later listening! Kaleva Jun 2014 #12
Sunday evening kick. Ptah Jun 2014 #13
Wonderful! Hekate Jun 2014 #14
Very cool! Hassin Bin Sober Jun 2014 #16
cool! Kali Jul 2014 #17
k&r nt steve2470 Jul 2014 #18

Suich

(10,642 posts)
4. How cool is that????
Sat Jun 28, 2014, 09:15 PM
Jun 2014

It's nice to put a voice to the face! And now I know exactly what an azimuth is! Great interview!

Thanks so much, Ptah!



DemoTex

(25,370 posts)
8. I was very happy with the final results .. especially the TV version
Sat Jun 28, 2014, 11:59 PM
Jun 2014

The Arizona Public Media (NPR/PBS) team, under Zac Ziegler, did an excellent job with this. I sent an email to a friend today about this saying, "ZZ is Tops!"

The voice-overs were extremely well done, given my rambling (which, because of ZZ's editing, did not show). Zac saw some of my photography in the lookout, and decided on the spot to make some of my work the center piece of the program. The music was actually what was playing in the lookout (Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata&quot . I wish it had been Rachmaninov's "Variations on a Theme by Paganini!" THAT would have spiced things up!

Ironically, I had just sent this link to the DU Admins. I thought they would get a kick out of it. Never though it would be posted in GD! Thanks Ptah!

I did tell the Admins about the strong DU presence in Tucson. I have always thought Tucson and Flagstaff to be the saner parts of Arizona. I also related a meeting I had hiking in the Wilderness of Rocks after work yesterday: it was with a wonderful woman who had photographed the Gabriel Giffords/Mark Kelly wedding for the NY Times. I saw her work (lots of environmental stuff), including Gabby Gifford's wedding photos: AWESOME!

Click on "Watch program ..."
https://news.azpm.org/p/news-fp-featured/2014/6/26/38428-keeping-a-look-out-for-fires/

 

ChisolmTrailDem

(9,463 posts)
10. Well, this is absolutely the cherry on top of everything we've seen
Sun Jun 29, 2014, 02:14 AM
Jun 2014

from you and your adventures as a fire lookout!

What a great video and you are looking fantastic, DemoTex!

Thank you for your service keeping lookout for fires that may harm life or property and thank you for sharing your story with us on DU.



Ptah

(32,983 posts)
11. I am fortunate to have heard the radio show.
Sun Jun 29, 2014, 07:49 AM
Jun 2014

The videos are delightful as well.

Thanks for all you do.

Ptah

(32,983 posts)
15. Unfortunately, the Arizona Public Media (NPR/PBS) team faces steep UA funding cut
Sun Jun 29, 2014, 10:19 PM
Jun 2014

Tucson’s public radio and television broadcaster is bracing for fallout from a
$2 million funding cut being phased in by the University of Arizona starting
next month.

Arizona Public Media, which operates radio station KUAZ and TV station KUAT
from the campus, will see its annual income slashed by $400,000 starting July 1,
with additional cuts each year until 2019.

Last school year, the UA provided $2.6 million in cash contributions to the
public broadcaster, about one-quarter of its $11.7 million budget. The UA
cash portion will drop to $600,0000 a year once the five-year phase-in for
cuts is complete.

The UA also provides another $2 million or so a year in in-kind services such
as human resources support and utilities, UA spokesman Chris Sigurdson said.
That support will continue, he said.

http://azstarnet.com/news/local/education/college/public-broadcaster-faces-steep-ua-funding-cut/article_c2580a42-dc6d-5332-b285-5a6dd5b2ee37.html

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