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I was a freshman at Brooklyn Technical HS. From what I remember the 707 and the prop plane clipped one another over the Narrows. The prop crashed on Staten Island. Much less pre bridge population. The teachers were all in the halls with the news. Ours came back and gave us an update. I guess it could have been even worse considering the number of schools in the area. Not sure if that was the same year as the aircraft carrier Constellation fire. Again during a snow event. I remember watching my small B&W tv as John Tillman described the scene at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. I think he was with ABC news. Sad month for Brooklyn and SI but memories just the same.

Some of the songs I remember had themes that pertained to the youth issues of that time, I remember The leader of the pack,, I fought the law, ( not sure if that was the title or a refrain ) and the Eberly Brothers Wake up a little Suzy. For deeper messaged poetic songs, Simon aped Garfunkel were my favorites. I believe Eve Of Destruction was banned for a time. As always ...

Oh oh, Anthony has been S19teened keep him calm I’ll try to grab a hold of an exorcist. I hope JB is free. As always ....

One of my favorites also. I liked lite message songs live smoke gets in your eyes, Tom Dooley, Leslie Gores, Downtown.. Manhattan Spiritual was a great wordless piece. Some of the radio MC’sin theearly sixties had good voices. HOA, Herb Oscar Anderson had a wonderful voice. Scott Muni also, I recall. As always ....

At that time I remember a the Fugazy Cadillac dealer had some kind of contest with a substantial award if the storm snow total went over 20 inches. I remember the initial measurement zoo folk coming in, conveniently a little under 20 inches. I didn’t know a dry slot from a wet slot ( no snickering youngsters ). I just remember that my let it snow 24 inch upright measure board completely disappeared in my postage stamp back yard. “ Those were the days my friends, we thought they’d never end”. As always ......

There was a weather lady that would play the ukulele at the end of the forecast. I can’t remember her name. She may have been the one that Tex married.Tex would drop snippets of his upcoming marriage even to the point of saying they were going to Greece for the honeymoon. I believe the news anchor at that time was Roger Grimsby. As always ......

I only remember him complimenting Wethafella back then, he said he was the finest weather hobbyist he ever encountered. A very true statement and a rare DT compliment. As always .....

Back then some of todays forums most prolific posters would have ended up as the main attraction at DT’s Weenie Roast. As always ......

I still can’t figure out how to post a photo even in these easy days. IR17 can you imagine how some of the present generation of posters would have faired on the forums back then. As always .....

As I remember, very little censorship. I still remember a young DT getting upset because someone accused him of saying something negative about the then super met Joe Bastardi. Today he might consider the accusation a compliment. Wild place back then, like the old west, before the forum self destructed. As always ....

When considering the term; how to be rational when all around are just the opposite. If Tip gets in on this, heaven bless his between the ears strength, it may be quite a multi page discussion. As always ....

Unc. You may not be old enough, but Do you remember Joe Bolton of later “Officer” Three Stooges Fame, as a Weatherman on b & w tv in the early fifties? He used a grease pen on a, I guess, glass screen overlaying an outline map to make temperature and other notations. For some reason the memory stuck with me. As always. ...

I was a freshman in Brooklyn Tech. School cancelled and Mayor Wagner banning cars from the city during the cleanup. As for CPK the measurement teams traditions remain. As always .......

Well, as the ditty goes “ April showers bring May flowers”. That works even if it is white rain. As always ....

The way thing are going lately GL I wonder if that’s the time or the date. As a always .....

My children are over a decade older than your tools. As always .......

Life throughout the universe, at least at a base level is probably not uncommon. The discovery of Intelligent life which evolves to a point where it can survive its own self importance remains remote. To discover it means to attain it. The odds are much higher that I will wake up tomorrow young, handsome, functional and holding both a mega and power ticket with the correct five plus one numbers. Another comparison on the odds and a close second would be consistent accurate snow measurement in CPK. As always. .....

Neither my prospects or yours will matter in the final reckoning. As always ...

A half century after Rachel Carson’s tome and the Spring remains silent, if, in fact, it’s still there. As always ....

The planet or, a concept I enjoy, Gaia will self regulate and find balance. Whether humanity can survive that balance will be of no consequence to the planet. As always .....

Tip, In the middle of the last century, when I was young, I remember a teacher telling me that Australia looked like an upside down version of the USA. Looking at the graphic above brings to mind the picture of Dorian Grey or perhaps Alice through the Looking Glass with the Mad Hatter and Queen Of Hearts going full tilt. Of course, the Cheshire Cat looms in the background. As always .....

Or changed their screen name and re-registered . As always ......

“Hell” ah mythology is no stranger to you either. As always ....

My long term optimism is not as robust. “Not a certainty” well, may your fine statement be heard by whomever or whatever gives us comfort. As always .....

The question/plea, at least in our nation, stands; when will all of us be willing to sacrifice/suffer for the greater good of every one of us? As always .....