"Farinacci sat on a nearby boulder"
The Enemy Below (1957)
(from internet transcript)
Mr. Mackeson. I'm giving you a hypothetical problem.
Aye, Captain?
Take our last contact with the target as a start.
Our course was 164, sir.
Give the target a course of 260, keep him on it for 30 minutes at a speed of four knots.
260, 30 minutes, four knots.
Bring him back on course 140 for 30 minutes at a speed of eight knots.
140, 30 minutes, eight knots.
We'll hold our present course and speed for half an hour.
30 at 18.
From there, give me a course and speed to intercept the target.
Will we make a lost-contact search?
We won't catch this bird in a search pattern. I'm sure he's come off our keel and scooted in the opposite direction.
Our course would be 239 degrees, speed 19 knots. We would intercept in 28 minutes from the beginning of the run, sir.
All right, we'll try it.
Target might not come back on course 140.
I think he will. He's got an important mission. Nothing'll stop him short of being sunk.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stand_(2020_miniseries)
The Stand (2020 miniseries)
From Wikipedia
The Stand is an American post-apocalyptic fantasy television [sic] miniseries comprising nine episodes, based on the 1978 novel of the same name by Stephen King.
The plot centers on a pandemic resulting from a mishap at a military biological research facility, which allows the escape of a lethal strain of influenza. After the pandemic kills almost the entire world population, the few survivors are drawn to one of two figures, Randall Flagg and Mother Abagail, setting up a final good-vs-evil confrontation. The adaptation alters details (gender, ethnicity, age, etc.) of some main characters, moves the setting to the modern-day 21st century, and features a new ending in the final episode co-written by Stephen King
Episode 6 "The Vigil" January 21, 2021
Donald Merwin Elbert, aka "Trashcan Man", arrives in New Vegas where Flagg orders him to use his pyromaniac weapons-sensing ability to find a nuclear bomb, which Flagg plans to use against Boulder. One of Lloyd's men kills Judge Farris, angering Flagg, who wanted to force her to reveal the last spy. Flagg figures it out too late as Tom has already left Vegas hiding in a truck carrying corpses. In Boulder, Mother Abagail has ventured into the woods to commune with God and atone for her sin of pride, and to try and figure out God's plan. She is confronted by Flagg, who taunts and attacks her. Harold and Nadine rig Mother Abagail's house with explosives, planning to set it off during a vigil for her. Joe warns Larry of Nadine's duplicity just as he realizes that the batteries in his walkie-talkie have been removed, and his motorcycle has been sabotaged. Frannie breaks into Harold's house and finds his surveillance-room and explosives. Harold finds her and tries to trap her, but she manages to escape. Joe hears Mother Abagail's voice and finds her in the woods, where she is rescued. Harold and Nadine activate the explosives just as Frannie arrives to warn the committee. The blast kills many, including Nick.
From 1/21/2021 ( ) To 7/6/2025 ( ) is 1627 days
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https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/statement-following-the-safe-return-the-apollo-13-astronauts
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Otash
Rainbow Six (1998) - by Tom Clancy, author
excerpt, CHAPTER 31
(from internet)
Now he could understand why Brightling had shrugged off the amount he'd transferred to the terrorists. Horizon corporation had spent more paving one of the access roads than all the money Popov had taken from the corporate coffers and translated into his own. But this place was important. You could see that in every detail, down the revolving doors that kept the air inside-every door,, ay he'd seen was like some sort of air lock, and made him think of a spacecraft. Not a single dollar had been spared make this facility perfect. But perfect for what?
Popov shook his head and sipped at his tea. The quality of the food was excellent. The quality of everything was excellent, except the absurdly pedestrian artwork. There was, therefore, not a single mistake here. Brightling was not the sort of man to compromise on anything, was he? Therefore, Dmitriy Arkadeyevich told himself, everything acre was deliberate, and everything fit into a pattern, from which he could discern the purpose of the building and the man who'd erected it. He'd allowed himself to be beguiled this day with his tour-and his physical examination? What the hell was that all about? The doctor had given him an injection. A "booster" he'd called it. But what for? Against what? Outside this shrine to technology was a mere farm, and outside that, wild animals, which his driver of the day had seemed to worship.
Druids, he thought. In his time as a field officer in England he'd taken the time to read books and learn about the culture of the English, played the tourist, even traveled to Stonehenge and other places, in the hope of understanding the people better. Ultimately, though, he found that history was history, and though highly interesting, no more logical there than in the Soviet Union-where history had mainly been lies concocted to fit the ideological pattern of Marxism-Leninism.
Druids had been pagans, their culture based on the gods supposed to live in trees and rocks, and to which human lives had been sacrificed. That had doubtless been a measure exercised by the druid priesthood to maintain their control over the peasants and the nobility, too, in fact, as all religions tended to do. In return for offering some hope and certainty for the greatest mysteries of life - what happened after death, why the rain fell when it did, how the world had come to be-they extracted their price of earthly power, which was to tell everyone how to live. It had probably been a way for people of intellectual gifts but ignoble birth to achieve the power associated with the nobility. But it had always been about power - earthly power. And like the members of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, the druid priesthood had probably believed that which they said and that which they enforced because-they had to believe it. It had been the source of their power, and you had to believe in that.
But these people here weren't primitives, were they? They were mainly scientists, some of them world leaders in their fields. Horizon Corporation was a collection of geniuses, wasn't it? How else had Brightling accumulated so much money?
Popov frowned as he piled his plates back on the tray, then walked off to deposit them on the collection table. This was oddly like the KGB cafeteria at Number 2 Dzerzhinsky Square. Good food and anonymity. Finished, he made his way back to his room, still in the dark as to what the hell had taken place in his life over the past months. Druids? How could people of science be like that? Vegans? How could people of good sense not want to eat meat? What was so special about the gray-brown antelopes that lived on the margins of the property? And that man, he was the director of security here, and therefore he was supposedly a man with the highest personal trust. A fucking vegetarian in a land that produced beef in quantities the rest of the world could only dream about.
What the hell was that shot for? Popov wondered again as he flipped on the television. "Booster"? Against what? Why had he been examined at all? The deeper he went, the more information he found, the more perplexing the puzzle became.
But whatever this was all about, it had to be commensurate in scope to the investment Brightling and his company had made - and that was vast! And whatever it was about, it didn't shrink at causing the death of people unknown and clearly unimportant to John Brightling. But what possible pattern did all of that fit?
Popov admitted yet again that he still didn't have a clue. Had he reported on this adventure to his KGB superiors, they would have thought him slightly mad, but they would have ordered him to pursue the case further until he had some sort of conclusion to present, and because he was KGB-trained, he could no more stop pursuing the facts to their conclusion than he could stop breathing.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/apollo-13-oxygen-tank-explodes/print
HISTORY
APRIL 13, 1970 : APOLLO 13 OXYGEN TANK EXPLODES
On April 13, 1970, disaster strikes 200,000 miles from Earth when oxygen tank No. 2 blows up on Apollo 13, the third manned lunar landing mission. Astronauts James A. Lovell, John L. Swigert, and Fred W. Haise had left Earth two days before for the Fra Mauro highlands of the moon but were forced to turn their attention to simply making it home alive.
Mission commander Lovell reported to mission control on Earth: “Houston, we’ve had a problem here,” and it was discovered that the normal supply of oxygen, electricity, light, and water had been disrupted. The landing mission was aborted, and the astronauts and controllers on Earth scrambled to come up with emergency procedures. The crippled spacecraft continued to the moon, circled it, and began a long, cold journey back to Earth.
The astronauts and mission control were faced with enormous logistical problems in stabilizing the spacecraft and its air supply, and providing enough energy to the damaged fuel cells to allow successful reentry into Earth’s atmosphere. Navigation was another problem, and Apollo 13‘s course was repeatedly corrected with dramatic and untested maneuvers.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/arson-suspect-confessed-setting-dozens-214500723.html
Yahoo! News
The Center Square
Arson suspect confessed to setting dozens of Spokane wildfires, records show
Andrew Paxton
Updated Thu, August 6, 2026 at 2:45 PM PDT 3 min read
(The Center Square) - A 37-year-old Spokane man is facing formal arson charges after allegedly confessing to starting dozens of wildfires across Spokane County over a year-long period, culminating in a massive 3,200-acre blaze that has destroyed hundreds of structures so far.
According to court records filed Wednesday in Spokane County Superior Court, Aaron Farinacci was arrested and charged following an investigation into the fast-moving Old Trails fire.
Detectives with the Spokane County Sheriff's Office stated in an affidavit of facts that probable cause exists to hold Farinacci responsible for the catastrophic wildfire, as well as a series of serial arson incidents dating back to July 2025.
By Aug. 2, the Old Trails fire had swept through roughly 3,200 acres near Old Trails Road and Euclid Road, destroying more than 400 structures and remaining at zero percent containment.
As of Thursday, the fire, along with two others in the area, has destroyed more than 900 structures and burned more than 10,000 acres combined, authorities said.
Investigative documents reveal that Farinacci's alleged actions were deliberate and heavily calculated. Authorities say Farinacci monitored weather conditions through a wildfire tracking app and intentionally selecting days with severe weather warnings, court documents show.
On Aug. 1, knowing that Spokane County was under a Red Flag Warning and a Particularly Dangerous Situation advisory, he anticipated wind gusts up to 50 miles per hour before setting out to ignite the brush near active railroad tracks, according to authorities.
Investigators noted that Farinacci brought time-delay ignition components with him and timed the fire to maximize spread, remarking to detectives that conditions were ideal to start the blaze and "let the fire take its course."
The location was chosen to maximize damage, according to the report.
"He decided to light the fire at this location because he knew it 'was gonna get bad.' By 'bad' he meant it would be a large fire, but claimed he did not intend for it to get as large as it did," according to the report.
During police interviews, Farinacci reportedly admitted that his serial arson spree began on July 4, 2025. Over the following five weeks alone, he claimed responsibility for setting approximately 25 separate fires using lighters, primarily targeting brush areas near his residence at the Copper River Apartments, along the Spokane River, and throughout the Centennial Trail, documents show.
Among those incidents was the July 6, 2025, Aubrey White fire near mile marker 30 of the Centennial Trail. Court documents state that after igniting the fire, Farinacci sat on a nearby boulder, injured, expecting authorities to track the trail of flames directly to him. He was briefly contacted by law enforcement at the scene but not arrested at the time.
Farinacci also confessed to starting the Fort George fire on Aug. 11, 2025, in the Equestrian area of Riverside State Park. That 15-acre fire triggered evacuations for local RV parks and horse arenas.
Law enforcement personnel had stopped Farinacci on a park bench shortly after the incident, taking photos of his Arizona identification card and a package of Bic lighters, documents show.
Throughout the investigation, law enforcement described Farinacci as detail-oriented and highly knowledgeable about fire behavior, local wind patterns and emergency response procedures.
He admitted to planning a secondary strategy to provoke a fatal police encounter if cornered, but ultimately decided to feign innocence during his initial contacts with deputies. Farinacci later accompanied detectives to physically point out multiple ignition points from his previous arsons.
Farinacci was also previously convicted of manslaughter in Arizona.
He was initially being held on a $1 million bond, which was increased to $2 million following additional charges for two other fires he confessed to starting last year.
He remains in custody as formal court proceedings move forward in Spokane County Superior Court.
- by me, Kerry Wayne Burgess, posted by me: 01:46 AM Pacific-timezone USA Friday 08/07/2026
