Pearl Harbor Day.
When I actually get to do the fun part of my job I’m involved in spatial analysis. Think of it as putting the “where” into the “what” happens. One of the things we always have to be concerned about is scale. As in, what spatial scale is our analysis valid for. If we obtain results at some localized area, are those results applicable over a larger area? Sometimes we need to worry about temporal scales too. Will the results we obtain now hold for some future time? It’s pretty rare that some small localized result has impacts at a larger scale.
Scale is relevant to things like history too. Every event we are involved in will shape or change our larger personal history in some way. Usually at a scale so small and localized one can’t see the impact on one’s larger personal history. Let alone any impact in the larger world’s history. Pearl Harbor is not one of those events. In today’s parlance, Pearl Harbor was a game changer. Both at a very localized personal level for many, many people, and at the global scale. Over space and over time.
Following are some pictures of Pearl Harbor sent to me by my father-in-law, Bob. Someone had sent them to him. I don’t know who they belong to. I don’t think they belong to anyone, rather they belong to everyone.
May they not be forgotten.
Ed's and Lise's Biggish Years 