tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post8933904484133482396..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Well, actually maybe that wasn't so funny.Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-70295995658087859182011-08-22T20:04:44.791-04:002011-08-22T20:04:44.791-04:00there was an attempt by a U Boat to shell Portland...there was an attempt by a U Boat to shell Portland Harbor, in Portland, Maine. When the u-boat began to surface to clear the guns, it was run over by a fishing trawler, ripping the conning tower off, and sinking with all hands.SewerDwellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05783264005006417842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-66901635965263809272011-08-19T22:34:06.535-04:002011-08-19T22:34:06.535-04:00I know the fire balloons damage was little compare...I know the fire balloons damage was little compared to fat man and little boy, but it's good to remember that the indiscriminate firebombs were deliberately launched knowing the brunt of the attack was to be born by civilians.<br /><br /><br />All this talk about I-40 had me fall into this great story about the capture of <a href="http://www.pacerfarm.org/i-400/" rel="nofollow">I-400</a>. (takes a while to load, or you can get it at archive.org)Standard Mischiefhttp://standardmischief.com/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-11794111538336003772011-08-19T21:02:28.961-04:002011-08-19T21:02:28.961-04:00I-25 ! I had no idea. Not only did it shell a fo...I-25 ! I had no idea. Not only did it shell a fort (granted not civilians) but it tried the airplane version of the ballon stunt!<br /><br />http://www.offbeatoregon.com/o1101e-Japanese-submarine-blasted-its-way-into-Oregon-history.html<br /><br />Well on our coast I guess the Germans never felt like shelling us.russell1200https://www.blogger.com/profile/16258915475311426433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-52739266192584433682011-08-19T19:45:21.537-04:002011-08-19T19:45:21.537-04:00I-25 was the other one, as you indicated.I-25 was the other one, as you indicated.Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-35812890609118070292011-08-19T16:46:05.317-04:002011-08-19T16:46:05.317-04:00You write, I read. Thanks.You write, I read. Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-54254767889171032562011-08-19T13:35:04.957-04:002011-08-19T13:35:04.957-04:00A missionary Joke! LOL! The old China-India missio...A <i>missionary</i> Joke! LOL! The old China-India missionary-hands I knew would have laughed, and <i>then</i> prayed a short prayer.NotClauswitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14358707844087117280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-80114023922556291802011-08-19T13:16:35.048-04:002011-08-19T13:16:35.048-04:00Fort Stevens up the coast from Port Orford also go...Fort Stevens up the coast from Port Orford also got shelled by subs.<br /><br />The battery commander decided to not expose his dreadnaught era guns and return fire because the AA gun the japs were using seriously outranged his antiquated ordinance.Kristophrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08370888276707569365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-65435838285961825402011-08-19T13:14:38.503-04:002011-08-19T13:14:38.503-04:00Anon 12:45,
...and shelled by the I-25!Anon 12:45,<br /><br />...and shelled by the I-25!Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-64535582477721950752011-08-19T13:07:09.844-04:002011-08-19T13:07:09.844-04:00The closest thing to the balloons (civilian mainla...The closest thing to the balloons (civilian mainland deathwise) I can think of is the mines laid in east coast harbors by the U-boats. I know they caused damage, but I don't if any civilians were killed. Obviously, they would not have been "on land" when the mine went off.russell1200https://www.blogger.com/profile/16258915475311426433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-70146310692465806472011-08-19T12:45:39.485-04:002011-08-19T12:45:39.485-04:00Oregon was a big target, for some reason.
We got ...Oregon was a big target, for some reason.<br /><br />We got attacked by a sub-launched float plane, too.<br /><br />http://www.portorfordlifeboatstation.org/article1.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-26692009624313791722011-08-19T12:25:22.388-04:002011-08-19T12:25:22.388-04:00And thus you demonstrate the difference between co...And thus you demonstrate the difference between conservatives and liberals, after learning all that the liberal would promptly suppress it and still come up with some kinda schlock comedy....Thomas Fnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-51230876722250612482011-08-19T11:35:23.291-04:002011-08-19T11:35:23.291-04:00The Air Force museum. Damn auto completion.The Air Force museum. Damn auto completion.T.Stahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05351094909296928284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-80858246180935798682011-08-19T11:32:39.781-04:002011-08-19T11:32:39.781-04:00The AT museum in Dayton has a salvaged ballot, IIR...The AT museum in Dayton has a salvaged ballot, IIRC. I'll see if I have pictures of it.T.Stahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05351094909296928284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-58854435060659058412011-08-19T11:13:46.255-04:002011-08-19T11:13:46.255-04:00I knew the first part, but not the second. Thanks ...I knew the first part, but not the second. Thanks for that.<br /><br />There is also a connection between Japanese balloon bombs, conscientious objectors, a unit of black paratroopers that the Army did not know what to with (IIRC), and the development of smoke-jumpers for wildland firefighting.<br /><br />And I remember the article that Dwight Brown mentioned--a typical McPhee examination of forensic geology, which also caught the murderer of a member of the Coors family, of Colorado brewing fame.Chas S. Cliftonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00923547685265741325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-69542503369660794152011-08-19T10:27:10.796-04:002011-08-19T10:27:10.796-04:00People like Reverend Mitchell are good antidotes t...People like Reverend Mitchell are good antidotes to thinking the world is sh!t. <br /><br />Good to remember when people run down faith, too.staghoundshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05976667812875074135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-42184906621804920972011-08-19T09:46:50.188-04:002011-08-19T09:46:50.188-04:00Jim: You want to up the weirdness quotient even mo...Jim: You want to up the weirdness quotient even more? Look up "LED throwies" on the internet. There are individual LEDs that flash all by themselves. <br /><br />So a couple of wafer/coin batteries and a few blinking LEDs attached to the underside of the fire pan...Northhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12778737553770514684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-13393191440283823532011-08-19T09:39:34.590-04:002011-08-19T09:39:34.590-04:00Oh fine, North. Now you have me thinking about goi...Oh fine, North. Now you have me thinking about going out to the shop and building a sky lantern. Just what I need to further elevate the weirdness quotient assigned me by some of the neighbors.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00034752526895428019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-91502012413704106242011-08-19T09:35:36.025-04:002011-08-19T09:35:36.025-04:00I think John M<Phee has also written about the ...I think John M<Phee has also written about the fire balloons, in the context of the forensic geology done to determine where the sand used as ballast came from.<br /><br />I know the New Yorker gets a bad rap in some circles, but I've always found McPhee's work fascinating.Dwight Brownhttp://www.sportsfirings.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-26987881090136553682011-08-19T09:14:24.735-04:002011-08-19T09:14:24.735-04:00I remember reading about these fire balloon bombs ...I remember reading about these fire balloon bombs as recently as July. I guess it was because I was looking up information on Chinese lanterns. (I have launched a few. Remarkable and eerie sight to see in the sky.)Northhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12778737553770514684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-4626526593490667322011-08-19T09:06:58.320-04:002011-08-19T09:06:58.320-04:00And here I sit, ashamed that I did not know the de...And here I sit, ashamed that I did not know the details of that story before hand. I'm sorry that your 'brain tickle' led you down that path and took away your funny comment, but I appreciate you posting the info...greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10282685892329599436noreply@blogger.com