Event of the day: May 3rd

[Made In Quebec]

Did you know that,

116 years ago, after a long period of drought, a spark from a chimney caused a fire outbreak in Jacksonville, Florida which became known as the Great Fire of 1901. The spark ignited a pile of spanish moss that was drying nearby. Factory workers attempted to put out the fire with water buckets, but when the wind picked up, they lost control of it. Fire spread through the city at the same speed as a human can walk, culminating in the destruction of 146 city blocks, over 2,300 buildings burned to ashes, and more than 10,000 homeless. The glow from the flames could be seen from Georgia, and the smoke plumes in North Carolina.

History, needs never be forgotten!

 

[Diesel]

Interesting I certainly find your posts entertaining and educational. I think when it comes to history it's not that it is forgotten as much as those who understand it die off and those who come after us don't "grok" it, if you get my Robert Heinlen reference.

 

[Made In Quebec]

Interesting I certainly find your posts entertaining and educational. I think when it comes to history it's not that it is forgotten as much as those who understand it die off and those who come after us don't "grok" it, if you get my Robert Heinlen reference.

I am glad you enjoy them

I am fascinated by history, we only know so much of the world.

It's so amazing when you take the time to sit down, see at everything that happened, leading to what we became today.

The hardship that people before us had to go through amazes me, and I am sometimes jealous of other era, as I consider they had it better than us on many levels.