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12 SOLERA DIAMOND VALLEY | NOVEMBER 2020 By Theresa Rossetti, Resident By now I hope anyone using Facebook has checked privacy settings, updating as needed, to keep your information online as protected as you wish. Now let's talk about Facebook Groups and Nextdoor. There is a private Facebook group, Solera Diamond Valley Neighbors, created and monitored by a resident Administrator. There are currently 250 members in the group. Anything a member posts or comments there is only visible to members of the group. Privacy rules are applied, and rules of conduct are posted within the group. The Administrator has the right to remove posts, comments and even users if these rules are violated. Nextdoor works differently. When you join you are asked to choose the neighborhoods you wish to see. There are many, just in our corner of Hemet! The more neighborhoods you select, the more posts you will see. We have a Del Webb neighborhood on Nextdoor, currently with 575 members. There is a lead to our neighborhood, but their role is not the same as a Facebook Group Admin. Be mindful that when we post, we are asked which neighborhood(s) we want to see it. If the post pertains only to Del Webb, you might not want all your other neighborhoods to see, and comment, on it. Both these social media outlets can be fun and informative, just as speaking to our neighbors is. Keep in mind, however, that management and our Board of Directors should be our first choices to answer important questions about our community. Social Media, Part Two By Dick Roppé, Resident In April of 1963, I was in the Navy. I was stationed aboard the amphibious ship USS Point Defiance LSD 31 (landing ship dock). We had just completed an overhaul in Bremerton, Washington and were heading back to our home port of Long Beach when we received an encrypted message to proceed directly to San Diego. The nuclear submarine, USS Thresher SSN 593, had sunk in the Atlantic Ocean about 220 miles east of Boston. Once in San Diego, the plan was to load the deep sea, manned, submersible bathyscaphe Trieste aboard Point Defiance and set sail for Boston via the Panama Canal. Trieste would be used to search for the missing sub. Using non-naval terms, an LSD is a ship that looks like it was built around a shoebox with a tailgate at the end of the shoebox. Trieste was to be hoisted aboard and secured into what is called the well deck, a huge area that was generally used for deploying ship-to-shore amphibious Marine vehicles. This was also during the time when the U.S. was dealing with the Cuban missile crisis. Playing it safe, when we passed Cuba, the ship's crew was at general quarters. Arriving in Boston, Trieste was off- loaded. We remained in Boston for a few days and then returned to Long Beach. In this month of veteran remembrance, I'm writing this article as a tribute to the 129 brave souls who lost their lives in this tragic event. It is the second deadliest submarine incident on record, topped only by the loss of the French submarine Surcouf that disappeared under mysterious circumstances in February of 1942 when 130 of its crew died. The picture of "Old Glory" was taken as we made our way through the Panama Canal. THE SILENT SERVICE: IN REMEMBNCE

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