Dunno why I'm on an aviation history kick today lol, but I love this sort of before and after. Nature is healing /s

The United Airlines Flight Training Center, on the left edge of this pic, is still operational today and even constructing a new wing even though it's now nowhere near the airport lol

So like, Central Park here has a runway in it...which didn't exist in the airport before the park was constructed. So they had to demolish the old runways and make a new runway lol. Why?

oh right: the left is USGS data and so is public domain, and the right is Google Earth imagery and I cede any rights I hold regarding the image to the public domain. (yeah I did just spend like two hours lining this up lol)

im addicted to booty

As Union forces advanced on the Carolina coast, Confederate troops dynamited Bodie Island Lighthouse and dismantled the Cape Hatteras light. In the spring of 1862, retreating Confederate troops attempted to blow up Cape Lookout Lighthouse. They were unsuccessful, but they did manage to damage the tower.

On April 3, 1864, a small band of Confederates, armed with powder kegs, launched a raid to destroy Cape Lookout Lighthouse. They were again unsuccessful but did manage to badly damage the lower portion of the tower’s stairway and destroy the station’s oil supply. When the steamer City of Jersey approached the station shortly after the explosion, the Confederates “skedaddled,”

You can be careful, observant, take all the precautions, and still

be completely unprepared for what to do when your dog steps in a different dog's shit