70_NPORT
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I've seen that, lol. somewhere around these parts..hahahahood scoops on a formal....l leed a sheltered life
The most significant event ever witnessed?
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twostick
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I was in Winter Haven FL the day Challenger went down. I was in a motel watching the launch on TV when it blew up. I knew there was something seriously wrong when the commentator stammered "ummm that must be the second stage". I remember thinking I don't know what that was but it wasn't the second stage.
I went outside and you could see the split vapor trail in the sky from there.
Kevin
I went outside and you could see the split vapor trail in the sky from there.
Kevin
CanCritter
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All kidding aside would b challanger and 911....both stopped my workdays dead as l couldn't peel myself away from tv...both sad
Watched the moon landing and remember the day jfk was shot..we were in germany...didn't see any news but heard about it....was a deathly quiet day around the pmq's
Watched the moon landing and remember the day jfk was shot..we were in germany...didn't see any news but heard about it....was a deathly quiet day around the pmq's
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I had a Navy guy working for me about 20 years ago that was part of the Operation Crossroads nuke tests in the Bikini Atoll in 1946. He was an observer on a ship. He had some interesting stories. He's long gone now. Old Man Burke is what we called him...
Wildaugust
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Oh well...at least it doesn't have a Superbird wing.........yet.hood scoops on a formal....l leed a sheltered life
Rwc
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Have seen all mentioned. And I still think I am a young guy...would like to say 911 was the most horrific. Landing on the moon most exciting, for non personal stuff. Also would like to add another. The Apollo 1 tragedy. I remember hearing the details they released at the time and thinking, wow, that had to be horrible. Now more details are out it really was.
Grissom, White, and Chaffee. yeah that was a bad one. my dad was mad as hell about it. didn't fully know why -- but he said a lotta "bad words" every time somebody mentioned it. I have a pretty good memory of this one.
and it gave me nightmares as a kid even with the "sanitized" version of events back then. it was a fire on the pad, but it wasn't clear why it killed them. the REAL story is out there now -- and it ain't pretty at all how those fellas went. at least there are NO pictures of their dead bodies floating around cyberspace.
UN-like that Russian cosmonaut - Kamarov(sp?) - also in 1967. Crash landing his Soyuz capsule on the ground, NO parachute! different fatal circumstances, much worse outcome. Iron Curtain politics keep that quiet a long time.
DO NOT go looking for it if sickening images bother you -- but the story behind his accident is a fascinating and terrifying look at the Russian sacrifices to get to space.
Rwc
Senior Member
Grissom, White, and Chaffee. yeah that was a bad one. my dad was mad as hell about it. didn't fully know why -- but he said a lotta "bad words" every time somebody mentioned it. I have a pretty good memory of this one.
and it gave me nightmares as a kid even with the "sanitized" version of events back then. it was a fire on the pad, but it wasn't clear why it killed them. the REAL story is out there now -- and it ain't pretty at all how those fellas went. at least there are NO pictures of their dead bodies floating around cyberspace.
UN-like that Russian cosmonaut - Kamarov(sp?) - also in 1967. Crash landing his Soyuz capsule on the ground, NO parachute! different fatal circumstances, much worse outcome. Iron Curtain politics keep that quiet a long time.
DO NOT go looking for it if sickening images bother you -- but the story behind his accident is a fascinating and terrifying look at the Russian sacrifices to get to space.
Don't go to Google. The pics ar eout there now. And they didn't die of fire. They died of smoke inhalation
72Fury
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I have a deceased Uncle that was a B52 Pilot. In his basement is a poster on the wall that shows many of his bombing runs. I took a picture of it on my phone. At the the funeral one of his fellow pilots & friend spoke. This guy was a F4 pilot. He told a few stories about what kind of stuff a B52 pilot in Vietnam went through and about my Uncle. That is scary stuff.
In my lifetime, 911 is it. I know exactly where I was.
In my lifetime, 911 is it. I know exactly where I was.
72Fury
Senior Member
i WILL avoid the pics .. serves no purpose. that's sad. I read something a little different about how they perished, given the nature of the accident. i of course won't debate the morbid details here .. I will just revisit it and bypass the pics.
effin' internet - any crass, gross, sickening thing -- somebody has posted it
. mini rant over. thx again.
rags
Senior Member
your opinion does so mean something. i spend more time reading your stuff than anything else here. i nominate you: Most Respected Elder at f.c.b.o. seconds?
Tink
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I have to admit that witnessing some of those H-bomb tests has to have been awesome on an all new level. I too worked with a lot of WWII vets and Korean war vets. One old power plant operator I worked with had two merchant ships torpedoed and put him in the drink. He kept his wallet in a baggie. Nothing ever before can compare to an h-bomb detonation so you made me think about the most significant event ever. I should have titled this post as the most significant achievement but even that would include the assembly of the H-Bomb. Now I'm at a loss. Maybe the most benign achievement? Most technical achievement?
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
Thise mo-fo's that created the very first nuclear explosion test had no clue if that first chain reaction would run away and destroy the Earth or not.
CanCritter
Senior Member
Went from haveing a party line to the personal brick sized phone to my smart phone l can watch movies and chat in person real time.....disasters aside the phone has my vote
tbm3fan
Old Man with a Hat
Saw this about Challenger:
The Challenger disaster also provided a chance to see how traumatic events affected children's psyches. At least one psychological study has found that memories of the Challenger explosion were similar to memories of experiencing single, unrepeated traumas. The majority of children's memories of Challenger were often clear and consistent, and even things like personal placement such as who they were with or what they were doing when they heard the news were remembered well. In one U.S. study, children's memories were recorded and tested again. Children on the East Coast recalled the event more easily than children on the West Coast, due to the time difference. Children on the East Coast either saw the explosion on TV while in school, or heard people talking about it. On the other side of the country, most children were either on their way to school, or just beginning their morning classes. Researchers found that those children who saw the explosion on TV had a more emotional connection to the event, and thus had an easier time remembering it. After one year the children's memories were tested, and those on the East Coast recalled the event better than their West Coast counterparts. Regardless of where they were when it happened, the Challenger explosion was still an important event that many children easily remembered
So that would have been true for me on Nov. 22, 1963. I was just 26 days from turning 10 years old. To this day I can literally walk myself through that day starting from when I heard Mother Superior ask the school to say prayers for JFK and some minutes later announce he was dead all the way up to 10:00 pm when I went to bed. I still have everything from those two weeks in Life magazines and Baltimore Sun newspapers stored away. I know where the stuff is but haven't looked at it since the 60's. My picture of the JFK's Cassion was looked at once when I got the film back in December 1963 and hasn't been looked at since but I know where it is.
The Challenger disaster also provided a chance to see how traumatic events affected children's psyches. At least one psychological study has found that memories of the Challenger explosion were similar to memories of experiencing single, unrepeated traumas. The majority of children's memories of Challenger were often clear and consistent, and even things like personal placement such as who they were with or what they were doing when they heard the news were remembered well. In one U.S. study, children's memories were recorded and tested again. Children on the East Coast recalled the event more easily than children on the West Coast, due to the time difference. Children on the East Coast either saw the explosion on TV while in school, or heard people talking about it. On the other side of the country, most children were either on their way to school, or just beginning their morning classes. Researchers found that those children who saw the explosion on TV had a more emotional connection to the event, and thus had an easier time remembering it. After one year the children's memories were tested, and those on the East Coast recalled the event better than their West Coast counterparts. Regardless of where they were when it happened, the Challenger explosion was still an important event that many children easily remembered
So that would have been true for me on Nov. 22, 1963. I was just 26 days from turning 10 years old. To this day I can literally walk myself through that day starting from when I heard Mother Superior ask the school to say prayers for JFK and some minutes later announce he was dead all the way up to 10:00 pm when I went to bed. I still have everything from those two weeks in Life magazines and Baltimore Sun newspapers stored away. I know where the stuff is but haven't looked at it since the 60's. My picture of the JFK's Cassion was looked at once when I got the film back in December 1963 and hasn't been looked at since but I know where it is.
70_NPORT
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Never tell me not to do something....ugh.
The most significant event that I have witnessed in my lifetime is directly affecting all of us right now. The invention of the internet.
Think about it... We are all easily communicating through it... Information and knowledge about other things we are discussing are right at our fingertips. Couldn't have start to have done this 30 years ago...
Think about it... We are all easily communicating through it... Information and knowledge about other things we are discussing are right at our fingertips. Couldn't have start to have done this 30 years ago...
72Fury
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The internet is a good one. Good and bad, it's amazing how something can change almost everything.
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