Congratulations Proud Citizens of Howard County. We live in the FIRST county to create a public safety program to combat lightning. The county will be spending $1,875 annually on a public relations campaign letting people know that lightning is dangerous. Oh, and the campaign is "When Thunder Roars, Go Indoors" as opposed to the prior status quo of "When Thunder Roars, Repair Your Roof", which did not have the same ring to it. At the end of the day, this is a very small expense in terms of government budgets, but was a press conference really necessary? And if this really is a small expense, could I please have $2,000 of my property taxes back? I promise to tell all my neighbors "leaves of three, let it be", "righty tighty, lefty loosey", and "if it's yellow, let it mellow." If it's ok, I may not discuss the danger of lightning because I don't want them to think I'm a paternalistic condescending jack-ass who presumes they have no self-preservation skills.
Baltimore County Democrats are having a bad month.
I like The Sun's take on Dixon's re-indictment. Some of the most frustrating aspects of our criminal justice system make it hard to prove crimes that very clearly were committed. You almost get the feeling that Dixon is seeing if she can bob and weave long enough to finish her term.
There aren't many "perks" to government employment (other than the stability). O'Malley asking his employees to use leave time in between work sessions in Ocean City is ridiculous and is purely posturing. If he really cared, he would adjust funding and reimbursement rules.
There's been an uptick in readership recently and I wanted to welcome new readers. I try to respond to all comments and will do my best to do so in a respectable manner (I have a sarcastic streak that is not intended to offend). Please feel free to post opposing views and get in on some debates.
They say a single woman >40 years old has more chance of getting struck by lightning than getting remarried.
ReplyDeleteI remember the strike well.
But, most notably, the strike occurred after I ran indoors - into the basement. I had been up on an aluminum ladder, neighbor at the foot begging me to get down in a severe storm with all the wind, lightning, closeby thunder. But onward I was propelled by a bad temper after my teen daughter left for a ball game with the house keys I asked her not to take.
Window accidentally busted out, glass over bed and floor, but having been satisfied that I could at least get into my own house, I came out and put the ladder back into the basement. That's when lightning struck a tree outside and traveled over ground to the metal washer my neighbor and I were leaning on.
Ouch.
So, moral of the story is that you can go outside on an aluminum ladder in a severe storem and not get struck, but don't go inside and touch anything metal in your basement.
Check out this story about the meeting last night at the West Friendship Fire House at Rt. 99 and 32:
ReplyDeleteRt. 32 meeting drew large crowd
When west countians hold a meeting, expect a large turnout.