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| 1 | This is the house that we lived in. Note that it is a duplex and we lived on the left when looking from the front. The duplex units shared a washer/dryer unit in a hallway behind the garage. I cannot remember if the garage was a single unit or two walled units. The little gray boxes are snow blockers and the windows open into them. This design allows the windows to be opened despite being covered in snow. As shown here, we lived in the Kuluk housing division. |
| 2 | This the major reason that I can date this photo. The yellow GMC Jimmy with the white roof belonged to our neighbor, Joe Quenga. The Quenga's major contribution to the Clark family history is that they introduced us to Red Rice. |
| 3 | These are the snow fences located just behind our house. They were placed there to keep the snow in check. Adak's nickname was "Birthplace of the Winds". This only makes sense if you have lived there. The wind blows constantly and if left unchecked, drifts to tremendous depths. The window of my room on the rear of the house was regularly covered by snow drifts in the winter, despite the presence of the fences. To illustrate the degree to which Chuck and I had to entertain ourselves, I would hit rocks over the snow fence while standing just to the left of our house. I would do this for hours and I never ran out of rocks. |
| 4 | We had a major storm during our time there and the winds reached such speeds (+140 knots) that this very dumpster was rolled across the street like a tumbleweed. I'll never experience wind like that again. Chuck, Dad and I ventured out into the wind that night and Chuck lacked the ability to stand in it. Dad held his hand and he waved in the wind like a flag. You had to be there. |
| 5 | The only real organized activity that we had as kids was baseball. The fields were here. Looking at the picture as a whole, you will notice very little grass. Lawnmowers were unnecessary and the baseball field had no grass whatsoever. Welcome to the land of the gravel infield. |
| 6 | The Exchange and the Commissary were located here in a combined building. For civilians, the Exchange was a general retail store and the Commissary was a grocery store. |
The base, Adak Naval Station, has since been closed and the island is essentially uninhabited. I did run across a set of pictures taken in July 2006 that show the island in its current state. Take a look at the following picture of the Bering Theater. In 1976, 30 years before this picture was taken, I saw Rocky here. I guess it has seen better days.
