Sadly couldn't join myself (wife wasn't feeling good and wanted me to stay home and help parent while she napped) but my SAR team participated in a great inter-agency training this past weekend.
It's always nice to practice alongside volunteers from other teams that we work with on real incidents and get to know each other without the pressure of a real emergency.
One note: I half feel like there should be a CW on this post for mentioning law enforcement in a positiv…
Three people were found dead on Mt. Baldy on Monday,
days after a winter storm blanketed the peaks of the San Gabriel Mountains with snow.
At around 11:30 a.m., search and rescue teams responded to a request to find an injured man, 19,
who had fallen 500 feet while hiking near Devil’s Backbone,
a sharp ridge flanked by steep drops that leads to the summit,
the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said in a news release.
A friend who had been traveli…
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Half my writing process right now is whispering ‘oh no’ as the story takes a turn I didn’t plan. The other half is anxiety-inducing levels of caffeine. #writerslife #creativeprocess #writing
Happy accident in how this one turned out when I blurred the background – like signs flying through the air. Sort of how the protest feels sometimes to me. In a good way. #nokings
A lot of fuss about gasoline prices in the Netherlands now. Favorite number in the media: the 'advisory price' set by the oil majors: €2.57 per litre today.
But: the average sales price in the country is €2.31.
At individual fuel stations, the lowest price is €2.14: https://www.anwb.nl/auto/brandsto…