1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,600 Hi everyone, I'm Emily and I'm Vince and this is the lighthouse lowdown 2 00:00:14,760 --> 00:00:17,080 Choking down your coffee. It's not coffee 3 00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:23,560 So yeah, I'm not drinking caffeine right now or I'm minimizing caffeine and sugars and stuff 4 00:00:23,560 --> 00:00:26,780 So this is I asked for a decaf black coffee 5 00:00:26,780 --> 00:00:29,460 Hot and they're like we can't do that 6 00:00:30,780 --> 00:00:33,300 But we could do a decaf americano 7 00:00:34,300 --> 00:00:41,860 That doesn't make sense. Okay, so you have decaf espresso, but not I've never once heard of decaf espresso 8 00:00:41,860 --> 00:00:45,020 This is a coffee shop. Yeah anyways, so I 9 00:00:45,700 --> 00:00:48,260 Just added some honey to it because I couldn't drink the 10 00:00:49,140 --> 00:00:53,420 Combination before and even now it's you're cooing. It's like coffee tea 11 00:00:53,420 --> 00:00:57,120 Oh, I had some tea. Well, I mean it's watered-down coffee 12 00:00:58,120 --> 00:01:03,860 If it's iced I usually like americano's, but if it's hot I feel like it would be really obvious 13 00:01:04,740 --> 00:01:08,900 Right, that's watery. I'm sorry. I didn't say the number of the other just realized we forgot that 14 00:01:10,700 --> 00:01:13,980 Vincent I were trying to get a good system for data storage 15 00:01:13,980 --> 00:01:20,440 Yeah, and it included saying the number of the episode at the beginning and we didn't do that 16 00:01:20,440 --> 00:01:25,700 So that's fine. I just was distracted by the fact that you this is episode number 72 17 00:01:27,700 --> 00:01:29,700 I'm like holding up my arms 18 00:01:29,700 --> 00:01:33,100 Like are you going to see this? This is why we need cameras 19 00:01:33,100 --> 00:01:39,340 We need people to be able to see me hold up my arms. We really don't and see we really don't because every other part is going to be 20 00:01:39,340 --> 00:01:44,700 My facial expressions. Yes, that would be great. Then I would have to dress nice 21 00:01:45,140 --> 00:01:49,100 No, that's people don't want you to dress nice. They want you to be yourself. That's 22 00:01:49,100 --> 00:01:51,100 irrelevant 23 00:01:52,100 --> 00:01:56,180 This is the third best lighthouse podcast in the world at least 24 00:01:56,980 --> 00:02:01,620 We're in the top three for sure. Yeah, probably second best in the United States for sure and 25 00:02:02,700 --> 00:02:05,980 They don't have video so it's not like we're behind on the times 26 00:02:05,980 --> 00:02:10,240 But if we had video maybe we'd be number one. Yeah, it would be all over tick-tock 27 00:02:11,140 --> 00:02:18,060 Yeah, capture the kids. We get a whole new generation at that Jeremy was saying Jeremy Deftramont when we talked with him 28 00:02:18,060 --> 00:02:20,940 Yeah, he interviewed us. Yes. Yeah, he was saying 29 00:02:21,700 --> 00:02:25,620 How do we get the next generation involved? Just the thought of also? 30 00:02:26,380 --> 00:02:30,500 prioritizing a bunch of the social media like I'd have to quit some of my other hobbies 31 00:02:31,300 --> 00:02:38,260 Some of your other jobs that are unpaid and we can't because we're planning a wedding and I have a list of about 20 things to do 32 00:02:38,700 --> 00:02:44,180 With my hands. Yeah, there's a lot of other things to do. These are just DIY things to do 33 00:02:44,180 --> 00:02:49,060 Yeah, and that's why this episode is being recorded two days before it's released and 34 00:02:49,820 --> 00:02:54,260 That's also why we went for a shorter episode and I don't have a history buoy rock chalk 35 00:02:54,260 --> 00:02:58,780 Let's go trying to convince it down so that when I edit it today 36 00:03:00,580 --> 00:03:03,100 It's uh what what? 37 00:03:05,260 --> 00:03:11,100 I'm just like blank staring blank staring at my face and let's do a personal history buoy because we don't have a lighthouse history 38 00:03:11,100 --> 00:03:14,900 Buoy, okay, but the whole point of the no history buoy is that it's a shorter episode 39 00:03:15,140 --> 00:03:16,420 Well, then I'll stop talking well 40 00:03:16,420 --> 00:03:22,660 But what was it gonna be anyway cuz now I'm curious the thing we talked about with restaurants and memories and like we have three restaurants 41 00:03:22,660 --> 00:03:27,380 We could go to for our anniversary in the future. Oh, yeah, that's not 42 00:03:29,260 --> 00:03:34,580 Worth mentioning. All right, we're going cut that out and cut here Emily 43 00:03:34,580 --> 00:03:40,780 Oh no, okay, I'm gonna go into our episode so that 44 00:03:43,220 --> 00:03:45,220 It's so it's good 45 00:03:45,860 --> 00:03:47,660 we're gonna be talking about 46 00:03:47,660 --> 00:03:51,940 Biloxi lighthouse and this is a direct result of 47 00:03:52,580 --> 00:03:55,020 When we were driving in the car the other day and I was saying 48 00:03:55,620 --> 00:03:58,100 We've never covered a lighthouse in Mississippi 49 00:03:58,100 --> 00:04:05,780 Is there even any lighthouses in Mississippi because the coastline is so tiny and turns out there are down in the sip 50 00:04:05,780 --> 00:04:09,540 Yeah, so we're pronounce it again Biloxi Biloxi bi 51 00:04:10,220 --> 00:04:12,220 L O X I 52 00:04:12,260 --> 00:04:16,700 Okay, Biloxi and I did listen to some videos to figure out the pronunciation and 53 00:04:17,580 --> 00:04:21,820 There that did not happen for anything else in this episode. So I'm just gonna be like 54 00:04:22,660 --> 00:04:26,500 There's two words in particular three words right now that I'm looking at that 55 00:04:26,500 --> 00:04:29,140 I won't know how to pronounce par for the course. We're fine 56 00:04:30,260 --> 00:04:36,420 It's kind of part of the spirit of our podcast. That's why we're the third best lighthouse podcast in the world 57 00:04:37,780 --> 00:04:46,500 Jeremy says everything confidently and I just wallow Jeremy is a historian and a professional 58 00:04:47,020 --> 00:04:54,020 We are amateur or amateurs tour lighthouse enthusiasts. Yeah, so we don't have to know it all 59 00:04:54,020 --> 00:04:57,860 We're not getting paid for anything, but we got Biloxi. We're going to Mississippi 60 00:04:58,420 --> 00:05:02,020 Biloxi lighthouse was one of three Mississippi sound lighthouses 61 00:05:02,780 --> 00:05:05,980 Authorized in 1847 back in the day 62 00:05:05,980 --> 00:05:08,580 So I pulled a picture of the coastline just to it 63 00:05:09,260 --> 00:05:15,140 Accentuate how tiny it is the dotted lines are all that we have of Mississippi touching water 64 00:05:16,500 --> 00:05:22,340 So twelve thousand dollars was set aside in March of that year with one acre bought from John 65 00:05:22,340 --> 00:05:28,340 Faird for six hundred dollars to build the South's first cast iron lighthouse and keeper's dwelling 66 00:05:28,740 --> 00:05:35,580 Which were completed a year later in 1848. Nice the lighthouse is 65 feet tall made of bolted plates of cast iron 67 00:05:35,660 --> 00:05:43,620 Painted white and reinforced with a brick lining which we've talked about with other lighthouses. Yeah fairly standard for a lot of American lighthouses 68 00:05:43,620 --> 00:05:46,900 Yeah, but at this time in the south it was the first one to have that sort of build 69 00:05:46,900 --> 00:05:53,940 So it's kind of fun. It's skinny. Oh by the way, this picture that I just pulled up was taken in 1892 70 00:05:54,340 --> 00:05:58,380 I'm like, why is it so clear? This looks like a 1900s photo 71 00:05:58,860 --> 00:06:00,860 Like a night like a really good photo 72 00:06:01,540 --> 00:06:06,420 70s photo. I mean it was big news though, right? It's the first lighthouse like this in the area 73 00:06:06,420 --> 00:06:11,940 So it's probably a professional just surprised by that because it's so clear. I thought for sure it'd be like 19 74 00:06:13,500 --> 00:06:15,500 But six five feet tall 75 00:06:15,500 --> 00:06:17,500 I'm pretty good nowadays 76 00:06:17,900 --> 00:06:20,860 So let me just keep I keep wanting to like 77 00:06:21,860 --> 00:06:26,060 Talk about the interesting things that I know I'm gonna talk about and just say it right now 78 00:06:26,060 --> 00:06:30,940 I'm like no, there's a structure made of cast iron. Although the first keeper was a man 79 00:06:32,180 --> 00:06:34,180 Marsilis 80 00:06:34,540 --> 00:06:41,500 Hey point of interest you said a brick lining. Yeah, so the inside yeah, I figured the outside be break. No the inside 81 00:06:41,500 --> 00:06:49,020 It's yes. Interesting. The outside keeps more water out than brick. Yeah historically. Yeah welded and 82 00:06:49,660 --> 00:06:51,500 Interesting. Okay. Thank you 83 00:06:51,500 --> 00:06:57,540 The first keeper I tried to pronounce his name Marsilis J Howard. I'm gonna say so he was a man 84 00:06:57,540 --> 00:07:05,500 But this lighthouse is known for having the most it's kept by women for the longest amount of years in the US 85 00:07:05,500 --> 00:07:13,300 Thanks first female keeper and second keeper of the lighthouse was Maria Reynolds and she started working in 1854 and 86 00:07:13,460 --> 00:07:18,140 Worked through 1866 so solid over a decade 12 years 87 00:07:18,220 --> 00:07:20,340 Yeah, and she was a keeper 88 00:07:20,420 --> 00:07:26,340 She was the keeper when the reflectors were replaced with fixed white fourth order lens in 1856 89 00:07:26,860 --> 00:07:28,900 So that's pretty early to get a Fresnel lens 90 00:07:28,900 --> 00:07:33,020 I think considering how far south we are and how like it took 91 00:07:33,020 --> 00:07:36,300 This long to get a lighthouse down here that I don't know 92 00:07:36,300 --> 00:07:41,180 I feel like it would have been a lot later that they would have supplied a light a Fresnel lens over here 93 00:07:41,180 --> 00:07:45,820 Yeah, it's interesting in fourth order too is I forget the ranges, but it's 94 00:07:46,620 --> 00:07:52,540 Smaller range. Yeah mid-level. So this is are we looking at this photo that's on screen 95 00:07:53,020 --> 00:07:58,540 It looks like we're standing in the low tide. We're standing in the water. Yeah, potentially 96 00:07:58,540 --> 00:08:05,500 So there's a bay right here. Anyways, the point is fourth order is right on the coast. Yeah, so fix white 97 00:08:06,180 --> 00:08:08,180 Cool, and that's the Gulf, right? 98 00:08:08,980 --> 00:08:12,260 Yeah, yeah, that's Gulf of Mexico 99 00:08:13,100 --> 00:08:15,100 small pause 100 00:08:15,300 --> 00:08:19,900 Due to the deaths of her relatives she was the guardian to several orphan children 101 00:08:19,900 --> 00:08:23,900 So even during the Civil War she and the kids lived in the lighthouse 102 00:08:23,900 --> 00:08:29,140 So like oh in a lot of instances during a war keepers were not in the lighthouse, you know, they 103 00:08:30,340 --> 00:08:32,580 Shuttered the lighthouse until the end of the war 104 00:08:32,580 --> 00:08:39,020 But in this case they let her stay there and continued to pay her because she had so many orphan children living in the lighthouse 105 00:08:39,460 --> 00:08:46,420 So crazy, I guess I've never considered this before so during the Civil War, right? 106 00:08:48,220 --> 00:08:51,260 I don't remember the time frame. I thought it was before this 107 00:08:51,260 --> 00:08:53,780 The reason I asked wait, let me 108 00:08:54,940 --> 00:08:59,300 1861 it started and I think it ended in 1866. Let's find it 109 00:09:01,180 --> 00:09:03,180 1865 so 110 00:09:03,620 --> 00:09:06,340 Okay, you say they paid her who paid her 111 00:09:07,260 --> 00:09:09,260 LHS well when 112 00:09:09,780 --> 00:09:14,020 US splits into I'm not sure that's what I was gonna say is it's probably a northern 113 00:09:14,740 --> 00:09:15,940 governmental body 114 00:09:15,940 --> 00:09:23,380 So I don't think they were paying any southern it had to well when the South separated they formed their own government 115 00:09:23,580 --> 00:09:29,380 Yeah, so like I'm sure that they had every avenue of what they used to have 116 00:09:29,900 --> 00:09:36,320 Interesting crazy that that happened in our history. I've never thought about it before but being a government sponsored 117 00:09:37,100 --> 00:09:41,460 Activity and then the government splits. That's yeah, she's probably like oh, no 118 00:09:42,260 --> 00:09:44,260 Have lots of kids in here 119 00:09:44,260 --> 00:09:46,260 I 120 00:09:46,260 --> 00:09:48,260 I 121 00:09:48,260 --> 00:09:50,260 I 122 00:09:50,260 --> 00:09:52,260 I 123 00:09:52,260 --> 00:09:54,260 I 124 00:09:54,260 --> 00:09:56,260 I 125 00:09:56,260 --> 00:09:58,260 I 126 00:09:58,260 --> 00:10:00,260 I 127 00:10:00,260 --> 00:10:02,260 I 128 00:10:02,260 --> 00:10:04,260 I 129 00:10:04,260 --> 00:10:06,260 I 130 00:10:06,260 --> 00:10:08,260 I 131 00:10:08,260 --> 00:10:10,260 I 132 00:10:10,260 --> 00:10:12,260 I 133 00:10:12,260 --> 00:10:15,220 I don't know. I was like I'm watching this video. I was like, I don't know why it 134 00:10:15,620 --> 00:10:21,260 You know, we watched the nun the nun too, and I'm like terrifying. Oh the horror movies. Yes 135 00:10:21,260 --> 00:10:23,500 and then there's like all these stories of 136 00:10:24,380 --> 00:10:29,660 You know abuse and stuff and I'm like that doesn't sound nice, but like modern nunneries seem to be 137 00:10:30,420 --> 00:10:36,340 People elect to do this with their lives. Well, I think most nuns throughout history. I've had good lives 138 00:10:36,580 --> 00:10:40,460 Yeah, I don't I think the story like for one the horror movie is you know 139 00:10:40,460 --> 00:10:44,660 Oh, yeah, but the stories that stand out are atypical I think 140 00:10:45,140 --> 00:10:46,340 from 141 00:10:46,340 --> 00:10:51,420 What is it monasteries or monks nunneries or nuns and there are they? 142 00:10:51,980 --> 00:10:56,420 None nuns are part of the Catholic Church. Yeah, right? Okay, sure 143 00:10:56,420 --> 00:11:01,600 So for example, I saw you said I saw some video on nuns last week. I saw one too 144 00:11:02,340 --> 00:11:04,340 said mine was a 145 00:11:04,740 --> 00:11:09,100 basketball game. Oh my gosh nuns were in full full dress playing basketball and 146 00:11:09,100 --> 00:11:15,420 Shooting three pointers and making them. Oh, it'd be so sweaty. I'm pretty sure it's a real video. You know, yeah 147 00:11:15,420 --> 00:11:17,420 I mean, I'm sure 148 00:11:21,780 --> 00:11:25,940 Okay, sorry I got so distracted the nuns don't even have anything to do with the story 149 00:11:27,340 --> 00:11:29,140 speculation 150 00:11:29,140 --> 00:11:30,660 okay 151 00:11:30,660 --> 00:11:33,900 In the 1850s the lights stood less than 30 feet from the sand 152 00:11:33,900 --> 00:11:38,460 So a 104 foot concrete seawall was built to protect the tower from the waves 153 00:11:38,460 --> 00:11:41,740 And I'm pretty sure that's what's in this photo surrounding 154 00:11:42,420 --> 00:11:48,540 Oh, yeah, the lighthouse. That's the seawall nice in 1860 part of the seawall collapsed from a storm 155 00:11:48,540 --> 00:11:51,900 And this area gets lots of hurricanes like over history 156 00:11:51,900 --> 00:11:55,100 Mm-hmm, and it washed away sand around the lighthouse 157 00:11:55,100 --> 00:12:00,020 And so it formed a void under one part of the light and it developed a two-foot lean 158 00:12:00,020 --> 00:12:03,460 And they said that if the lighthouse was not 159 00:12:03,460 --> 00:12:10,860 Surrounded by the cast iron it absolutely there was no way it would have survived because just brick you think about two feet difference 160 00:12:10,860 --> 00:12:12,860 Oh, yeah lean it would be over 161 00:12:13,460 --> 00:12:15,460 But because it had cast iron it 162 00:12:16,100 --> 00:12:18,300 Held together until they were able to fix it 163 00:12:18,380 --> 00:12:25,020 But instead of filling the void underneath they took earth from the other side of the lighthouse and it slowly 164 00:12:25,780 --> 00:12:26,940 settled 165 00:12:26,940 --> 00:12:31,660 Back to normal. That's impressive. Yeah, I wonder if it settled lower in elevation 166 00:12:31,660 --> 00:12:34,060 Oh, I bet so they just took it all well 167 00:12:34,620 --> 00:12:41,380 This anything with sand is constantly changing. So I guess I don't really know I'm really tempted to talk about the cast iron 168 00:12:41,380 --> 00:12:47,260 I think I'll save that for a future. Oh history buoy. Yeah, I have some cast iron news at work. Anyways, oh 169 00:12:48,380 --> 00:12:51,780 I'm interested but just yeah for next time a 170 00:12:52,580 --> 00:12:56,700 Fifth order for nolens was installed after the war and is still there today 171 00:12:56,700 --> 00:13:01,760 So you can go and see it nice and I have a picture. I don't think it's very good quality, but 172 00:13:02,340 --> 00:13:04,340 Yeah, it's bad quality 173 00:13:04,780 --> 00:13:09,620 But still you can see what it looks like. It's pretty neat. It appears that it's got some pitting going on 174 00:13:09,620 --> 00:13:16,260 I mean, how can you just be the image quality? Yeah, maybe it's just really sparkly. So so you said fifth order? 175 00:13:16,260 --> 00:13:23,380 Yeah, so I don't know that we've talked about a fifth order lens other than when we first talked about for now lenses 176 00:13:23,380 --> 00:13:25,380 And the size is available. Yeah, maybe 177 00:13:25,380 --> 00:13:33,100 They're definitely not common because most lighthouse like if we talk about lighthouses on the Great Lakes or whatever fourth order is pretty much 178 00:13:33,220 --> 00:13:35,540 What they always get so the third is rare 179 00:13:36,220 --> 00:13:37,900 So cute 180 00:13:37,900 --> 00:13:40,100 Still looks heavy. Oh, yeah, for sure 181 00:13:40,100 --> 00:13:45,940 So it was it was downgraded from fourth to fifth hour order interesting and they did that while the tower and the dwelling were being restored 182 00:13:45,940 --> 00:13:52,620 So the dwelling was painted white while the tower was given a coat of black coal tar to protect from rust 183 00:13:52,620 --> 00:14:00,620 However, the timing of this was poor because many thought the tower was painted black in morning after Abraham Lincoln's death and 184 00:14:01,500 --> 00:14:07,260 So like it caused some unrest and yeah, because it was in the south 185 00:14:07,580 --> 00:14:10,540 Yeah, it to Bellum and on top of that 186 00:14:11,100 --> 00:14:17,420 Sailors found it very hard to see a black lighthouse against all the dark like trees that they had going on 187 00:14:17,420 --> 00:14:21,100 And so it took another two years, but they painted it white again 188 00:14:21,100 --> 00:14:23,860 1868 well, it's hard to get 189 00:14:25,860 --> 00:14:30,860 Tar off of any structure. That's one of the benefits of it's protecting it from being rusted 190 00:14:30,860 --> 00:14:34,340 Yeah, so you see they just painted over the top of the 191 00:14:35,140 --> 00:14:42,220 Campaign over tar paint over tar. I don't think you can I think they'd have to strip it. Oh, man with chemicals or straight. I mean 192 00:14:43,300 --> 00:14:44,900 Sounds terrible 193 00:14:44,900 --> 00:14:47,400 They're like fine. No wonder it took two years 194 00:14:47,400 --> 00:14:49,320 Oh 195 00:14:49,320 --> 00:14:55,080 Here's another keeper's name that I'm gonna have to pronounce Perry young ins young hands 196 00:14:55,800 --> 00:14:57,640 Young ins of course 197 00:14:57,640 --> 00:15:03,040 He was keeper following the war but passed away within the year like the first year of his service 198 00:15:03,560 --> 00:15:08,040 So his wife Maria took over as keeper until 1918 199 00:15:08,520 --> 00:15:10,280 that 200 00:15:10,280 --> 00:15:13,640 From the 60s to the 20s almost 201 00:15:15,040 --> 00:15:16,760 67 to 202 00:15:16,760 --> 00:15:21,040 1918 okay, so over 50 years 40 203 00:15:23,040 --> 00:15:25,040 50 204 00:15:26,640 --> 00:15:29,140 70 90 10s 205 00:15:31,320 --> 00:15:33,320 50 years oh my gosh 206 00:15:34,120 --> 00:15:40,720 So crazy we don't see a lot of people serving for that long and especially not like women usually were 207 00:15:40,720 --> 00:15:48,720 Placeholders well, yeah, I'm starting in the 1800s. It was like oh, you know my husband died until you find the next one 208 00:15:48,720 --> 00:15:51,880 I'm gonna be keeper. Yeah, but this is crazy 209 00:15:52,800 --> 00:15:55,560 It's hard to understand but things moved slower 210 00:15:56,080 --> 00:16:01,400 Ten years ago. I can't imagine the 1800s how fast or rather slow things moved 211 00:16:01,840 --> 00:16:08,960 So like a job listing goes out. Oh, there's no LinkedIn. Yeah, there's there. Maybe they'll post it locally 212 00:16:08,960 --> 00:16:15,720 I don't know. I don't know. I don't know what the technology at the time was maybe that's the newspaper 213 00:16:15,720 --> 00:16:20,040 The newspaper used to have job listings in it, but I don't know how you're gonna find a new 214 00:16:20,480 --> 00:16:25,440 Person who wants to be a lighthouse keeper that often. Yeah, so yeah husband dies 215 00:16:26,040 --> 00:16:34,400 maybe they the wife often takes over or family member takes over and then I don't know if they're active even actively seeking new 216 00:16:34,760 --> 00:16:36,760 Yeah, they're just kind of like okay good 217 00:16:36,760 --> 00:16:44,760 There's no school of lighthouse keeping at this time really it is interesting that I know of there's no like there's no where they're coming from being 218 00:16:44,760 --> 00:16:48,120 Generated from right so they're just like people who it's not like a specific 219 00:16:48,760 --> 00:16:52,080 Thing you learn how to do yeah, and that's another history 220 00:16:52,080 --> 00:16:56,600 But I want to do is what qualifies you to be a lighthouse keeper like if you apply 221 00:16:57,360 --> 00:17:04,040 What makes you more likely is it like having a mechanical like having an engineering background or you know like 222 00:17:04,040 --> 00:17:07,880 Um, what's the word a mechanic, but yeah handy handy man 223 00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:10,640 handy woman 224 00:17:10,800 --> 00:17:17,280 Yeah, well, and then that's probably part of the US LHE and their establishment of like we wear uniforms 225 00:17:17,400 --> 00:17:24,040 Yes, we do that like his military was the way that they organized. Yeah, we can't look like a bunch of civilian people like we got to make it 226 00:17:24,680 --> 00:17:26,680 Look real interesting 227 00:17:26,680 --> 00:17:34,280 Anyway, well it's 50 years of service the New Orleans Daily 228 00:17:35,080 --> 00:17:37,080 Was that was that Emily 229 00:17:38,440 --> 00:17:41,580 The what why don't they just call it New Orleans Daily 230 00:17:42,720 --> 00:17:49,040 Newspaper, but it probably was a different one called that New Orleans Daily pick a you know 231 00:17:49,040 --> 00:17:52,320 Pick a youn pick a youn. I don't know. What is that? 232 00:17:52,320 --> 00:17:57,080 Anyone knows how to pronounce that please let us know this is what I get for copying and pasting this one thing 233 00:17:57,080 --> 00:18:01,000 I was like, I don't feel like typing that out. Well now I forget to look up pronunciation 234 00:18:01,880 --> 00:18:03,880 Anyway, October 21st 235 00:18:04,360 --> 00:18:10,400 1893 they noted Maria's action during a hurricane that struck earlier that month quote at Biloxi Mrs. 236 00:18:10,680 --> 00:18:12,040 young ins 237 00:18:12,040 --> 00:18:18,440 The plucky woman who was in charge of the light kept the light going all through the storm notwithstanding the fact there were several 238 00:18:18,440 --> 00:18:20,440 Feet of water in the room where she lived 239 00:18:20,440 --> 00:18:29,720 I'm quote. Oh my gosh, and there was actually lots of mentions of Maria being a like hearty people saying a man 240 00:18:30,640 --> 00:18:36,240 What would be a Paul that the stuff that she like marched out and just dealt with like especially during hurricanes 241 00:18:36,240 --> 00:18:42,640 They always had mentioned of how she was just like a powerful lady. Well, she had seen some shit. Yeah 242 00:18:44,160 --> 00:18:48,640 You know she there's there's two options and she chose to go through it. Yeah, I 243 00:18:48,640 --> 00:18:51,760 Don't know those stories, but I could just tell 244 00:18:52,840 --> 00:18:57,820 Lucky woman. So she actually lived in the tower. There was a keeper's well, okay 245 00:18:57,920 --> 00:19:02,960 It sounded like the dwelling was in the tower for a moment. Oh, no. Yeah, it was separate 246 00:19:03,600 --> 00:19:07,120 Hurricane that they mentioned heavily damaged the breakwater protect the lighthouse 247 00:19:07,360 --> 00:19:10,120 But it was repaired the following year using timber and concrete 248 00:19:10,600 --> 00:19:14,720 So nothing, I mean the light house has lived through this is still original 249 00:19:14,720 --> 00:19:19,840 So it's lived through every single hurricane that's come its way to today. Mm-hmm. So there 250 00:19:21,120 --> 00:19:26,640 1877 the board noticed the dwelling was in disrepair so much so that they decided to demo it and build a new one. So 251 00:19:27,640 --> 00:19:29,640 Maria got a new house 252 00:19:30,640 --> 00:19:31,640 $4,000 in 253 00:19:31,640 --> 00:19:32,880 1880 254 00:19:32,880 --> 00:19:38,320 During the end of Maria's stint at the lighthouse her daughter Miranda served as assistant keeper unofficially 255 00:19:38,320 --> 00:19:46,320 It's not listed as like an official keeper, but she took over as headkeeper in 1919 until 1929 so another decade of young ins 256 00:19:46,880 --> 00:19:48,480 in the system 257 00:19:48,480 --> 00:19:50,480 The light was electrified in 258 00:19:50,480 --> 00:19:56,240 1926 and given a new flash pattern of an occulting white light that was dark for two seconds and lit for three seconds 259 00:19:56,800 --> 00:20:02,400 And it was automated in 1940. I think the flash pattern is still the same today. So 260 00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:09,840 So how long is it the young ins is the name? Yeah, how long were they operating that lighthouse? That seems like a long time 261 00:20:10,560 --> 00:20:15,200 the 50s until 1867 to 262 00:20:16,080 --> 00:20:21,120 1929 okay, I thought that was earlier than the 60s, but still yeah, dang pretty cool 263 00:20:21,760 --> 00:20:29,040 The lighthouse was declared surplus property in 1968 and the city of Biloxi has had ownership ever since 264 00:20:29,040 --> 00:20:33,760 So they got the deed the lighthouse at that time and they take really good care of it. They've done restorations and 265 00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:38,640 You know, they're ahead of their time great shape today. So that's smart of them 266 00:20:38,720 --> 00:20:41,760 I mean as we've talked about there's there was a real dry spell 267 00:20:42,560 --> 00:20:47,280 It appears in lighthouse care taking an interest in the 80s and 90s 268 00:20:47,600 --> 00:20:52,480 You know windows and fresnel lenses are being shot at on several several different places 269 00:20:52,880 --> 00:20:56,640 People would just use them as target practice. I know people broke in 270 00:20:56,640 --> 00:21:03,360 Burned them down stole things. So it's good for Biloxi to take care of their tower through that time 271 00:21:03,920 --> 00:21:09,760 Yeah, and I'm seeing uh, I follow Hillsborough inlet lighthouse Hillsborough. I think 272 00:21:10,640 --> 00:21:14,640 And they're doing a restoration right now and it's just like just gonna be 273 00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:17,440 So expensive. Oh, yeah 274 00:21:17,520 --> 00:21:23,920 I just I'm happy that there's people that care enough about it to be like we have to we have to do this 275 00:21:23,920 --> 00:21:29,760 So like even though it's so painfully expensive in order for it to survive we have to and that's what we're gonna do 276 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:35,600 Yeah, well we so we were in construction and design and there's some customers where 277 00:21:36,320 --> 00:21:42,320 These project timelines are long like five years between so for example a project was designed 278 00:21:42,880 --> 00:21:48,640 So the customer said hey, we need this thing. It's an industrial big commercial customer. Yeah, we need this process 279 00:21:48,640 --> 00:21:53,920 So our company designs it on paper and we give them a price 280 00:21:54,640 --> 00:21:57,360 to build it and they say okay 281 00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:04,320 And then five years went by because the money's coming together because we're finding people to actually do the construction 282 00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:06,960 You know, we're managing it 283 00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:13,280 Getting permits the whole process and then over those five years the equipment that goes inside this building 284 00:22:13,280 --> 00:22:18,000 Has escalated in cost so much that the customer says what the heck? 285 00:22:18,720 --> 00:22:22,560 We can't afford to build this. It's not what the what we were quoted. It's like 286 00:22:23,200 --> 00:22:24,000 well 287 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:27,840 It's like those a long time. It was a long time. It was five years ago. So you took too long to do paperwork 288 00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:34,800 Yeah, and and so the point of this is our construction is just crazy crazy expensive 289 00:22:35,280 --> 00:22:40,320 I wouldn't be surprised if specialty construction like lighthouses will set new records 290 00:22:40,320 --> 00:22:47,120 Uh for sure this decade any restorations that happen. Yeah, and like materials and stuff are 291 00:22:47,680 --> 00:22:51,760 Probably not especially if you're trying to do like a restoration based on 292 00:22:52,320 --> 00:22:54,320 historical yes, like historical 293 00:22:54,720 --> 00:22:58,800 materials and stuff for acerellings. Yeah, it's got to just be crazy 294 00:22:59,520 --> 00:23:01,360 cast iron casings 295 00:23:01,360 --> 00:23:06,720 Not common. I'm glad there's still people out there that are doing that kind of stuff even though the price tag is insane 296 00:23:06,720 --> 00:23:10,960 A hurricane destroyed the keepers dwelling in 1969 297 00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:16,160 But the lighthouse survived and its construction was tough enough to withstand all hurricanes since then 298 00:23:16,640 --> 00:23:18,960 So we don't have a keepers dwelling anymore sad 299 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:22,000 lighthouse wiped out 300 00:23:22,160 --> 00:23:26,480 In 1998 with the destruction of round island lighthouse in mississippi 301 00:23:26,800 --> 00:23:32,640 Biloxi became the last of over 10 lighthouses to be built on the mississippi coastline to still be standing. Wow 302 00:23:32,640 --> 00:23:38,320 It's the only one. There's some other little ones, but I don't think that they're they're not like originals 303 00:23:38,880 --> 00:23:43,680 Yeah, that's crazy the last of 10 that were constructed. Mm-hmm on the coastline 304 00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:53,040 In 2005 Biloxi lighthouse became the symbol of resilience still standing draped to the american flag after hurricane kurchina ripped through the south 305 00:23:53,600 --> 00:23:55,600 I've got a picture of what? 306 00:23:55,600 --> 00:23:59,680 Like this first picture is what the lighthouse looked like after the hurricane so 307 00:23:59,680 --> 00:24:01,680 Where did it pick up an american flag? 308 00:24:02,480 --> 00:24:04,480 Well, I assume someone took it up there 309 00:24:05,040 --> 00:24:07,680 No, I mean with the way that it's draped it kind of looks like 310 00:24:08,480 --> 00:24:10,480 Maybe it was hanging 311 00:24:10,640 --> 00:24:16,480 Before hand and then it got all tangled up or something, but katerina was that was in our 312 00:24:17,040 --> 00:24:20,720 Well in my lifetime when I was paying attention. It was awful. Yeah 313 00:24:21,680 --> 00:24:27,520 I have a vague memory of that happening, but being in texas, you know, we were pretty close. Yeah 314 00:24:27,520 --> 00:24:28,960 Yeah 315 00:24:28,960 --> 00:24:33,280 But uh, but lexy gosh. Yeah, it is not far from 316 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:37,440 New Orleans, which is not at all. It like when I showed the 317 00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:43,040 Maps screenshot you could see New Orleans off to the side cool photo. Yeah, glad it made it 318 00:24:43,440 --> 00:24:49,280 Its imagery was printed on stamps and license plates in the state following that as the symbol of powering through 319 00:24:49,360 --> 00:24:52,080 I want one of those license plates. Isn't that cool? It's awesome 320 00:24:52,080 --> 00:24:57,200 The script on mississippi is really cool, too. I like that it um, bulloxi has a 321 00:24:57,680 --> 00:24:59,680 Weather vane on top 322 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:04,560 Yeah, we haven't I think I've seen one or two of those I can say we haven't seen that before I have seen it once 323 00:25:04,640 --> 00:25:07,600 Or maybe we haven't covered the lighthouse that has that 324 00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:10,480 It's pretty cute and I love the tiny little windows 325 00:25:12,240 --> 00:25:16,960 That's probably how it's survived all this time. It's right on the water, too. Yes, it's right there 326 00:25:16,960 --> 00:25:21,520 And that was um, you know what I was saying earlier is it used to be 327 00:25:22,320 --> 00:25:29,760 30 feet from the shoreline and so now nowadays it's not it's like 100 something and it's actually in the median of 328 00:25:30,080 --> 00:25:34,480 A highway, so it's just like the lighthouse with a highway going on either side 329 00:25:34,560 --> 00:25:37,600 I was gonna say there's a road in the Katrina photo. There's a road 330 00:25:38,240 --> 00:25:43,760 What 10 feet from the base? Yeah, no on the other side is the other split. Yeah. Oh my gosh 331 00:25:43,760 --> 00:25:48,240 It's so crazy how the world just builds around history 332 00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:52,080 So if you want to go visit this lighthouse, is that something you can do? Yes 333 00:25:52,880 --> 00:25:57,200 Yeah, and I looked at their website and there's no description of how you're supposed to get there 334 00:25:57,280 --> 00:26:02,240 So it's gotta be obvious. There's gotta be some kind of crop tunnel or bridge or something. Yeah 335 00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:05,280 Just run across the highway 336 00:26:05,280 --> 00:26:06,640 That's so funny 337 00:26:06,640 --> 00:26:09,760 But 2010 a restoration of the tower was completed following 338 00:26:09,760 --> 00:26:13,520 extensive damage to the brick lining following Hurricane Katrina 339 00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:16,080 katikatikachow 340 00:26:17,520 --> 00:26:19,520 I keep saying katikow 341 00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:24,080 That's like the one thing that we should know 342 00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:27,760 I just can't I guess I can I've never really said that a lot 343 00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:32,720 They also did rewiring restoring the decorative fence and also repainted so 344 00:26:33,360 --> 00:26:39,120 I like that they kind of prioritized that after the hurricane because there was so much focus on it being like something 345 00:26:39,120 --> 00:26:40,960 That survived. Yeah 346 00:26:40,960 --> 00:26:46,960 so they painted two blue lines inside the lighthouse indicating how high the waters were 347 00:26:47,760 --> 00:26:50,160 at the lighthouse during hurricane Katrina, which was 348 00:26:50,880 --> 00:26:52,880 21.5 feet 349 00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:54,240 and 350 00:26:54,240 --> 00:26:58,320 Hurricane Camille, which was 17.5 feet and this was the hurricane that 351 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:06,800 Camille there's so many that's where the this one was keeper's house was gone. No 352 00:27:06,800 --> 00:27:10,160 I think this was the hurricane while 353 00:27:11,440 --> 00:27:15,040 Maria was keeper. So it was a long time ago 354 00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:22,240 1969 okay, so no that was that was the one that took out the that was right. Yeah, good work 355 00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:24,880 So how tall is the lighthouse overall? 356 00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:26,880 65 feet 357 00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:32,160 So the water was a third of the lighthouse in height. How creepy that had to have been like water 358 00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:36,880 It was inside. Yeah. Well the door breaks in with that much pressure 359 00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:41,280 Pretty crazy 360 00:27:41,280 --> 00:27:44,320 I can't even imagine being there. I wonder I don't humans were there 361 00:27:44,400 --> 00:27:50,320 That's what I was gonna say is there's gonna be there's probably no photo of it of looking down at the water inside of a lighthouse 362 00:27:50,640 --> 00:27:56,400 I think your staircase submerged. Well, you just have to hope that it recedes before you need to come down 363 00:27:56,400 --> 00:28:01,760 I'm sure there's like not a lot of places safer safer to be than in a lighthouse during a hurricane 364 00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:05,200 I mean inland would be better. Well, well, yeah 365 00:28:07,120 --> 00:28:12,160 Well when before weather was accurately no warning predicted. Yeah, it just 366 00:28:13,200 --> 00:28:15,200 Where do you run very little warning? 367 00:28:15,440 --> 00:28:17,760 Go to the lighthouse that's 30 feet away from 368 00:28:18,560 --> 00:28:24,720 The water was it bolivar point lighthouse that bolivar that had uh filled with people 369 00:28:24,720 --> 00:28:31,200 Yeah, didn't go well, right? Um, they all lived the ones on the inside. It was just a chaotic experience and then when they came out 370 00:28:31,360 --> 00:28:33,360 There was lots of people 371 00:28:33,920 --> 00:28:39,600 It's yeah, I think of that as more sad than happy even though the people on the inside survived. Oh, no because because it was 372 00:28:40,480 --> 00:28:46,480 Traumatic devastating they can be thankful for the fact that they're alive and still be like that was the worst experience of my entire life 373 00:28:46,560 --> 00:28:48,560 Like they definitely have PTSD from that 374 00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:52,960 Oh gosh, I can't even imagine so and also this I mean 375 00:28:52,960 --> 00:28:57,520 I mean, senior, I just I just trying to picture we took a photo 376 00:28:59,120 --> 00:29:04,560 Which lighthouse was that that she pointed out we could take a picture through the the clockwork chain opening 377 00:29:04,800 --> 00:29:08,640 Oh, um, not sit like was it not sit? Um, I took a 378 00:29:09,680 --> 00:29:12,160 It's actually a really good photo, but let's see if I can find it 379 00:29:12,720 --> 00:29:15,920 Um down through that slot looking at the staircase 380 00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:19,200 And just imagine, you know, it was like this bright sunny day 381 00:29:19,200 --> 00:29:25,920 The doors open the sunlight now imagine it's filled with water and it's black howling winds outside and it'd be dark too 382 00:29:26,080 --> 00:29:29,840 Everything's rocking. Oh my gosh. It would be so scary 383 00:29:31,440 --> 00:29:33,440 It's gonna be in a horror film in five years 384 00:29:34,080 --> 00:29:39,840 But yeah nowadays you can visit the lighthouse for five dollars daily from nine to ten a.m 385 00:29:40,080 --> 00:29:44,240 So you only get one hour to get in there. I'm sure it's a volunteer effort helping out 386 00:29:44,320 --> 00:29:47,360 Yeah, for sure. That's great though to be open daily. That's pretty good 387 00:29:47,360 --> 00:29:53,120 Most most lighthouses you really don't need an hour at no, but if there's a museum or there's grounds 388 00:29:53,440 --> 00:29:57,520 Yeah, especially because there's no I mean, this is just you're gonna see the tower and then you're gonna leave 389 00:29:57,600 --> 00:30:02,400 There's no there's no grounds. There's no keepers dwelling. There's nothing. There's a highway. Yeah 390 00:30:03,520 --> 00:30:05,520 Just the sound of cars 391 00:30:05,520 --> 00:30:08,240 And they do have a live feed on their website from 392 00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:16,480 Um, uh from the lighthouse 24 7 so it's just kind of like showing the coastline and the cars and stuff you can watch it like a little uh 393 00:30:17,840 --> 00:30:24,160 GoPro cam. Yeah, nice. Yeah, and that's that that's Biloxi lighthouse. Good job city of Biloxi 394 00:30:24,880 --> 00:30:28,000 Yeah, I know restoring when it needs it and 395 00:30:28,880 --> 00:30:34,000 It's pretty weird people interested. I'm sure every everyone who drives on the highway that's never been there before is like 396 00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:38,480 It's a lighthouse in the middle of the highway in the median surprise. No one's hit it yet 397 00:30:39,040 --> 00:30:41,040 Here's a nice picture. It's knocked on wood 398 00:30:42,160 --> 00:30:43,280 of 399 00:30:43,280 --> 00:30:49,600 Oh shoot, I never thought about that. That's a dangerous place for the lighthouse. I mean, it's kind of ironic because you know a lighthouse is like 400 00:30:50,320 --> 00:30:52,320 Stay away, right? Yeah 401 00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:59,040 Isn't this interesting it is there's just enough space they left they've got some cute 402 00:30:59,040 --> 00:31:04,800 Like landscaping around it. It literally it's uh, it's a highway median 403 00:31:05,040 --> 00:31:10,240 It looks like there might be a park or a beachfront on the left. Oh, yeah, it's all beachy. Nice 404 00:31:11,360 --> 00:31:16,720 I would love to go to this area and from this picture. It's a highway. There's stop lights 405 00:31:16,720 --> 00:31:21,600 So I'm sure you walk across one side of the street and then walk towards the lighthouse on the median 406 00:31:21,600 --> 00:31:24,960 It's a beautiful uh photo. It's gorgeous and the doors 407 00:31:24,960 --> 00:31:29,360 Are nice. They didn't look like that after Hurricane Katrina. Katina 408 00:31:30,400 --> 00:31:32,400 Hurricane tortilla 409 00:31:34,080 --> 00:31:37,440 Oh man, this is one I'd actually really like to see 410 00:31:38,320 --> 00:31:41,280 Do we think we'll ever like to see all the lighthouses we've talked about? 411 00:31:42,240 --> 00:31:44,720 I know I know but I feel like this one 412 00:31:45,520 --> 00:31:47,520 is really unique 413 00:31:47,520 --> 00:31:48,560 Kellier 414 00:31:48,560 --> 00:31:50,080 bridesmaids 415 00:31:50,080 --> 00:31:52,080 This is right outside of norlands 416 00:31:52,080 --> 00:31:54,800 How far is this from norlands? I don't want to go to norlands again 417 00:31:58,480 --> 00:32:00,480 Do you want to elaborate on that for our listeners? 418 00:32:01,040 --> 00:32:03,040 um 419 00:32:03,440 --> 00:32:05,600 No, no, it wasn't it was 420 00:32:07,600 --> 00:32:12,720 Okay, I don't really know. I think it's just a feeling like I've been there once and now I don't need to go again 421 00:32:12,880 --> 00:32:14,240 Done with it 422 00:32:14,240 --> 00:32:18,320 Yeah, it's it's just not my type of vacation. I think I went with my family and 423 00:32:18,320 --> 00:32:21,520 um, there was some crazy weather. There was like some 424 00:32:22,480 --> 00:32:24,480 Wild storm that came through and 425 00:32:25,360 --> 00:32:28,800 So anyway, we need to figure out what our next trip is going to be 426 00:32:29,440 --> 00:32:32,960 I know it's going to be Pacific Northwest. Oh, I know but okay 427 00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:36,000 You're right. There's no more fun 428 00:32:36,080 --> 00:32:38,080 What? 429 00:32:38,480 --> 00:32:41,440 Half of the fun is in the planning we like oh, what are we gonna? 430 00:32:42,160 --> 00:32:45,920 What block of lighthouse we're gonna see part of the world and you're like we're doing it here? 431 00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:48,000 I'm like, oh, that's right 432 00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:50,960 We actually do need to plan and and decide what we're gonna do 433 00:32:51,360 --> 00:32:56,880 But I think the timeline it will probably be next year. Yeah for sure. We're getting for those of you don't know 434 00:32:57,200 --> 00:32:59,200 We're getting married this year 435 00:33:01,360 --> 00:33:03,360 The pricing of things is 436 00:33:03,840 --> 00:33:05,280 in 437 00:33:05,280 --> 00:33:07,280 it's 438 00:33:07,840 --> 00:33:10,320 Fathomable how much it costs to have a wedding 439 00:33:10,320 --> 00:33:17,760 I say that already having expected prices to be crazy. They're more crazy. I thought it was going to be I thought like 440 00:33:18,720 --> 00:33:24,080 Yeah, I won't get into numbers, but I thought for sure that like 20% less 441 00:33:24,880 --> 00:33:29,520 Maybe 30% less of what we're looking at is what would have been considered crazy 442 00:33:30,080 --> 00:33:33,200 And yet the number continues to climb 443 00:33:33,200 --> 00:33:40,960 So for that reason I think we're gonna take a take a lighthouse trip probably 444 00:33:41,840 --> 00:33:43,840 2026 yeah, if we if we can 445 00:33:44,080 --> 00:33:47,040 You're gonna go to Sweden this year and I'm going to Sweden 446 00:33:47,440 --> 00:33:52,480 You have to see a lighthouse as much as it hurts. We'll see. It's not my trip. I'm along for the ride 447 00:33:52,880 --> 00:33:56,880 Well, that's true, but you can have some influence. You're like, hey mom 448 00:33:57,520 --> 00:34:00,000 You wanted us to talk about a lighthouse? 449 00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:02,800 You know at a convention? 450 00:34:07,760 --> 00:34:11,920 See we need cameras Emily's posturing over here moving back and forth as if 451 00:34:12,320 --> 00:34:15,280 Moving back and forth is convincing my mom to go to a lighthouse 452 00:34:16,160 --> 00:34:18,400 Maybe that's the key movement like a snake 453 00:34:20,880 --> 00:34:24,400 Like a bug or a bird dancing for another bird 454 00:34:24,400 --> 00:34:30,800 Like what is like when praying mantises go like back and forth? Yes. Thank you. You know exactly what I'm saying 455 00:34:30,800 --> 00:34:35,760 I'm not saying it clearly or birds of paradise where they're like, yes, they're little wings 456 00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:40,000 I wish we had cameras. All right 457 00:34:40,880 --> 00:34:43,440 What else what else we got? That's it. That's all I got 458 00:34:43,920 --> 00:34:49,920 Biloxi lighthouse last original standing lighthouse on the coast of Mississippi our first covered 459 00:34:49,920 --> 00:34:55,680 Mississippi lighthouse on the lighthouse lowdown podcast big moment episode 72 460 00:34:57,280 --> 00:35:02,480 Thanks for sticking with us guys. Yeah, kind of a weird one. We haven't recorded in a while, but uh, I really liked it 461 00:35:02,560 --> 00:35:06,640 Okay, really interesting. I had fun. Yeah. I think we're just not used to being recording 462 00:35:07,120 --> 00:35:09,680 We're not used to being at the desk. Yeah, we're chatting and stuff 463 00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:14,480 It's like we haven't seen each other in a really long time. It's just true. It's gone for work. So now I'm back 464 00:35:14,480 --> 00:35:20,480 All right, well, thanks everyone for joining. Um, you can check out our instagram at the lighthouse lowdown 465 00:35:21,040 --> 00:35:25,600 post some fun pictures from each episode and go to our website the lighthouse lowdown.com 466 00:35:26,080 --> 00:35:28,560 Where you can leave us a review, which is really important to us 467 00:35:28,880 --> 00:35:33,440 We love getting reviews and you can also leave us a message to cover any lighthouse 468 00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:36,000 that you live near that you've seen that you have 469 00:35:36,560 --> 00:35:42,400 A childhood surrounding or just saw off the road one time when you were driving down the highway in Mississippi 470 00:35:42,400 --> 00:35:48,640 So you could just let us know and we'll cover it. We're excited to cover lighthouses from our listeners 471 00:35:48,640 --> 00:35:50,640 So keep that in mind 472 00:35:50,640 --> 00:35:52,800 And we'll catch you next time on 473 00:35:52,800 --> 00:36:12,800 The lighthouse lowdown