TriX wrote:
My uncle, Lt. Preston Carrington, served on the Forrestal, but no idea if he was aboard when the tragic explosion and fire occurred.
I'd be curious. I was on the Bon Homme Richard and we were just leaving Vietnam waters when we received notice that we had to turn around and render assistance to the Forrestal. I have a friend here in town that was on the Forrestal when that event happened. My brother still has a newspaper clipping about that event at home. That is a very emotional moment for me in some ways, as I saw all the body bags being brought onto our ship.
jerryc41 wrote:
My wife and I used to spend a week or two at our timeshare in Orlando in the winter. That was great. We relaxed, swam, went to Disney and Universal and Sea World. Great memories.
My stupid sister-in-law moved there but moved back. "Too hot." She didn't know that Florida was hot? 🤣
I'll take that Florida heat any day. What I don't like in Florida is the hurricanes. Lived in Tampa Bay for 13 years. I was on the outskirts of 4 of them. I think earthquakes can be more dangerous, but it depends on where you are in relationship to the center and other factors.
RKastner wrote:
We'd welcome you with open arms!
We do occasionally have these little storms that have some rain and wind though. At least it doesn't snow and we a whole different definition of what "cold" means. LOL
A lot of lightning strikes in the Tampa Bay area
Well, if someone shows me where the outlet is.
jerryc41 wrote:
It took only minutes for the conspiracy nuts to get going about the NJ/NY earthquake yesterday. I'm glad I finally experienced an earthquake, though. Every time I was in CA, I hoped that I would feel at least a tremor.
Earthquake is 4.8; eclipse is on 4/8. "It's a conspiracy. The government is up to something! God doesn't like the northeast!"
https://www.google.com/search?q=NY+earthquake+conspiracy&oq=NY+earthquake+conspiracy&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOdIBCTEzNDU1ajBqNKgCALACAQ&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
If you have to wonder why the world is in such a mess, it simple. Human beings are in charge. People are idiots! Look at how worked up people got over a tremor.
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A quake in NY by itself doesn't mean much. It is a scientific fact though that the frequency of earthquakes has been increasing for a number of years now. That increase is expected to continue.
I have been in several earthquakes. None of them really big, at least not at my position, but some of those were quite serious for some people nearer the epicenter. I barely experienced an earthquake several years ago while living in Northern California that was stronger in the San Fran area, and happened sometime around the beginning of a world series game. I had a case many years ago, visiting a friend in Washington when the ground started jerking, and since my friend was a practical joker I thought he had something to do with it. Then I looked at him and he was innocently watching tv. Then I realized it was an earthquake in the Mt, Saint Helen's area. I have been through a few earthquakes in Boise, Idaho but the epicenter was around Yellowstone. Yellowstone is being closely watched for earthquake activity, and/or huge geysers going off. There are faults all over the world though the best know is the ring of fire which goes all around the Pacific; the west coast is totally at risk, as is Alaska, Japan, and much of the eastern pacific. It is easy to get carried away with the data. But it is a real threat. It really is.
Warhorse wrote:
I'm just curious as to how many veterans we have here, so I will start the ball rolling.
USMC, MOS-1391, 1975-1979, rank at discharge Sergeant E-5
USN 1966 -1970, Bon Homme Richard, attack aircraft carrier