2003 Naval Academy Flood...

Zaphod · Sep 10, 2006

You may remember that back in 2003, USNA was flooded by Tropical Storm Isabel.

Here is a photo album of the aftermath. I had not seen pictures like this before. UNREAL.

http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4289078451

Just a sample:

The new Mids are lucky, as this made all those beautiful new labs and such possible. The upgrades are incredibly impressive.

Whistle Pig · Sep 10, 2006

WOW! Those are impressive. Must be Annapolis-on-the-Mississippi down in Memphis!

Ivan was terrible. We had 15 feet of H20 on our main drag. Fortunately, we live up on the ridge.

FatherOfFive · Sep 17, 2006

My son Interviewed a Mid in the class of 2007 this past summer. He had only recently gotten his class ring. As may of you know each class designs their own ring. His had several glyphs one of which commorates the flood they endured during their freshman - oops plebe year.

Kind of cool.

Whistle Pig · Sep 17, 2006

Is there anyplace on the 'net that "displays" the different rings???

FatherOfFive · Sep 17, 2006

Seek and ye shall find.

http://www.usna.com/Communities/ClassInfoCtr/Crests/Crests.htm

Although the reference to the hurricane is there, it is not what I remembered.
Still just as cool.

See if you can spot the reference to the hurricane.

Zaphod · Sep 17, 2006

Hurricane symbol in the Atlantic on their globe.

Any ideas why they have 56 and 57 on their crests?

Whistle Pig · Sep 18, 2006

Very cool! :wiggle:

These even beat the Stillers "one for the thumb!"

FatherOfFive · Sep 18, 2006

Zaphod said:
Any ideas why they have 56 and 57 on their crests?

No, but this seems to be a recurring theme as other crests make reference to the class of 50 years earlier. Of course I'm assuming that it's a reference to the class of 50 years earlier. I'm sure somebody knows.

-FatherOfFive.