tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post8318453088708396375..comments2024-03-06T11:07:23.753-05:00Comments on Ocracoke Island Journal: Lillie F. SchmidtPhiliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01572532603071469799noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-37589734522575174692013-02-21T07:17:26.976-05:002013-02-21T07:17:26.976-05:00I will address books in a future blog post. Thanks...I will address books in a future blog post. Thanks for the suggestion. Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01572532603071469799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-4501491144419059212013-02-20T23:57:27.902-05:002013-02-20T23:57:27.902-05:00Speaking of books...
You seem to be a bit of a re...Speaking of books...<br /><br />You seem to be a bit of a reader, Philip. And there's certainly a solid correlation between reading and the beach. Close enough of a link to justify a blog entry re. some favorite reads of yours? (Of all time; re. Ocracoke; re. the OBX; within the past year--plenty of qualifiers to be applied, and to warrant follow-on entries, perhaps.)<br /><br />I think I previously recommended here "The Shipping News" by Annie Proulx, a fine book and one, because of its maritime setting, that kept putting me in mind of Ocracoke.<br /><br />Another one I'm reading now, which is also very fine, is called "The Long Ships" by Frans G. Bengtsson. Published in Sweden in 1954, the book is a fictionalized account of life circa 980-1010 (per the translator's note) among Viking coastal raiders.<br /><br />Again, since occasional vacationing on Ocracoke is my closest touchstone to coastal living, I can't help envisioning the island as I read of the adventures (absent, of course, the frigid northern seas, the prospect of being shackled for years as a galley slave, and the threat of decapitation by sword in battle; otherwise, just like Ocracoke). ;-)<br /><br />Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-89293699026758456182013-02-20T20:25:11.410-05:002013-02-20T20:25:11.410-05:00An excellent book. Highly recommended. An excellent book. Highly recommended. Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01572532603071469799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-77647592832929939202013-02-20T18:19:49.735-05:002013-02-20T18:19:49.735-05:00Check out Fire on the Beach. Its a book about the ...Check out Fire on the Beach. Its a book about the first all black US Life Saving Station on Pea Island. Some of the men were civil war veterans. Jason Feltshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00353955243622747539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-15501779368208780562013-02-20T12:56:47.197-05:002013-02-20T12:56:47.197-05:00Wow...3 hours and 45 minutes of hiking through the...Wow...3 hours and 45 minutes of hiking through the sand dragging a 1000Lb cart...even with the help of mules... And then upon arriving at the scene, more hard work to rescue folks, then presumably a similar length of time to haul it all back to the station! Amazing. I'm guessing the comment about folks being tired was quite an understatement! I can't imagine...those are true heroes in my book!<br /><br />These days we would probably have folks striking and saying they weren't paid enough...OSHA would be stopping the dangerous work, and PETA would be protesting the cruel treatment of the mules. Of course thanks to SELC, Audobon, etc, the beaches would all be shut down because of turtles and birds, so they wouldn't be able to haul their apparatus down the beach to begin with...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-50784853985425060342013-02-20T10:42:13.360-05:002013-02-20T10:42:13.360-05:00The United States Life Saving Service was a govern...The United States Life Saving Service was a governmental agency (they merged with the Revenue Cutter Service in 1917 to form the United States Coast Guard). In their 44 year history the men of the USLSS responded to 28,121 ships in distress that were carrying 178,741 crew members and passengers. They saved the lives of 177,286 people, a success rate of more than 99%! It is a remarkable story. Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01572532603071469799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-31551696131128049742013-02-20T10:24:08.355-05:002013-02-20T10:24:08.355-05:00It's really kind of unbelievable really-thanks...It's really kind of unbelievable really-thanks P Sue MAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-47525424738884762312013-02-20T10:17:33.166-05:002013-02-20T10:17:33.166-05:00Indeed. Who paid for all this?? did a shipping co...Indeed. Who paid for all this?? did a shipping concern pay into a fund to off set the costs ??did was a ship fined if ran around due to the ineptitude of the captain?? if the ship wrecks havoc due to negligence i.e. BP someone should pay not just JOHN Q PublicAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-70388229141640656712013-02-20T09:15:35.241-05:002013-02-20T09:15:35.241-05:00Wow. What a terrific tale, and admirable devotion ...Wow. What a terrific tale, and admirable devotion to duty.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com