http://redwhiteandblueintheface.info/?p=150 Blogging about the inseparability of God, faith, and everyday life Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:11:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://redwhiteandblueintheface.info/?p=150&cpage=1#comment-101 Daniel Bauer Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:05:17 +0000 http://redwhiteandblueintheface.info/?p=150#comment-101 Just a short note to let you know that somebody else remembers Adak! I was working as a structural engineer at WESTDIV, Naval Facilities Engineering Command at the time. Iwent to Adak to inspect an old WW II wooden pier at Finger Bay which was being leased to Crabbers at the time. This was in October 1973. I flew into Anchorage on a Sunday night as I recall and left for Adak the next day on an 11 hour Reeves Airline flight. I spent about 2 days inspecting the underside of the pier, which had been devastated by the "pile worms" as well as an under pier fire some years past. When I got back to San Bruno & turned in my condition report, it was decided that it was best to demolish it as it was totally unsafe. My impression of Adak from the week I spent there is that it was deserving of the sign I saw at the Airport terminal: Birthplace of the winds" and that the roads were absolutely abominable. The sun actually did come out while I was there and I saw Mt Moffett, which, I was told, was a rare sight in October.The last night I was there, on Thursday night, there was a very fierce wind & I was staying in a trailer (which shook most violently all night) since there were a number of officers there for some meetings which didn't concern me, but did bump me out of the BOQ for my stay. I did see some beauty in Adak as it was very green & when I left (hours late) in the afternoon the sky was very beautiful with red & orange sunset colors. I got into Anchorage very late and had to get up early the next morning for a return flight to San Francisco. Anchorage was , like Adak much, more impressive on the return flight. Anyway, I would probably agree that Adak would be a personally challenging duty assignment from what I had seen & heard. Peace to you, Dan Bauer Just a short note to let you know that somebody else remembers Adak! I was working as a structural engineer at WESTDIV, Naval Facilities Engineering Command at the time. Iwent to Adak to inspect an old WW II wooden pier at Finger Bay which was being leased to Crabbers at the time. This was in October 1973. I flew into Anchorage on a Sunday night as I recall and left for Adak the next day on an 11 hour Reeves Airline flight. I spent about 2 days inspecting the underside of the pier, which had been devastated by the “pile worms” as well as an under pier fire some years past. When I got back to San Bruno & turned in my condition report, it was decided that it was best to demolish it as it was totally unsafe.
My impression of Adak from the week I spent there is that it was deserving of the sign I saw at the Airport terminal: Birthplace of the winds” and that the roads were absolutely abominable. The sun actually did come out while I was there and I saw Mt Moffett, which, I was told, was a rare sight in October.The last night I was there, on Thursday night, there was a very fierce wind & I was staying in a trailer (which shook most violently all night) since there were a number of officers there for some meetings which didn’t concern me, but did bump me out of the BOQ for my stay. I did see some beauty in Adak as it was very green & when I left (hours late) in the afternoon the sky was very beautiful with red & orange sunset colors. I got into Anchorage very late and had to get up early the next morning for a return flight to San Francisco. Anchorage was , like Adak much, more impressive on the return flight.
Anyway, I would probably agree that Adak would be a personally challenging duty assignment from what I had seen & heard.
Peace to you,
Dan Bauer

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