I’m just now putting shoes on for the first time today. That’s one of the cool things about working from home.
October 10, 2007
Thank goodness it wasn’t a fiber line
How many thousands of gallons of fresh water are being wasted on the current Cary gas line fire? And for what? The drilling truck involved has long ago burned off its fuel, the truck (and road) is a total loss anyway, there is nothing around it that can catch fire (or that hasn’t already caught fire), and firefighters aren’t trying to extinguish the fire but are letting it burn out. Can some of my firefighter buddies tell me what these guys hope to accomplish by aiming hoses at it, other than practicing their aim?
On a related note, is there a reason firefighters must use fresh water to fight fires? Can’t they use reuse water just as easily and safely?
Bonus link: Check out the fire from the perspective of the N.C. DOT traffic camera on the scene.
Getting high with ghost planes
When the CIA’s ghost planes aren’t ferrying innocent men like German citizen Khaled El-Masri to faraway places to be tortured, they’re apparently ferrying cocaine into the United States as the recent crash in Mexico’s Yucatan of a cocaine-filled, Guantanamo-connected jet (tail # N987SA) seems to suggest.
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Koopman Krushes!
Yesterday was a huge victory for Raleigh’s grassroots as District B city council candidate Rodger Koopman not only put Jessie Taliaferro on notice, he thoroughly cleaned her clock – coming within five percent of booting her out outright. As a volunteer for the Koopman campaign I have relished the chance to put our citizens back in the driver’s seat when it comes to deciding Raleigh’s future.
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