Their were thousand of Barometric Balloons a .45 cents about for each .A Japanese scientist discovered the Jet stream in the 30's and wrote it up in a Scientific Journal in Esperanza thinking the Scientific community would be using Esperanza,it was General LeMay from Saipan that really found it as his pilots were 100's of miles at times off target.The West coast kept it secret that Japs had taken barometric readings for years over the West Coast and knew the readings in WA,OR and Kalitaxia.The bombs released by Barometric readings landed in Forests,Fields and communities and killing some,burning some and doing no harm other that Psychological in others .I have seen one.They also used a long range IL Class Submarine that carried two miny subs or one Amphibian.My uncle a coast watcher in Rolling Hills spotted one and it was sunk a Portuguese bend[I dove on in in 1950 with others} and then the mother sub went north to Oxnard and fired at the Oil Refinery.One of the three IL's launched a by plane towards Portland that bombed a field returned to sea only to find he was abandoned.A question,why were Kamikaze pilots given a parachute? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Susan D Slade Grossl" <sdsladegrossl@cableone.net> To: <norcal@rootsweb.com>; <socal@rootsweb.com>; "SF Genealogy" <casanfra@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 2:36 PM Subject: Re: [NORCAL] Notorious California Events Jim, Didn't the balloon land in Oregon and kill one person? or where there two balloons and one lit in California? Susan Boise, Idaho, USA -----Original Message----- From: norcal-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:norcal-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of James R Smith Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 11:04 AM To: norcal@rootsweb.com; socal@rootsweb.com; SF Genealogy Subject: [NORCAL] Notorious California Events My grandmother grew up in the Tri-county area (Colusa/Sutter/Yuba) and talked about the Joaquin Murrieta gang there and the shooting of sheriff Buchanan at Spanish Camp (Sonora Camp). He & her Uncle Billy were friends. My GG-grandfather logged his arrival in California in 1850 as "arriving in Hangtown, now Placerville,where during the vigilence (sic) days, they saw the celebrated gambler "Dick" hanged." I still haven't found a local record of that event but no matter. I have a recollection of my aunt (by marriage) telling of a Japanese balloon landing on the north coast carrying a bomb during WWII. It didn't go off. What was the most notorious or ill-famed event noted by those in your California family tree (yourself included)? If it was you, have you documented the event? Genealogy includes documenting the times, good & bad. I have an ulterior motive. I'm working on a follow-on to SNATCH & am looking for the state's darker events. I thought about this when I was speaking to a hotel manager at a San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau event last year. He mentioned that Billy Holiday was busted for drugs in his hotel. To him, that had impact. Thanks! Jim ----------------------------------------- NORCAL ARCHIVES: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ Enter NORCAL. Browse by month. Or click the "Search all archives" link to search by keyword. ----------------------------------------- To post a message to the NORCAL mailing list, send an email to NORCAL@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORCAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Right you are, Roland. FYI - Kamikaze pilots carried parachutes so that IF their plane couldn't make it to a target, they could bail out to retry. Trained pilots were at a premium. Jim http://books.google.com/books?id=ck4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA22&dq=japanese+submarine+torpedo+california+auto&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=1#v=onepage&q=&f=false roland elliott wrote: > Their were thousand of Barometric Balloons a .45 cents about for each .A > Japanese scientist discovered the Jet stream in the 30's and wrote it up in > a Scientific Journal in Esperanza thinking the Scientific community would be > using Esperanza,it was General LeMay from Saipan that really found it as his > pilots were 100's of miles at times off target.The West coast kept it secret > that Japs had taken barometric readings for years over the West Coast and > knew the readings in WA,OR and Kalitaxia.The bombs released by Barometric > readings landed in Forests,Fields and communities and killing some,burning > some and doing no harm other that Psychological in others .I have seen > one.They also used a long range IL Class Submarine that carried two miny > subs or one Amphibian.My uncle a coast watcher in Rolling Hills spotted one > and it was sunk a Portuguese bend[I dove on in in 1950 with others} and then > the mother sub went north to Oxnard and fired at the Oil Refinery.One of the > three IL's launched a by plane towards Portland that bombed a field returned > to sea only to find he was abandoned.A question,why were Kamikaze pilots > given a parachute? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Susan D Slade Grossl" <sdsladegrossl@cableone.net> > To: <norcal@rootsweb.com>; <socal@rootsweb.com>; "SF Genealogy" > <casanfra@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 2:36 PM > Subject: Re: [NORCAL] Notorious California Events > > > Jim, > > Didn't the balloon land in Oregon and kill one person? or where there two > balloons and one lit in California? > > Susan > Boise, Idaho, USA > > -----Original Message----- > From: norcal-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:norcal-bounces@rootsweb.com]On > Behalf Of James R Smith > Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 11:04 AM > To: norcal@rootsweb.com; socal@rootsweb.com; SF Genealogy > Subject: [NORCAL] Notorious California Events > > My grandmother grew up in the Tri-county area (Colusa/Sutter/Yuba) and > talked about the Joaquin Murrieta gang there and the shooting of sheriff > Buchanan at Spanish Camp (Sonora Camp). He & her Uncle Billy were friends. > My GG-grandfather logged his arrival in California in 1850 as "arriving > in Hangtown, now Placerville,where during the vigilence (sic) days, they > saw the celebrated gambler "Dick" hanged." I still haven't found a local > record of that event but no matter. > I have a recollection of my aunt (by marriage) telling of a Japanese > balloon landing on the north coast carrying a bomb during WWII. It > didn't go off. > > What was the most notorious or ill-famed event noted by those in your > California family tree (yourself included)? If it was you, have you > documented the event? Genealogy includes documenting the times, good & bad. > > I have an ulterior motive. I'm working on a follow-on to SNATCH & am > looking for the state's darker events. I thought about this when I was > speaking to a hotel manager at a San Francisco Convention & Visitors > Bureau event last year. He mentioned that Billy Holiday was busted for > drugs in his hotel. To him, that had impact. > > Thanks! > Jim > > > > ----------------------------------------- > NORCAL ARCHIVES: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > Enter NORCAL. Browse by month. > Or click the "Search all archives" link to search by keyword. > ----------------------------------------- > To post a message to the NORCAL mailing list, send an email to > NORCAL@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORCAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ----------------------------------------- > NORCAL ARCHIVES: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > Enter NORCAL. Browse by month. > Or click the "Search all archives" link to search by keyword. > ----------------------------------------- > To post a message to the NORCAL mailing list, send an email to NORCAL@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORCAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >