#Hampton Roads

[lonestarbattleship]

USS YORKTOWN (CV-5) anchored in Hampton Roads, Virginia.

Date: October 29, 1937

Dencho Digital Respository: ddr-njpa-13-50

#USS YORKTOWN (CV-6) #USS YORKTOWN #Yorktown Class #Aircraft Carrier #Warship #Ship #United States Navy #U.S. Navy #US Navy #USN #Navy #Hampton Roads #Virginia #East Coast #October #1937 #interwar period #my post

[admiralnelsoniii]

The Battle of Hampton Roads. American Civil War. The famous showdown between the Ironclads USS Monitor and CSS Virginia. Ultimately the two vessels pounded on each other for a while then went their separate ways, the outcome undecided. But it was a turning point for warship combat.

#civil war #american civil war #hampton roads #Monitor #Virginia #ironclads #history #naval history #military history #seabattle #warship #art #artwork #war art #military art

[puissantveil]

Amber Alert in VA Beach!

One Zuri Dorsey has gone missing in Virginia Beach, and my heart sank like a rock when I saw that little girl was Black. I still remember having just got off work when Keir Johnson and her daughter Chloe disappeared in Hampton. Six years later they're still missing.

I fear posting the alert will do more harm than good - not only do the police probably not give a crap, but calling the cops could be dangerous in its own right for a lot of people. Nonetheless, from the poster itself:

The Virginia State Police and the Virginia Missing Children Clearinghouse have issued an AMBER Alert on behalf of the Virginia Beach Police Department, for a child abduction that occurred on December 9, 2023 at 0715 hours.

The child is believed to be in extreme danger and was last seen at her residence at 1351 Sapphire Drive in Virginia Beach. Abducted is Zuri Dorsey, 2 years old, black female, brown hair, brown eyes, 2 feet tall, 34 pounds. Last seen wearing a pair of underwear.

The child is believed to have been abducted by Deandre Alante Dorsey, 27 years old, black, male, brown hair, black eyes, 5' 11", 160 pounds. Last seen wearing black jogger pants and a black hoodie. They may be in a red 2016 Honda Accord with North Carolina registration RAZ9972.

For further information contact the Virginia Beach Police Department at [phone] or visit vsp.virginia.gov/active-alerts

#serious #important #signal boost #amber alert #virginia beach #hampton roads #zuri dorsey #missing child alert

[sohannabarberaesque]

Postcards from Snagglepuss

Just some thoughts from Old Point Comfort

NEAR OLD POINT COMFORT, HAMPTON, VA: One of a number of small communities in the Hampton Roads region just outside Norfolk to become the City of Hampton sometime in the early 1960's, about the time yours truly made his television debut, Old Point Comfort seems to have one of those interesting sort of names about it ... and makes you wonder about its origins. Even if it requires crossing Hampton Roads via the Hampton Roads Bridge/Tunnel (alias I-64) to so reach.

Yet yours truly, as much as Huckleberry Hound, something of a compadre in these journeys of late, got to thinking in the laziness of a mid-spring morning segueing into the afternoon about the glory days of the Old Bay Line steamers (1840-1962) arriving in the early morning at Norfolk after an overnight run across Chesapeake Bay from Baltimore ... or just leaving Norfolk in the evening heading to a morning arrival in Baltimore. Pretty wistful, you might say, to little ol' Huck.

"Ahhhh yes ... just to sit on a deck chair on one of those Old Bay Line steamers heading from Baltimore to Norfolk ... especially after something of a dinner of the choicest local specialties--fresh oysters, terrapin stew, roast turkey, steamed blue crab ... kind of makes me hungry to be so yearning...."

"I couldn't concur with you more," replied I.

Whereupon Top Cat called us up from his mobile phone unto ours. It may not have been a treasure-seeking assignment for the Jolly Rodger, since repurposed to serve Peter Potamus' Magic Divers, but to have such come "out of the blue," and three hours behind us--

"Welllll, hello Snagglepuss, you old charmer!" was how TC started things along. "How goes it there on the road?"

"I certainly have to admit, speaking from Old Point Comfort--"

"Obviously unrelated to Southern Comfort" was how TC rejoindered that remark, to which I replied "It's just outside Norfolk," for which TC quickly apologised for the humourous misunderstanding. "But at any rate, I understand you paid homage to a certain photograph of one O. Winston Link out Luray way--"

"Correct, TC ... and if I may say so, for some reason or another, the thought came across my mind of maybe having one of our Character Convocations in some small-town July 4th celebration."

"Now THAT would have to be an interesting prospect, especially where the boys can get some meet-and-greet time, yours truly included, no doubt!"

"You still recall the July 4th parade in Bristol, Rhode Island a few years back?"

"Now that you bring that up--"

I handed the phone to Huck, who responded, "Now we were thinking of hosting such somewhere in the Midwest, somewhere a little on the Middle American side."

"Without, I hope, tasteless propaganda overtures as could play--"

"After all, TC, we Funtastics can't help but be the sort to show warmth and good feelings. Especially when we have our Character Convocations, replete with plenty of meet-and-greet opportunities ensuing as much as some convocative time among us...."

(You can imagine how the conversation ensued, but I don't think you'd want to hear further, as such would be unlikely to interest you, the average Old Hanna-Barberian.)

"So where to next, Snag?"

"Make it a surprise."

*************

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#hanna barbera #fanfic #fanfiction #road trip #motorhome life #snagglepuss #huckleberry hound #hampton roads #old point comfort #the old bay line #top cat #hannabarberaforever

[carbone14]

Le cuirassé USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) - Hampton Roads – Virginie – 10 décembre 1916

©Naval History and Heritage Command - NH 63562

#WWI #WWII #avant-guerre #pre war #marine militaire #military navy #marine de guerre #navy #cuirassé #battleship #classe pennsylvania #pennsylvania-class #uss pennsylvania (bb-38) #uss pennsylvania #bb-38 #hampton roads #virginie #virginia #états-unis #usa #10/12/1916 #12/1916 #1916

[lindahall]

USS Monitor – Scientist of the Day

The USS Monitor, the world's first fully ironclad warship, was launched Jan. 30, 1862, in the first year of the American Civil War.

read more...

#John Ericsson #USS Monitor #Hampton Roads #histsci #histSTM #19th century #history of science #Ashworth #Scientist of the Day

[skatejay]

my last life being a human

#east coast #virginia #virginia beach #richmond #757 #804 #dmv #richmond va #hampton roads #makeup #avantgarde #norfolk va #va #punk #mercury retrograde

[fluttershyweed757]

#757 #newport news #seven cities #hampton roads #7 cities

[saleintothe90s]

473. Thanksgiving Grab Bag

I learned recently that the cast of Cats made another appearance at the Macy's parade back in 1996!

Right before the Cats cast Popeye and Olive Oyl rode along on a lobster rocking chair.

In 1990, there was a performance from the Buddy Holly musical, Buddy. Which made me a little sad. (@ 23:54) I didn't realize until recently how young Buddy was when he died.

Anybody here who watches the Riffcoms channel on YouTube knows The Guys Next Door and their hilarious commentary on the show. It was a terrible Monkees ripoff that aired on Saturday mornings on NBC -- that explains why they were at the parade.

Finally, I have to share my favorite Rockette's costume ever -- the dark green ones from the 1993 parade. I am a self proclaimed Dark Green Queen.

While I was searching for 1991 Black Friday commercials, I found this clip from my opinion the most most redic. soap opera of the 80s and early 90s: One Life to Live. I don't know much about early 90s OLTL, but the main cast are in this clip Bo, Viki, Clint. Happy Thanksgiving, Sarah died in a car accident the day before her and Bo were to be married.

I had no clue that Fedco, the membership only department store in Southern California was still open in 1998. KTLA went to the store at 5am (back when that was a novelty) to see what the people were buying on Black Friday.

In 1981, my childhood news station, WAVY and reporter Don Roberts went to interview people who had to work on Thanksgiving. Giant Open Air grocery store (which later became Farm Fresh) was open 17 hours that day.

"McDonalds is closed. Sorry, no break today."

Related:

400. My favorite highlights from the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade (1980s, 1990s)

230. Snoopy through the years at the Macys parade

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#thanksgiving #macys thanksgiving day parade #popeye #cats #cats musical #wavy #Hampton roads #1980s #1990s

[stonerbabie]

Anyone from the Hampton Roads area looking for some tattoos? My husband is tattooing at great prices. I can show you his work if interested.

Or even in the Richmond, and Fredericksburg/northern VA area.

Shoot me a DM and let’s talk!

#757 #hampton roads #girls with tattoos #tattoos #tattoo day #tatto design

[sweetmeatdale]

#hampton roads #the monitor #the Merrimack #the clash of the ironclads #ironclad #the civil war #american history #american civil war #history meme

[lonestarbattleship]

USS Cummings (DD-44) making smoke while underway near Hampton Roads, Virginia, circa December 1916.

Photographed by O.W. Waterman.

NHHC: NH 77907

#USS Cummings (DD-44) #USS Cummings #Cassin Class #Destroyer #December #1916 #hampton roads #Virginia #united states navy #us navy #navy #usn #u.s. navy #my post

[vahwdc]

Annual Change in HC&SA Regional Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted, Full-Year Change for 2017-2021, Year-to-Date Change for 2022)

HWDC Releases December 2022 Health Workforce Brief Series 2: Regional and Sectoral Employment

The Department of Health Professions' Healthcare Workforce Data Center has released the December 2022 issue of its Virginia Health Care Workforce Brief Series 2: Regional and Sectoral Employment. Data in this Brief is not seasonally adjusted.

According to preliminary estimates, most of Virginia’s Health Care & Social Assistance (HC&SA) employment growth in November took place in the Rest of Virginia, which created 1,700 new HC&SA jobs during the month. This employment increase in the Rest of Virginia’s HC&SA sector translates into an impressive 15.6% annualized growth rate. With this month’s gain, the Rest of Virginia has now created 8,000 HC&SA jobs so far this year. Hampton Roads was the only other region in the state that increased HC&SA employment during the month. In November, Hampton Roads’ HC&SA sector created 400 new jobs, a gain that represents a one-month annualized employment growth rate of 4.9%. Hampton Roads is currently enjoying the fastest long-term HC&SA job growth in the state thanks to its 12-month employment growth rate of 7.4%. As for Virginia’s two other regions, Northern Virginia’s HC&SA sector lost 400 jobs in November, while Richmond saw HC&SA employment fall by 100 during the month.

Regional HC&SA employment highlights are included in the table below (in thousands of employees):

Region Nov. 2021 Nov. 2022 YOY Growth Virginia 447.6 472.5 5.6% Hampton Roads 92.7 99.6 7.4% Northern Virginia 137.1 145.2 5.9% Richmond 83.0 86.3 4.0% Rest of Virginia 134.8 141.4 4.9%

For the second consecutive month, all four of Virginia’s HC&SA subsectors enjoyed positive employment growth. Hospitals produced the most jobs in November as this HC&SA subsector created 600 new jobs during the month. This gain represents a one-month annualized employment growth rate of 6.9%. In addition, this also represents the first time in more than one year in which Hospitals have produced the largest employment gain among Virginia’s four HC&SA subsectors. Meanwhile, Nursing & Residential Care Facilities created 500 jobs in November, which translates into an 8.7% annualized employment growth rate. As for Ambulatory Health Care Services and Social Assistance, these two HC&SA subsectors increased employment by 400 and 100, respectively, during the month. Although Ambulatory Health Care Services and Social Assistance produced smaller employment gains in November, these two HC&SA subsectors have enjoyed very strong long-term job growth. Over the past year, Ambulatory Health Care Services has increased employment by 6.8%, while Social Assistance has created jobs at a 6.5% rate.

Additional employment highlights by HC&SA subsector are included in the table below (in thousands of employees):

Subsector Nov. 2021 Nov. 2022 YOY Growth Total HC&SA 447.6 472.5 5.6% Ambulatory Health Care 197.2 210.6 6.8% Hospitals 105.1 107.9 2.7% Nursing & Residential Care 68.7 72.4 5.4% Social Assistance 76.6 81.6 6.5%

To access the full brief, click the image above. To see all Virginia Health Care Workforce Briefs and to access archival briefs, visit our website.

#data #employment #growth #health #Richmond #Hampton Roads #Northern Virginia #Social Assistance #Ambulatory Health Care Services #Nursing & Residential Care Facilities #health care economics #health care workforce #health care briefs #Healthcare Workforce Data Center #jobs #statistics #Virginia health care employment #November health care employment

[fl1ghtg5]

#greatest athlete ever #Allen Iverson #A.I. #VA #757 #tidewater #Hampton roads #bethel high school #bubba chuck #juelz #Newport News #bad news va

[skatejay]

You have completely fallen apart to a love you thought would last forever.

#my poem #poetry #virginia #east coast #virginia beach #art #dmv #richmond va #hampton roads #norfolk va #va #mercury retrograde #capricorn season #taurus #taurus sun #aries placements #aries rising