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Hi, I am Sig (junge1),
I was born in Dominikus- Krankenhaus in Berlin-Hermsdorf, Bezirk Reinickendorf in December 1939. Bezirk Reinickendorf was one of 20 Bezirke that made up Gross-Berlin before World War II and one of 12 Bezirke that made up former West-Berlin, the other 8 Bezirke were Russian occupied and became East-Berlin after the war. Moved from Berlin to Neurohlau (Nova Role) Sudetenland (now Czech Republic), in August 1943 (our entire block of apartment buildings was bombed out in November 1943) and returned back to Berlin in November 1945. Saw my dad the first time in my life in August/September 1946 after he returned from POW camp. Attended elementary school in Berlin-Waidmannslust, high school in Berlin-Hermsdorf, and trade school in Berlin-Kreuzberg. Was an apprentice for the trade of Klischeeaetzer (photo engraver) at Burrath & Schmidt on Friedrichstrasse between U-Bahnhof Kochstrasse (near to what later became Checkpoint Charlie) and Hallisches Tor.
While watching Allied planes supplying West-Berlin by air during the Berliner Luftbruecke in 1948-49 I developed my love for aircraft. I guess I could be considered a 'Berliner Grosschnauze", or at least I used to be.
'Wanderlust' led me to leave Berlin in summer 1960 to emigrate to Toronto, Canada and in February 1962 to move from Canada to New York City, NY, USA. In January 1963 I joined the United States Air Force, one step ahead of Uncle Sam drafting me. Became a United States citizen within 7 weeks after it became a security issue because of my military career. One day after I was sworn in as a citizen in Seattle, my entire unit left for Southeast Asia in June 1966. After nearly 5 years of active duty (extended 11 months to make it an 18 months overseas deployment) I got discharged and moved to New York City. In 1973 I moved to Phoenix, Arizona and two years later joined the Arizona Air National Guard.
Received my higher education at Arizona State University and the University of Georgia and worked for 22 years for the Arizona Department of Water Resources in various capacities. Upon military retirement in 1999 and State retirement in 2005 I looked at a number of things to keep me occupied. Traveling and joining 'renderosity' in September 2007 were a couple of them,
Sig..
Comments (34)
Faemike55
Fascinating capture! the sky does look threatening
lyron
Beautiful sky. Great shot!!
Richardphotos
it poured here for about 10 minutes but evaporated in just a short time yesterday.very menacing clouds
npauling
The sky really does look stormy here I hope you didn't get wet taking it.
bkhook
Beautiful capture.. I hope all are well in fair Arizona...
alessimarco
Great shot of that thunderstorm! Nicely captured!
MagikUnicorn
Look like canadian winter cloud ;-) Great shot
thevolunteer
It does look kind of dangerous. Well captured. Aloha
bazza
Looks stormy.... Nice capture, well done!
kgb224
Superb capture my friend.
hipps13
awesome capture warm hugs, Linda
carlx
Fantastic sky and capture!!!
dragonmuse
Amazing sky.. well caught.
moochagoo
Nowhere ! This is Arizona ! Bravo.
erlandpil
Beautiful capture picture erland
farmerC
Very beautiful shot.
jascorpio
Great shot for the troubled sky!!!!
renecyberdoc
very impressive.
tennesseecowgirl
I have driven through some storms out that way.. the wind will almost pick up your car. Nice capture
flavia49
wonderful capture!!
drifterlee
Beautiful stormy sky!!
sandra46
outstanding image, a perfect shot!
JeffersonAF
Excellent capture.
dhanco
Fantastic sky and your capture of it is just excellent.
jocko500
wonderful image
psyoshida
Spectacular looking clouds and the lighting is beautiful too. Nice shot.
0rest4wicked
Lived in Tucson for a number of years. Used to be able to set your watch by the afternoon storms around 5. Kinda miss those downpours ;)
flora-crassella
wonderful sky!!!!!
tizjezzme
wow, that's a lot of rain in an hour! Great shot; cool lookin clouds :)
debbielove
Looks kinda menacing!! Would not like to get caught in it, thats for sure! lol Good shot.. Now! Run for shelter Sig.. Rob