Published: July, 2007 The Past During World War II, Richmond was perfectly situated to become a strategic hub of the war effort production. Many of the home front industrial centers were located where railroad lines met the harbors, as in Richmond. Richmond Kaiser Shipyards soon became the largest shipbuilding operation in the U.S. and the […]
By Scott Alumbaugh Published: November, 2007 Boats are like children. Not in what they are, but in what they do. They both are here on earth mainly to remind us—the adults and, ostensibly, the people in charge—that we are not the center of the universe. Now, we all know, intellectually, that we are not the […]
Published: January, 2009 A column of air descending onto the Earth’s surface generates the High. This descending air, upon reaching the surface of the earth, spreads out in all directions; its effects are significant to the weather of both the Bay Area and the Hawaiian Islands. The western outflow of the Pacific High creates the […]
