These video segments feature the advantages of working, playing and living in the New Jersey Bayshore area. The Jersey Bayshore comprises mostly parts of Northern Monmouth County and is virtually surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, Raritan and Sandy Hook Bays and the Shrewsbury and Navesink Rivers.
Jaws - 1975 was and still is and perhaps always will be the greatest monster horror film ever made, with honorable mentions for the original Japanese Gojira - 1954 and the original King Kong - 1933.
I was part of the launch team at North Weymouth, Mass and Warehouse Point, Conn sites. (mostly Warehouse Point). Our job was to defend the Hartford, Conn insurance industry from those pesky Russians. I was on duty every three days (a 24 hour shift). I learned all the Nike Hercules electronics, etc out at Fort Bliss in 1968-9. At the very end of the course and before I was assigned to the New England complex, we were told about a brand-new upgrade to everything called....TRANSISTORS. OOOoooooo!
Oh yeah. Cool place, we're a couple blocks away from there. Coincidentally, our house is about 104 years old. We've been here about 6 years, but right around 3 years ago we had what I can only describe as several weeks of poltergeist-like activity. Stuff flying off shelves, scooting across the floors, books getting shoved around on the bookshelves, then... nothing. I was pretty skeptical of hauntings until we went through that, but it kind of turned my whole world on its head. Especially after ruling out carbon monoxide, earth quakes/tremors, rogue EMF, etc.. The only thing I was left with was "poltergeist passing through". ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
First, I believe that ship may be the one that formerly was owned by the Shah of Iran before things went south and it was seized in the 80s. If it is the one that was next to the old Staten Island Ferry that got cut up about a decade ago then that was my understanding of the second ship. The Raritan does hold all of those fish species above landing lane in New Brunswick, from there going downstream its brackish with striped bass, herring, shad and other fish species and eels that migrate up river to spawn. The old depot is still defending the land it was on. Have heard from a number of people that once you pass the Expo Center you dont stray off the roadways or trails for fear of old and volatile munitions. And yes, PCBs and lead which can settle out and accumulate in the bottom so when they try to remediate its damned if you do damned if you dont. Its not good in place, but getting it out requires disturbing it which also spreads that pollution, even if its not as concentrated. Look at the way the numbers evolved when they cleaned up the Hudson from the GE mess.
The sharks depicted as nurse shark and sandtiger are harmless to humans. It would be nice and more professional not to throw all shark species into the same bucket.
Dude you look sad wearing all that gear. Unit crests on your epaulets ARADCOM patch on your sleeve and your awards and decorations. Thanks for serving but it’s over. I know this is antique equipment and I’m sure long declassified but giving away so many details seems not right to me.
I had a cousin that taught Nike Hercules radar/fire control at the Missile and Munitions Center and School at Redstone Arsenal. I got to visit him at the Nike site on Redstone at the beginning of my career (and the end of his). I actually worked on test and inspection of a few Nike system spare parts when I worked at Redstone (1983-86). The system was still deployed in Germany at the time and in other allied countries (with conventional warheads).
I remember when these where in use at Ft MacArthur in San Pedro California. They used to do drills and you would see them above ground. I remember feeling safe then in those years. I believe they closed the Nike base around 74,75. As a teen in late 70s investigating the site after it closed. Very cool stuff as a kid. To bad our country now has lost its protective shield and now with open border open for an attack from within. Thanks for your work . There is a Nike base by San Francisco that is similar to Sandy Hook maybe a little more intact. California dollars....
I'd like to personally thank the servicemen in this video and all the veterans in the comment section for your incredible service and sacrifice. God bless you all, and God bless the United States of America.
The home I lived in at 925 2nd street from 1980 to 1994. After the NorEaster on 12/12 of 1992. Where the tidal surge went from no flooding on the part of 2nd street I lived at. To over 3 feet of water in my home’s above the basement. The man that purchased this house. It was original a bungalow he raised the bungalow over 8 feet off the ground with concrete blocks. He used chest nut beams that he scavenged from Keansburg Boardwalk after Hurricane Donna. He added a large edition. Making it a 4 bedroom house. The natural gas heater was at least 4 feet above the concrete floor. It was a day basement, level with the ground.,During Hurricane Sandy, I drove by my previous house. It was the only house that didn’t suffer any major damage. It had actual 2”X4” wall studs. I replaced the sheet rock in one bedroom. I couldn’t drive Sheetrock nails into the wall studs. They would bend. So I ended up pre/drilling all the holes so I could use Sheetrock screws. This home was rebuilt to withstand any hurricane. I got tired the every time we had a NotEaster. The. basement would get at least a few inches of water. So I couldn’t finish the basement. I just couldn’t live there anymore,and I loved living in Union Beach. It had cast iron baseboard in the up stairs and a lot cast iron radiators in the basement. Number 12 copper wire throughout the house going to all the electric on- off switches and 2 slot wall sockets outlets. It was a nightmare changing all the 2 slot outlets to 3 slot outlets. The only good thing was the ground wires weren’t cut off.if it wasn’t for the flooding I would’ve never moved to the Pocono Mountains. I was on the very top of a mountain. With no chance of ever worrying about flooding again. When I went to see my old home. I couldn’t believe the amount of damage. There was a fairly new house in pine street between front street and second street. Sandy actually moved this house a few yards off its slab foundation. If the person that purchased this house from me.sees this comment. I’m curious if the torch down rubber roof over the kitchen and bathroom. Is still holding up. The roof has a small pitch. Rolled roofing only lasted 5 years before it would start leaking. There was a leak in the TV room that many roofers couldn’t figure out where the rain water was making its way in. It would only rarely leak only from storms that drove the water towards the left side of roof. I’m pretty sure I found where the leak was coming from. I took the garden hose. Full nozzle spray until the leak was discovered.i gave up replacing. The ceiling Sheetrock. Until I was able figure out where the leak was.
I returned in 2023 to record the 245th Anniversary of The Battle of Monmouth. Again the living historians did a great portrayal. I went on Sunday. The Saturday event got a downpour right at the heat of the battle.
This is a terrific film about an important, but forgotten part of aeronautic history. You did a GREAT job but missed a couple important details. The aeromarine did a lot of important research and development in the shape of the hulls and pontoons of seaplanes and the "step" that is so necessary to getting the seaplane to rise off the water. @11:04 you can see the names Uppercu - Burnelli painted on the roof of the main building. Vincent Burnelli was a designer/engineer who pioneered the idea that the as much of the aircraft as possible, especially the fuselage, should be shaped to create "lift". He called his designs "lifting bodies" and elements of his work can be seen in aircraft such as the Space Shuttle and the Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighter. One of his early lifting body aircraft can be seen from @15:43 - 15-47. Another of his designs, the Burnelli CBY-3, competed against the Douglas DC-3 to become the US Army Air Force's heavy cargo and troop carrier aircraft ... some say that political shenanigans made FDR reject the military's favorable rating of the Burnelli. A restored Burnelli CBY-3 can be found in the air museum in Windsor Locks, Conn. A search of the internet will yield more of this story and many more photos.
Thank you so much for this wonderful film. From the 1930's until the 1970's my family lived in the Lockport section of Keyport. I grew up in a house on Pine Street, less than 1/4 mile from the Aeromarine Plant. @8:42 Pine Street is at the left of this photograph and the house I grew up in is just at the edge of photo on the right side of the street. Living so close to an airplane factory my father and his brothers were wild about airplanes. My Uncle George was a paratrooper in WW2 and owned his own private plane after the war. They all built and flew model airplanes ... and passed along the love of aircraft to me. In the 1960's my Dad taught me to drive on the streets and part of the old runway found at the old Aeromarine.
My Uncle was drafted in the 1950 and served 2 years as a clerk on a Nike Missile site. This was before copy machines and I believe one of his job was copying manuals on a typewriter.
I was lucky enough to have a friend who worked there a few years ago who knew I was student of military history, and got the after hours "employee's only" tour (nothing was off limits). I've seen a lot of ships, forts, etc, but Sandy Hook is by far the best facility I've seen. If you're interested, it's definitely worth the trip to spend the day there.
Thanks for this great film presentation and documentary of The Mouth County Parks System. I am both a Friends of the Parks member and Volunteers in the Parks, so I contribute with donations, and also do gardening and serve at events. This will show just how special the Monmouth County Parks System is, and encourage people to visit who have not been here previously.
@@TheGEOPOLITICAN A Bull shark swimming through waters of the mid/low 60's F that early summer to get to the Matawan and the shark inflicting those type bite wounds on the last 2 victims that were described by the 2 attending physicians would be unprecedented for a Bull shark according to attack expert today. . Not saying it would be impossible for a bull shark to do that, as animals do surprise us all the time, although attack expert Dan Huber claims its impossible for a Bull shark to leave spaced/ribbon like lacerations because of their teeth design which is really close together vs large gaps for a white (They call this average Interdental distance (IDD) High probability this attack was done by a juvenile white
@@TheGEOPOLITICAN Forgeot to mention, attack expert Richard Fernicola collected weather data from the state of NJ when he wrote his book on the attacks. The first week of July , the water temps were cool, recorded of mid/low 60's F. when the shore attacks started The lowest verified record is 67 F for this semi tropical species. It's very rare to find them below 70 F
