should i go here or not

colemanyoungerinalaska · Wed Apr 02, 2008 9:23 pm

i will make a lot of money
but i may go insane look at it theres nothing there
its called shemya
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shemya
should i stay or should i go now
i dont even know how long they want me maybe for a year
i wonder if theyll let me check it out for a few weeks

Ryan from Ohio · Post by **Ryan from Ohio** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 2:55 am

I vote no. Looks boring as hell.

Unless they are willing to foot plane tickets home every weekend.

cargodz · Post by **cargodz** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 4:42 am

Why would they even want you to go to such a place

You would surely go insane

Would have to be Big lottery type money to make anyone even think about it.

CaptainPioneer · Post by **CaptainPioneer** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 3:45 pm

I would probably kill myself if i went there.. Then again it depends how long u would work there and how much money you would make

NorthQuad · Post by **NorthQuad** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 5:16 pm

Is that where old Eskimos go to die?

Seriously though, what and where is that place?

Looks like a good place for a prison.

colemanyoungerinalaska · Thu Apr 03, 2008 5:32 pm

this place is almost at the end of the aleutian chain
"The station still operates as a radar station and aircraft refueling station"
thanks to this place weve caught 2 russian jets flying in our airspace in the last month
if i go ill be doing my radiography thing as well as weld inspection ill also be doing whatever else they assign me to and allot of nothing from what i hear
i dont know how long theyll want me to stay
im good for about 9 weeks thats the longest ive worked in a remote area before i woke up and got a plane to come get me
i did 4 months out on a boat but thats different wed all tie up and have parties or go to and island for a few days here and there also fishing is fun

colemanyoungerinalaska · Thu Apr 03, 2008 5:35 pm

hey northquad i just noticed your from canada hows the weather there up here its in the 40s ive been walking around in shorts and t shirts

NorthQuad · Post by **NorthQuad** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 6:08 pm

colemanyoungerinalaska wrote:hey northquad i just noticed your from canada hows the weather there up here its in the 40s ive been walking around in shorts and t shirts

Yep, warming up here too. Not quite shorts weather yet but gettin' there. Don't you Alaskans walk around in t-shirts all year 'round? lol.

William from NOLA · Post by **William from NOLA** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 8:15 pm

Man, I guess no one here is up for an adventure :)

I'd like to go and explore.

lotas · Post by **lotas** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 9:13 pm

Is it just completely barren like that? No trees, no greenery?

I'm all for exploring, but not exploring a vast nothing, lol.

Coleman I'm guessing from the start you've had an instinct, I'd follow your initial instinct. Don't go unless you were 100% gung-ho for it from the start.

thats my two little copper lincolns