Flood of 2009

Unless you've banned watching the news for the past couple of weeks, you've seen the devastating flooding that has hit the Southeast. Atlanta is under water in many hard hit areas. Thankfully where I live has not been flooded, we've just have copious amounts of rain... therefore... mud. But the West side of the ATL metro area has been ravaged. So much so that major interstate arteries have been completely shut down after being submerged in raging waters. It was been quite a sight. So what happens when crazy weather mixes with no so bright citizens? Tragedy and Ignorant comments made on TV. I'm not saying that the people who lost their lives deserved it, I would never wish that on anyone.... but when public safety agencies and every news outlet is telling you to stay home and *not* drive into standing water.... WTH are you thinking?

And when the sound-bite hungry news reporter is sticking a microphone in everyone's face asking "How does all this make you feel?".... well.... opportunities are endless. One genius who was speaking about how he was trying to get home and every road he tried was blocked off, continued saying... "I just don't know what is going on." Did you just fly in this morning from Egypt? Its been raining for 40 days and 40 nights silly! And others who expressed frustration at fire & police for closing roads. That's our job, to protect you from yourself. And when people are told to *get out* of their homes cause its gonna flood and they refuse. They flat out refuse.... then want a big rescue when they decide... nnooowwwwww I want out. Now I want out after there is 3' of water in their living rooms. This frustrates me. A lot. Text on a screen can only convey so much emotion.

I've been off work for a bit recovering from the bug. Don't go back for another week. I'm accomplishing a lot of fall cleaning in this time off. When I get back it'll be back to the 24hr tour on our new mama-jama rescues. Our new ambulance is about as big as our engine. There are some kinks that *really* need to be worked out but I am getting a little acclimated to it. We'll see how it goes. Stay safe.