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Camping It Up – Again!

Posted on October 20, 2011 by gar

Today California held what was called the Great California Shakeout, an annual earthquake preparedness drill where everyone ducks and covers at the appointed time.  At 10:20 a.m. PDT sirens rang out and everyone hit the desks.  For those who didn’t, Mother Nature provided a different incentive:  a real earthquake.  Berkeley, near the gar spot headquarters,…

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Tightly Rapt

Posted on May 19, 2011May 20, 2011 by gar

I had never heard of Harold Camping.  I am familiar with Family Radio, the station he helped to establish in the 1960s.  It was one of many evangelical shortwave stations I encountered on the dial during my long years of traveling international radio.  I paid it no mind.  Evangelical stations are typically, though not exclusively,…

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