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The Big One

Posted on April 18, 2023 by Caryn

On April 18, 1906, many of the people in the San Francisco, California area were sound asleep in their beds. It was, after all, 5:13am. Suddenly, the people were jolted awake by an earthquake, which was estimated to be close to 8.0 on the Richter scale. Continue reading →

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First Parachute Jump

Posted on October 22, 2020 by Caryn

Jumping out of a perfectly good airplane…known by most of us as a parachute jump…is something that the majority of us would probably not do. Still, there are many people that love to jump, and others who would love to try it. I would have thought that this was a rather new hobby, Continue reading →

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Twenty Three Sets Of Brothers

Posted on December 7, 2019 by Caryn

Probably the most notable memorials of the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, is the Arizona Memorial, which floats atop the sunken ship USS Arizona, Continue reading →

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Friction Lights

Posted on October 16, 2018 by Caryn

Human beings have always had an interest in fire. Of course, fires have been around…forever, but people didn’t always have the ability to control them, or even get them started. Then 1826, John Walker was stirring a pot of chemicals … Continue reading →

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A Different Kind Of Deployment

Posted on June 20, 2018 by Caryn

When we think of deployment, we think of the military and of war, but there are other ways to be deployed too, and some of them do not even include the military. Every year, thousands of firefighters are separated from … Continue reading →

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Let It Burn???

Posted on September 15, 2015 by Caryn

There is a fire burning in Yellowstone National Park. There are fires burning all over the western United States, as a matter of fact, but this particular fire bring back memories of the last big fire in Yellowstone National Park, … Continue reading →

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Western Fires

Posted on August 28, 2015 by Caryn

This year has been unique in a horrible sort of way. We are used to California having fires every year when the Santa Ana Winds kick in, bringing scorching heat that dries out the vegetation, making it vulnerable to the … Continue reading →

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Signs Of The Times

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Caryn

I have been reading my Great Aunt Bertie Schumacher’s journal for a while now, and every time I pick it up I find something new. She started her journal by talking about how any writer can become famous in time, … Continue reading →

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