tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post3265487165800831964..comments2024-03-17T06:13:15.256-07:00Comments on SearchReSearch: SearchResearch Challenge (1/30/19): What's the story? Steel in the sand (A new series) Dan Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13603209997260423532noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-1101668907116259862021-05-06T04:12:01.150-07:002021-05-06T04:12:01.150-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.devin12https://www.blogger.com/profile/15589476732113648844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-79323186295290030432019-02-27T08:54:02.512-08:002019-02-27T08:54:02.512-08:00DAN DO YOU HAVE MORE PICTURES OF THESE PYLONS AND ...DAN DO YOU HAVE MORE PICTURES OF THESE PYLONS AND MAINLY THE ONES THAT WERE IN THE SURFLINE. Heal the Ocean is looking for pix for their newsletter to show before and after as these metal pylons were just removed last week. Thank you...Harry Rabin eMail onthewave@me.comOnTheWavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08054320009109396731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-66059525314974646112019-02-11T15:37:42.987-08:002019-02-11T15:37:42.987-08:00I keep coming back and reading SearchReSearch and ...I keep coming back and reading SearchReSearch and every time I end up saying, these people are fascinating and are so curious. Thanks to you all, and to you Dan.<br />This beach is only 119.15 km (74.03 mi) from my houses as the seagull flies, but we have never been to this spot. I learned a bit of new history today. If you go on Google Earth this spot is marked as "Steel Beams" and there are more images of these beams.GRayRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11355369343845540787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-288972677771184142019-02-11T05:11:36.273-08:002019-02-11T05:11:36.273-08:00Dan thanks we didn't get a chance to get back....Dan thanks we didn't get a chance to get back. But we really liked this format and the challenge! Debra Gottslebenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08074610468240387547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-30476932859221084962019-02-08T11:31:36.762-08:002019-02-08T11:31:36.762-08:00nice recall Ramón…
bark - YNP
there some snow in t...nice recall Ramón…<br /><a href="https://imgur.com/a/EGG1r4i" rel="nofollow">bark - YNP</a><br /><a href="https://www.instagram.com/yosemitenps/" rel="nofollow">there some snow in the Sierra - hopefully CA will retain some of the melt</a><br /><i>yosemitenps — Eight feet?! That's how much new snow fell in Tuolumne Meadows over a five-day period this week. With temperatures falling to -20°F at night, winter rangers broke new trail by skiing through waist-deep powder. "Needless to say that the Tuolumne Meadows rangers did not range far this week, but their shoveling and trail breaking muscles got a good workout."</i><br /><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/XwSDRjNTbbq" rel="nofollow">Tuolumne Meadows</a><br /><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/Wu8cZxWgjhy" rel="nofollow">TM with less snow</a>remmijhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17985809654574916217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-7472891334345759282019-02-06T21:11:51.871-08:002019-02-06T21:11:51.871-08:00not sure why this one gets all the attention – and...not sure why this one gets all the attention – and small tributes left on it<br /><a href="https://picgra.com/media/1883028500354895302" rel="nofollow">with a rainbow…</a>remmijhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17985809654574916217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-45326743410407005472019-02-06T21:03:21.224-08:002019-02-06T21:03:21.224-08:00Goleta
By Kurt Liestenfeltz / www.floatograph.com
...<a href="https://www.edhat.com/news/what-s-goleta" rel="nofollow">Goleta</a><br /><a href="https://imgur.com/a/ygSQ0M6" rel="nofollow">By Kurt Liestenfeltz / www.floatograph.com</a><br /><a href="https://www.noozhawk.com/article/coal_oil_point_relic_20170101" rel="nofollow">Coal Oil Point Relic</a><br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/docsearls/albums/72157703397708371" rel="nofollow">Santa Barbara sunrise, Doc Searls </a>remmijhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17985809654574916217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-90718560972319997352019-02-05T07:05:23.365-08:002019-02-05T07:05:23.365-08:00neat find jTu… cheers, bottoms up.
Goleta is menti...neat find jTu… cheers, bottoms up.<br /><a href="http://tinyurl.com/y7nb5vd7" rel="nofollow">Goleta is mentioned specifically on page 70</a><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TGXWpWBQjY" rel="nofollow">a Grape Nehi - guess it is too hard to find Upper 10 Lemon/Lime Nehi</a><br />after enough of those, steel beams on the beach would be a minor concern…remmijhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17985809654574916217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-70446146845400528342019-02-04T19:51:09.328-08:002019-02-04T19:51:09.328-08:00Santa Barbara area was a hot spot for the rum runn...Santa Barbara area was a hot spot for the rum runners to unload the precious cargo during Prohibition. No doubt Goleta would have seen midnight shipping along the beach at times. http://sbmag.com/2013/12/hooch-heyday/. Also a very fine book just published about the supply end: "Don't Tell Nobody Nothing No How" by Rick James. Astonishing money was made in those years. As we say now: Cheers. jonjonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06450649073262987652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-4374642909546465912019-02-04T05:42:53.678-08:002019-02-04T05:42:53.678-08:00Hi Remmij!
Thanks for the links! I liked a lot s...Hi Remmij! <br /><br />Thanks for the links! I liked a lot specially the birds flight. It is awesome! About Phil, I thought it was only a movie character until some years ago when read it was real and visited his page. It is a big attraction there the Groundhog Day! I posted Instagram because his Twitter account redirects to that. Glad that I did because thanks to that you found more to see and enjoy <br /><br />This is also amazing <a href="https://twitter.com/Nativeesoul/status/1086368391320010753" rel="nofollow">A rare waterfall rainbow caught at Yosemite National Park</a><br /><br />Searched on their Instagram but found nothing. And, found this that made me remember Dr. Russell's <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BrgjiPXAS1H/" rel="nofollow">Challenge about barks</a><br /><br />Ramon Gonzalezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16129830563029534511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-7475033474795116982019-02-03T16:01:18.104-08:002019-02-03T16:01:18.104-08:00hi Ramón - Phil said, "what vortac?" — ...hi Ramón - Phil said, "what vortac?" — should have known he was on Instagram…<br />glad the Azteca Deportes marsupial survived, as Carlos Navarrete tweeted.<br />hope you will join Dan's 'Steel Free Beaches Forever' and 'The Make Beaches Great Again Coalition' (MBGA) - they have spiffy aqua colored caps… <br /><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BtR1aP_FHBh/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet" rel="nofollow">let them eat cake…</a><br />…I like tamales, but lean toward pork or chicken…<br /><i>"Other variants of tamales consumed in ancient Tenochtitlán were the so-called tlacatlaolli made of human flesh and consumed during the fiesta of Nuestro Señor el Desollado , Tlaxipehualiztli ."</i><br /><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BsTa0VtB3Kv/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet" rel="nofollow">interesting - from Joaquín López-Dóriga</a><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=define+vortac&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS507US507&oq=define+vortac&aqs=chrome..69i57.7074j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8" rel="nofollow">vortac SERP</a><br /><a href="http://tinyurl.com/y884j4qs" rel="nofollow">probing vortex SERP</a><br /><a href="http://tinyurl.com/y7xy7rbc" rel="nofollow">bi-polar vortex SERP… if I only knew a bit about search life would be so much…</a><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/groundhogclub/" rel="nofollow">and on twitter - he is almost a Googlehog…</a><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/JonErlichman" rel="nofollow">btw, what 20 years can do…</a><br />… my shoes are full of sand… as is my noggin… will keep an eye out for what you find.<br />…speaking of cenotes, specifically Hoyo Negro (Spanish for "Black Hole") in the Sistema Sac Actun… thought this was interesting and covered A LOT of material - <b>the diving aspect is wild.</b><br /><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/nova-doc-13000-skeleton-found-in-mexico-is-critical-to-human-history-2018-2" rel="nofollow">13,000 years old</a><br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naia_(skeleton)" rel="nofollow">Naia</a><br /><a href="https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/video/first-face-of-america/" rel="nofollow">NOVA</a><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrYJo7M_4Ms" rel="nofollow">a glimpse</a>remmijhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17985809654574916217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-73131462868261700312019-02-03T13:21:29.214-08:002019-02-03T13:21:29.214-08:00Hi Remmij. This week I have been busy so couldn...Hi Remmij. This week I have been busy so couldn't SearchResearch yet the Challenge. And, I am taking time to read the comments made by you and everyone else. It is very interesting Challenge. <br /><br />I don't know if Phil didn't saw the shadow or he said no working today because the Polar Vortex people wants early Spring.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BtXZj6kAFer/" rel="nofollow"> Real Phil before Groundhog Day</a>Thought your photo was the real Phil. Liked the changes you made in the photo<br /><br /><a href="http://www.groundhog.org/legend-and-lore" rel="nofollow">In Punxsutawney, 1886 marked the first time that Groundhog Day appeared in the local newspaper.</a><br /><a href="https://lopezdoriga.com/vida-y-estilo/los-tamales-un-antiguo-platillo-mexicano/" rel="nofollow">February 2nd. We don't have Groundhog Day, we have Día de la Candelaria (Day of Light) and Día de tamales. I am sure Dr. Russell will enjoy this article in Spanish about this tradition</a><br /><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/AztecaDeportes/status/1088985548033675265" rel="nofollow">Last week, a Tlacuache /Opossum (Mexico's only marsupial) was the star in a soccer game</a><br /><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/c_navarreteMX/status/1089236247241986048" rel="nofollow">Thankfully, he/she was helpede and healed </a><br /><br />Dr. Russell, one quick question. Now that G+ is shutting down, those that don't have Blogger account will be able to comment in your blog with our Google Account or we need to open a blog? I am almost sure the same account will work but it is best to be sure than not being able to comment in a few weeksRamon Gonzalezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16129830563029534511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-70757095297551448072019-02-03T10:40:03.340-08:002019-02-03T10:40:03.340-08:00…forgot the significance of yesterday being Feb. 2...…forgot the significance of yesterday being Feb. 2nd, GHD… it will be an early Spring in Goleta<br />no doubt pPhil is slated for removal from the beach too…<br /><a href="https://imgur.com/a/TAyaxZS" rel="nofollow">no shadow</a>remmijhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17985809654574916217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-11751379795942912682019-02-02T20:07:01.004-08:002019-02-02T20:07:01.004-08:00…meant to ask what the lock on that beam appeared ...…meant to ask what the lock on that beam appeared to be for?<br />also, didn't realize parking was so tight in Goleta… no wonder horses are encouraged there and in Malibu…<br />next, there will be meters.<br /><a href="https://imgur.com/a/L0WV5qg" rel="nofollow">it appears to be an SUV - Surf Utility Vehicle?</a><br /><a href="http://tinyurl.com/yb8au3pa" rel="nofollow">SERP [things found on Goleta beaches]</a><br /><a href="http://tinyurl.com/yalnmmr4" rel="nofollow">images</a><br />and Hollywood is nearby…<br /><a href="https://imgur.com/a/Y7d3L8G" rel="nofollow">agua hombre</a>remmijhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17985809654574916217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-22639902337127801242019-02-01T14:38:02.436-08:002019-02-01T14:38:02.436-08:00Welcome back, Deb and Anne! Who knew that these s...Welcome back, Deb and Anne! Who knew that these structures were an attack target in WW2?? Did you go any farther down that particular rabbit hole? <br />Dan Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13603209997260423532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-16325413594424693632019-02-01T10:31:00.675-08:002019-02-01T10:31:00.675-08:00Anne and I are back after a long hiatus. We are n...Anne and I are back after a long hiatus. We are now putting search challenges on our work calendar! We did a search for -goleta beach metal structure The first result was about a bridge being constructed sounded like it might be the answer but clicking on the result quickly led us realize that it wasn't the right answer. Second result was 17-298 - Beach Hazards Removal Project Update - City of Goleta<br />https://www.cityofgoleta.org/home/showdocument?id=15655<br />California Girl Anne realized as soon as she saw that answer that it had to be tied to the oil industry so we then started to do more research on this project. Next did a search on -gas exploration ellwood beach california <br />Got a wikipedia article on the topic- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellwood_Oil_Field<br />Hopefully these structures will get removed so they won't pose hazards to people on the beach. Also doesn't look particularly nice so another reason to have them removed. <br />The search also led to this result - http://goletahistory.com/ellwood-gas-station/Which had lots of history about the oil fields in Ellwood including an attack by a Japanese submarine during WWII.<br />Fun challenge! Debra Gottslebenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08074610468240387547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-77879495116774184692019-01-31T16:11:46.549-08:002019-01-31T16:11:46.549-08:00Ooops. Missed that YouTube link on the rail line. ...Ooops. Missed that YouTube link on the rail line. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2iEZkz33zM<br />Arthur Weisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10213417718516627413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-69215020925970172582019-01-31T15:45:56.922-08:002019-01-31T15:45:56.922-08:00a little more specific on movements…
20 June 1942 ...a little more specific on movements…<br /><a href="http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-26.htm" rel="nofollow">20 June 1942 – Estevan Point, I-26</a><br /><a href="http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-17.htm" rel="nofollow">23 February 1942 - the I17@ Ellwood City</a><br />and the I-25… (just plugging the different numbers in the URL)<br /><a href="http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-25.htm" rel="nofollow">21 June 1942 - Seattle/Oregon - but all of June is interesting…</a><br /><a href="http://www.combinedfleet.com/sensuikan.htm" rel="nofollow">SENSUIKAN! Stories and Battle Histories of the IJN's Submarines (Updated 15 January 2019)</a>remmijhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17985809654574916217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-4748605285917468942019-01-31T15:23:07.802-08:002019-01-31T15:23:07.802-08:00I'm naturally curious so follow links that cat...I'm naturally curious so follow links that catch my attention. <br /><br />I started with "pier Goleta California" and came up with the goletahistory.com site and the first pier. Following links there came up Haskells pier and the oil rigs. Plus images of the beach with oil rigs. So I searched for "Goleta oil" and came up with some of the other links including Summerland. However nothing that matched the map reference. I kept the map reference up and every link to oil was checked by comparing the oil field to your coordinates. None matched. So I searched on. The Goleta Lemon Festival was a side red herring as an image search came up with a picture of oil rigs linked to this. (I did lots of image searches for oil rigs. I'd do a text search and then switch to the image search to see what that showed). <br /><br />I used the map as a guide looking at the Devereux Lagoon, Coal Oil Point and Sands Beach for any hints to those posts. I then shifted to the aerial view - and spotted those storage containers on the map near your coordinates. I was fairly sure they were for oil or gas so carried on looking for oil / gas fields in the area. One mentioned Ellwood - and the Japanese bombardment. Except that Ellwood was too far away. <br /><br />It was the wikivisually site that gave the clue to the Goleta oil field - https://wikivisually.com/wiki/Ellwood_Oil_Field - as that mentioned it. So I searched specifically for this and found the cityofgoleta.org site that also mentioned this and describing its location. The Holly Platform offshore along with those storage containers made me feel that was the answer. <br /><br />When searching I also (should not say this to a Googler :) ) use Bing in case it gives different results. So I switch search engines - depending on what I'm looking for and the search engine characteristics. (I think I did a search using inurl: at one point - so of course I have to use Google for that. However most search operators can be used with both. I also did a "goleta * oil" and similar searches also - again must be Google. <br /><br />I also have my search settings set to show 100 results and so routinely scroll down looking for deeper results than the default 10. <br /><br />It is confusing however. To write this I checked some of my searches and found that there is a survey map labeled Goleta Oil Field at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GoletaOilFieldGeologicMap.png. This is wrong as the date was 1943 and so 15 years after the previous field shut PLUS it mentioned Elwood station. So I can discount this. However it started me on another Red herring - which is how I get from here to there. It's curiousity. On that map from 1943 it mentions the Southern Pacific Rail and Elwood Station. So I just wondered if there was an earlier station at the real Goleta Oil Field. Turns out there was not - but the Southern Pacific railroad is interesting in itself - two good links on it are at: http://goletahistory.com/the-ellwood-special/ - the train was weekly to Elwood. Also http://modelingthesp.com/Employees_%26_the_Company/Surf_History.html - and several others on the Coast Line. Apparently (according to this YouTube video which is fabulous) it was "the most beautiful route of all their passenger trains" and the train 'colors were so striking against the California coastline that the train was often called the "Most Beautiful Train in the World"'. <br /><br />BTW the initial search took about an hour or so - and this extra bit 30 minutes search at the most! <br /><br />Arthur Weisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10213417718516627413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-43343386737789367292019-01-31T14:57:13.983-08:002019-01-31T14:57:13.983-08:00…from Wiki: (more activity on the west coast than ...…from Wiki: (more activity on the west coast than most people recall…)<br /><b><i>"During the Second World War, the Estevan Point lighthouse was attacked by the Japanese submarine I-26. On June 20, 1942, the I-26, under the command of Yokota Minoru, surfaced and shelled the lighthouse,[4] at the same time as the Japanese submarine I-25 made a similar attack at the mouth of the Columbia River, Oregon, shelling Fort Stevens."</i></b><br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estevan_Point" rel="nofollow">Estevan Point</a><br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-26" rel="nofollow">I-26 - The last contact with I-26 was on 25 October, 1944</a><br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-25" rel="nofollow">I-25 - patrolled off the mouth of the Columbia River. I-25 was sunk less than a year later by the destroyer USS Patterson off the New Hebrides islands on 3 September 1943</a><br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-17" rel="nofollow">I-17 - the "Ellwood"/Goleta sub - sunk on 19 August 1943, 40 miles (64 km) SE off Noumea, Coral Sea</a><br />from here:<br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarines_of_the_Imperial_Japanese_Navy" rel="nofollow">list of boats</a><br />meanwhile, south of Santa Barbara…<br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Los_Angeles" rel="nofollow">Battle of L.A.…</a><br /><a href="https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-battle-of-la-20170225-story.html" rel="nofollow">almost 77 years ago</a>remmijhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17985809654574916217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-29639716531143921362019-01-31T11:05:44.681-08:002019-01-31T11:05:44.681-08:00That's exactly the point.
Nice finds. (Did ...That's exactly the point. <br /><br />Nice finds. (Did you also run across the WW2 stories?) Thanks also for showing your search queries! <br />Dan Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13603209997260423532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-49876927888678448602019-01-31T10:57:36.709-08:002019-01-31T10:57:36.709-08:00Too many rabbit holes to go down! I'm going wi...Too many rabbit holes to go down! I'm going with the beams being remnants of the oil construction rigs from decades past.<br /><br />First search: goleta beach steel beams <br />SERP: 2014 news story with snippet: Old wooden posts and steel beams were left behind from oil production decades ago<br />Next search: goleta beach oil rigs<br />SERP: goletahistory.com/tar/<br />Next search: Ellwood Oil Field (wikipedia)<br /><br />Interesting facts (caveat: have not had time to corroborate yet with other sources):<br /><br />Many people have assumed that tar on Goleta beach came from oil rigs (first constructed in 1929), but tar has been on beaches and shorelines for 1000s of years.<br />Chumash native Americans caulked canoes with boiled tar and pine pitch around 500AD<br />Ellwood Oil Field, the principle oil field, is named after Ellwood Cooper (1829-1918), a major land owner and entrepreneur. Somewhat ironically, the oil he was interested in was California olive oil, which he he produced and hoped would compete with the Italian oil industry.<br />JBThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03538434193629691788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-24022025934904637022019-01-30T21:01:49.243-08:002019-01-30T21:01:49.243-08:00…meanwhile, in Detroit…<a href="https://www.dia.org/art/collection/object/nightmare-45573" rel="nofollow">…meanwhile, in Detroit…</a>remmijhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17985809654574916217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-78771112610093729342019-01-30T20:56:00.376-08:002019-01-30T20:56:00.376-08:00First I thought of erosion control along the bluff...First I thought of erosion control along the bluffs; these H beams, as I have learned to call them, could be easily pounded in at the foot of the bluff and then backfilled with planking. A lost cause the City of Goleta and the workers have found out. The storm waves are too big now to beat back. <br /><br />Is that Japanese sub the same one that shelled Estevan Point on Vancouver Island ? Yet another thingy to follow up.<br /><br />j, this is a grand Challengejonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06450649073262987652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-63912514249174822302019-01-30T20:42:59.573-08:002019-01-30T20:42:59.573-08:002015<a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/broken-pipeline-spills-21000-gallons-of-oil-off-california-coast/" rel="nofollow">2015</a>remmijhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17985809654574916217noreply@blogger.com