Richard Byrd
Richard Byrd
Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd, Jr., USNwas an American naval officer who specialized in feats of exploration. He was a recipient of the Medal of Honor, the highest honor for valor given by the United States, and was a pioneering American aviator, polar explorer, and organizer of polar logistics. Aircraft flights in which he served as a navigator and expedition leader crossed the Atlantic Ocean, a segment of the Arctic Ocean, and a segment of the Antarctic Plateau. Byrd claimed...
ProfessionExplorer
Date of Birth25 October 1888
CityWinchester, VA
We're focusing on evacuation and what would cause us to evacuate major portions of our population. One of the largest impacts on Davidson County would be the hopefully unlikely but catastrophic failure of the Wolf Creek Dam.
I watched the sky a long time, concluding that such beauty was reserved for distant, dangerous places, and that nature has good reason for exacting her own special sacrifices from those determined to witness them.